Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: The Fifth of July

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 5, 2011 8:00PM

Justin Kaufman at WBEZ has a witty little round up the news on his blog (par for the course - he's a good writer). But he also posted a video of a private plane hovering over the near South side at sunset, capturing a view of the fireworks at U.S. Cellular Field from above.

And it's a great video Justin posted - you get a look at Chicago's fireworks that most people never get to see. But that's the thing: any jerk can rent a private plane to see the fireworks over Sox Park. If you really want to see what Chicago is like on the Fourth, you need to fly over the neighborhood where all the Chicago cops (and therefore all of the confiscated fireworks) are. And so we give you this video, a flight taking off out of Chicago, headed to St. Louis, as fireworks across out city are just beginning.

What were the fireworks like in your neighborhood?