Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

My neighborhood in Chicago inspires mixed feelings, but with the advent of Summer those feeling tend toward those of the positive kind. Here are a few images from my patch of the world right now!

These blue doors on Milwaukee Avenue are hiding something wonderful behind them! I especially love that the blue of the tiles match the blue of the doors.

Does anyone know what kind of flower this is? I saw it in a curbside garden near my home but I have never seen it before this year. Maybe it is a Northern flower?