{"id":227,"date":"2020-09-25T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accidentalwilderness.robertburley.com\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:47:58","slug":"ord-ohare-airfield-1989","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/ord-ohare-airfield-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"ORD: O&#8217;Hare Airfield 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"227\" class=\"elementor elementor-227\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8112b9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8112b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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elementor-size-default\">ORD O'Hare Airfield <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74617e0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74617e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">\u25b2View gallery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f43861 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f43861\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ORD-102c-r6jenos7s11uutzzn7ay1pwadyf1i1ec83rtf99nb4.webp\" title=\"Service Road With Marker, 1985\" alt=\"Service Road With Marker, 1985\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-effceda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"effceda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7bd6021\" data-id=\"7bd6021\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI0NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzAyX09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02_ORD.webp'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/02_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3245'>\n\t\t\t\tPrimary and Backup Radar, 1986\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure 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100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3253'>\n\t\t\t\tApproach Lights and Fuel Farm, 1985\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"St. John&#039;s Lutheran Cemetary Looking Toward Runway 9L, 1985\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI0OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzA2X09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06_ORD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/06_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3249'>\n\t\t\t\tSt. John&#8217;s Lutheran Cemetary Looking Toward Runway 9L, 1985\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Runway 4R Approach Lights, 1984\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI0NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzAzX09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/03_ORD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/03_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/03_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/03_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3246'>\n\t\t\t\tRunway 4R Approach Lights, 1984\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Defunct Windsock, 1985\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI1MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzA3X09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07_ORD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/07_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3250'>\n\t\t\t\tDefunct Windsock, 1985\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Runway 9L Looking Toward the Terminals, 1986\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI1MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzA4X09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08_ORD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/08_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3251'>\n\t\t\t\tRunway 14R Looking Toward the Terminals, 1985\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Aircraft Landing on Runway 14R\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI1MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzA5XzBSRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09_0RD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09_0RD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09_0RD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/09_0RD-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elementor\/thumbs\/09_0RD-r6iwo3uiljbob81a1nllo2hw2s26jtmn07h8i5mu2g.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3252'>\n\t\t\t\tAircraft Landing on Runway 14R\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Tarmac Outside Terminal 1, 1988\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI1NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzExX09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11_ORD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/11_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3254'>\n\t\t\t\tTarmac Outside Terminal 1, 1988\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"00d6609\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Aircraft Departing from Terminal 1, 1988\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzI1NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JvYmVydGJ1cmxleS5jb21cL19yYlwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDVcLzEyX09SRC53ZWJwIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMDBkNjYwOSJ9\" href='https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12_ORD.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12_ORD-230x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12_ORD-230x230.webp 230w, https:\/\/robertburley.com\/_rb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12_ORD-600x600.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3255'>\n\t\t\t\tAircraft Departing from Terminal 1, 1988\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45e0ea7 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"45e0ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d22a481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d22a481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Architect\/writer Alvin Boyarsky has described O\u2019Hare Airport as Chicago\u2019s Versailles. Between 1984 and 1988 I photographed O\u2019Hare as an unexplored urban landscape, in this case, a midwestern prairie adapted to accommodate air travel. My objective was to explore this large tract of land (larger than the city of Chicago itself) that was usually experienced either from the air or from a runway travelling at high speeds. Using my view camera at ground level I was interested in the abrupt transition between the densely populated terminals and the edges of the airfield that included picturesque wooded areas inhabited only by wildlife. Two years into the project I began to work with Larry Viskochil, Curator of Photography at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) on an exhibition. In 1989, O\u2019Hare Airport: Airfield on the Prairie, opened at the CHM with an accompanying catalogue. 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