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Cooperation Operation

Posted inBest of the South Side 2013, Far Southeast Side

Far Southeast Side

by Sean Maher September 25, 2013September 25, 2013

[nggallery id=”2″] The Calumet watershed flows low and loamy, a series of lakes, ponds, and swamps connected to the Calumet River and a lake of the same name. Here, bogs provide homes for birds, fens for foxes. Industrial smoke stacks soar into the sky, bright lights perching at their peaks to warn away wayward helicopters. […]

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