#Schiller Park

[20th-century-railroading]

Heading South

This southbound Wisconsin Central train with a pair of SD45's is rolling south through Schiller Park. Preparations for the third track and the coming of Metra Service to the WC are being made. March 1995.

#wc #wisconsin central #1995 #trains #freight train #history #schiller park #wisconsin

[middleland]

OH Columbus - Suspension Sculptures (2) (3) (4) by Ken

#schiller park #columbus ohio #franklin county #nothing answered yes

[scoop16]

#flowers #schiller park #german village #columbus ohio

[royfmc]

SCHILLER PARK, ILLINOIS MAN CHARGED FOR JAN. 6 INSURRECTION, ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING FEDERAL OFFICER

– A northwest suburban man appeared in court at the Dirksen Federal Building Wednesday after being arrested and charged for allegedly taking part in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Robin Lee Reierson, a 68-year-old from Schiller Park, is charged with assaulting a federal officer and entering the Capitol Building. Robin Lee Reierson of Schiller Park was charged. He appeared in court after…

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#advocacy #Illinois #insurrection #January 6 #politics #Robin Lee Reierson #Roy F. McCampbell #Schiller Park #Washington DC

[strathshepard]

Diana Ross photographed by Lawrence Schiller at Central Park in New York City, 1970

#diana ross #lawrence schiller #central park #NYC

[daisymeade]

My dad got next weekend off (he works at a factory in Indiana; I hope they strike soon) and is coming over for the first time in 13 years! I can't believe it's been that long...and that the last time was for my high school graduation.

He's excited to see our sports stadium and visit Schmidt's Sausage Haus, which has been in business for 137 years (1886). It was originally a meatpacking plant but became a restaurant 56 years ago. I can't have my dad visit and NOT take him to German Village; that would be a crime. What kind of daughter would I be? 😂

We're also going to visit The Book Loft, a 32-room bookstore! "Opened in 1977 and described by the Columbus Business First as "iconic" and a "tourist destination", the store has also been called "a national treasure" by The New York Times."

I may buy my dad some books on local history while we're there (and he's perusing the sports section). I bet he'd like that. :D

#'are you really infodumping about a local restaurant to strangers on the internet?' sure am! the history of german village is interesting #i'm also going to take him to schiller park #personal

[flowers-and-fichte]

Schiller: It's like dealing with a strict mother who I am confusingly attracted to. Johann is like a milf.

#source: parks and rec #johann wolfgang von goethe #friedrich von schiller #schoethe #incorrect german romanticism quotes #sturm und drang

[twixnmix]

Diana Ross photographed by Lawrence Schiller at Central Park in New York City, 1970. 

#diana ross #1970 #the supremes #central park #nyc #new york #1970s music #1970s fashion

[reasonsforhope]

"The last coal-fired power plant in New England, which had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests, is set to close in a victory for environmentalists.

Granite Shore Power said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to close the Merrimack Station in New Hampshire by June 2028. As part of the deal, the company said the site will be turned into the state’s first renewable energy park that host solar power and battery storage systems. The company also said it would shutter Schiller Station in Portsmouth in December 2025. That facility, which is permitted to use oil, coal and biomass, has not operated for several years...

The 460-megawatt station in Bow has long been a thorn in the side of environmental groups. Most recently, the Sierra Club and the Conservation Law Foundation filed a lawsuit against plant owners, alleging it was violating the Clean Water Act. The plant was owned by Eversource until 2018, when it was sold to Connecticut-based Granite Shore Power. Both were named as defendants.

The environmental groups claimed the plant draws about 287 million gallons (1.1 billion liters) of water per day from the Merrimack River, heats that water as a result of its cooling process, and then discharges the water back into the river at temperatures that often exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius).

Climate activists also protested the plant and demanded its closure over concerns it is a major source of air pollution. [Note: Coal plants are by definition major sources of air pollution. x] In one incident, climate activists last year paddled canoes and kayaks down the Merrimack River to the plant site and were arrested after going onto the property.

“This historic victory is a testament to the strength and resolve of those who never wavered in the fight for their communities and future,” Ben Jealous, Sierra Club Executive Director, said in a statement. “The people of New Hampshire and all of New England will soon breathe cleaner air and drink safer water.”

The Sierra Club said the announcement will make New Hampshire the 16th state that is coal-free and New England the second coal-free region in the country."

-via AP News, March 28, 2024

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Note: It doesn't say it in this article, but the coal plants are being replaced by renewables! Specifically solar and battery farms! Source

#fossil fuels #air pollution #renewables #renewable energy #coal #pollution #mining #environment #solar power #battery #united states #new hampshire #good news #hope

[fluffykitty1999-blog]

Schiller Park Dairy Syracuse NY 1 quart milk bottle https://etsy.me/2SPTZuW #milk #bottles #bottle #ny #dairy #schiller #park #schillerparkdairy #syracuse #Spyderthings https://www.instagram.com/p/CfWidYfurcU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#milk #bottles #bottle #ny #dairy #schiller #park #schillerparkdairy #syracuse #spyderthings

[solarpunkwitchcraft]

"Merrimack Station, which is New England’s last running coal plant, will stop operating in 2028.

Granite Shore Power announced the closure of the Bow plant as part of a settlement agreement signed Wednesday, resolving litigation brought by the Conservation Law Foundation and the Sierra Club. Granite Shore Power will commit to shutting down coal-fired generators at the Schiller Station in Portsmouth by 2025. Currently, that plant has the capability to burn coal but hasn’t used its coal-fired generation since 2020.

Merrimack Station is a peaker plant, used to provide power on the region’s hottest or coldest days. In New England, coal makes up less than 1% of the region’s energy.

Granite Shore Power says the two plants will become “renewable energy parks.” Schiller Station is set to host a battery storage system that can provide power to the grid when there’s a lot of demand, and could serve as storage for offshore wind power.

Merrimack Station is expected to host about 100 megawatts of solar, along with more battery storage."

#solarpunk #climate change #renewable energy #environment #fossil fuels

[20th-century-railroading]

Soo Line - Schiller Park, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: Soo Line SD40-2 No. 775 and SD40 No. 737 are under the sanding towers at Schiller Park Yard, in July 1984.

#soo #soo line #1984 #trains #freight train #history #schiller park #illinois

[mdwsp]

Schiller Park, Illinois

November 2023

#photographers on tumblr #artists on tumblr #landscape #photography #midwestern gothic #regional gothic #night photography

[fizzigigsimmer]

Moonwood: Part 5

Thank you all so much for your patience. We're baaaaack with an update.

|Part One Here|

It’s pretty stupid in Steve’s opinion that he still needs to get his mom to sign a permission slip to go to basketball camp, even though he’s eighteen.

“I don’t want to hear it Harrington.” The coach says when Steve tracks him down. “I can’t let you on the bus without a permission slip.”

Hank says it’s because the school doesn’t want to be liable if something happens to them out in the woods – and Steve can’t help but shiver a little at the way he says it. Like he expects something or knows something Steve doesn’t. But he tells himself he’s being crazy. Anything could happen in a national park but that doesn’t mean something is going to. There’s gotta be like safe areas mapped out for the public, right? It’s probably a good thing the slip reads like a contract: I understand the risk my child is taking and waive my rights to be pissed about it if they get chewed on by a grizzly bear. It shows they’ve thought things through. At least Steve hopes they’ve thought it through – if he’s honest, he’s not sure how he feels about spending a week in the woods with a bunch of keyed up guys all jonesing to impress Billy Hargrove.

Because it’s pretty obvious after the first round that the team captains have a lot of pull with the coach.

“Hey sweetheart!” Steve’s mom is in the living room, working on some crochet toy for a neighbor who is having a baby. Steve had no idea she could crochet until she started making the toy. Apparently, she was pretty crafty before she met his dad. Steve’s dad didn’t think it was a sexy enough hobby or something. Said it was for old women and spinsters.

“How was tryouts?” Aunt Julie asks when he walks in. She’s knitting what looks like a hooded onesie with ears and a fluffy tail attached. It’s pretty damn cute.

“Wasn’t much of a tryout. The coach wasn’t even there, and the captains just ran us ragged the whole time.” He grumbles, shrugging his duffle off his shoulder and throwing himself down onto the couch beside his mom. She she laughs as the cushions sag beneath his weight.

“Coach Brown is a godsend to that school. He knows how to pick the right personalities, people who really work well together and form a solid bond.” Aunt Julie sighs wistfully. “It was much different when your mom and I were in school. There was a lot of tension between us and the Schiller folks. I felt like I was always on my guard, looking over my shoulder.”

“What’s up with that, by the way?” Steve asks, eager to finally have an explanation for the weird vibes everyone seems to have about Moonwood. “Why are people like, scared of this place? It can’t just be because of the forest.”

Steve’s mom and his aunt share a strange look.

“They’re scared of us. Because we’re different.” Aunt Julie says, but before Steve can ask her what she means his mom is shaking her head and hissing something at Julie in Lythan. They go back and forth like that for a moment and Steve just knows that they’re talking about him, and he’s sick of being left in the dark.

“Whoa whoa whoa, guys!” He snaps. “In english please! I’m right here and I want to know what’s going on. Mom?”

Steve’s mom looks tortured, like Steve is holding a lighter to her feet. His aunt heaves a heavy sigh and flips her long dark hair over her shoulder.

“It’s time to tell him Jess. The bonfire is tomorrow night.”

Steve wants to know what’s going on and why everyone keeps talking about the bonfire as if it’s so important, when it’s just a bunch of people from the neighborhood getting together to tell ghost stories and get plastered. He doesn’t know what he’s expecting his mom to say but it’s not that she’s a werewolf.

He thinks she’s pulling his leg at first, cause what else can she be doing but then aunt Julie chimes in and they both just won’t stop. They tell him that the people in their village have always turned into wolves and that they came to the new world to escape persecution. He’s kind of mad at himself, how long he listens until they get to the part with the witch.

“Time out! Time out! You expect me to believe you guys, grandma and grandpa and all the rest, you’re werewolves, and everybody knows about it because you fought a witch?” Steve laughs even though it’s not really funny and waits for them – but nobody laughs with him.

“Yes. She’d put a curse on the village and the people there to force them to pay tithes and make sacrifices to her.” His mom says and his aunt nods, continuing.

“When the townspeople rose against her, her coven came to exact their vengeance. The pack protected them, and in exchange we were given this land. Although the area has grown and many new people have come, there are people dedicated to keeping the old truce alive.”

“That’s why you needed to know before the bonfire. There will be representatives from the other towns there, new and old. There will be a demonstration and the pact between our communities will be renewed.” His mom finishes.

Steve gets up and stomps off. He is mad. He is so mad that she would play such a weird stupid prank on him instead of just being honest; but mostly he’s afraid. He’s afraid because it doesn’t make sense and he can’t figure out why she would do it or why aunt Julie would help her and when his grandpa knocks on the door of his room later and asks to come in, his heart sinks into his stomach.

He knows what his grandfather wants to talk about as he sits down on the edge of his bed before he even says a word – and it just doesn’t make sense. It can’t be real. It just can’t be. There’s no such thing as werewolves, and the only witches he knows are edgy girls who like to collect crystals.

“Your mom says you had quite the talk earlier.” His grandpa starts with a small sigh. “How ya doing Pip?”

“You mean with the discovery that my family is either insane or they’re werewolves?” Steve sneers, not looking away from where his gaze is fixed on the ceiling. “I’m still wrestling with it.”

“Well, go easy on your mom while you wrestle. She’s had a rough couple of months. It ain’t easy breaking with a soulmate.”

“Soulmate? I thought you hated my dad.”

“Don’t matter what I think of him” grandpa grunts. “Wolves mate for life. We’re born for someone, and common thought was they were born for us. But well your mom… she loved that man with all she had, but there wasn’t much in him for loving.”

And that’s how Steve discovered that it’s real – the stories his mom used to tell him about soulmates, and how one day he’d grow up and he’d meet someone, and when he’d look at them, he’d just know he was made to love them.

“This is crazy. I don’t – I don’t want…” Steve bites back tears, unable to get the words out. He doesn’t think his grandpa is a liar, and the whole family can’t be crazy. But he doesn’t want this to be real. Not if it means he might be made to love someone who will never love him back. His dad didn’t get it, why Steve would choose to be broke and struggle with his mom instead of have his future pathed for him and live in comfort with his dad.

The thought that it might be his destiny to live like that, with his hand out always waiting on love that won’t come… Steve cries and his grandfather pats his shoulder awkwardly, but lovingly.

“I’m awful glad to have you Stevie and I wouldn’t change a thing, but I’ve always hoped maybe she was wrong. You don’t know a soul bond until you feel it and it’s easy for a young girl to lose her head. In any case, she’s the only one I’ve ever heard of with a one-way tie like that.”

“What does it feel like?” Steve finds himself asking, but the strange thing is how he knows the answer even before he finishes the question.

When you see them, it’s like everything slows down so you don’t miss them. Like something’s forcing you to pay attention. And once you do, it’s like everything else pales in comparison. You’re always thinking about them, always bumping into them and trying to be near them without thinking about it, because that’s where you’re happiest. Even if you don’t know it yet. Nobody can lift you up or put you down quicker than they can. They see more of you than anyone else, and you see them too. You can try and ignore the pull, but the tide will always bring you right back to them.

Steve listens to his grandpa wax on and on about what it was like when he first felt the connection with his grandmother and it should be just a sweet story to him. Something to give him hope for the future.

But what happened is his heart starts to beat and his palms start to sweat as Billy Hargrove’s face floats to the front of his mind where it absolutely doesn’t belong.

Unless…

But they can’t be. Can they?

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[royfmc]

Illinois' Most Haunted Restaurant—Great Escape on Irving Park in Schiller Park

Great Escape Restaurant in Schiller Park, Illinois is a great place to enjoy a meal, drinks, and…paranormal experiences according to legends. — Read on 1440wrok.com/ixp/723/p/haunted-restaurants-illinois/

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#city politics #Crime #ghosts #great escape #haunted #Illinois #Leyden #murder #Roy F. McCampbell #Roy McCampbell #Schiller Park

[strathshepard]

Diana Ross photographed by Lawrence Schiller at Central Park in New York City, 1970

#diana ross #lawrence schiller #central park #boats