I’m surprised I’ve never seen these before, but in the past three days I’ve been treated to (a) a truck stuck under a bridge (in this case, a crane under the UP-N bridge over North Avenue) and (b) a bank shut after a robbery. The latter was the LaSalle Bank at State & Adams; I was getting cash and noticed a preprinted sign (done up in the standard graphic design scheme) on the bank door saying “this branch is closed due to an emergency situation.” Inside, the bank employees were milling about while cops took photographs. It’s odd that they would have those preprinted signs at the ready.

These are the kinds of things I’d photoblog about if only I was carrying a cameraphone — maybe soon.