Plenty of painters live in Evanston—but few are more prolific than Josh Garcia, who paints stripes on ten miles of roadway a day. Striping is also done by high-tech equipment, but Garcia thinks his handwork is more accurate and precise. “I’ve been doing this for five years. I’m very careful,” he says. Garcia, who works for Precision Pavement Marking, followed the old stripes of Emerson Street west of Green Bay Road for guidance in dropping hot thermoplastic, which takes about 30 seconds to dry. (Photo by Richard Cahan)
