I don’t know if Bruno is a true Italian, but I do know that it’s hard for me to look at a scooter without thinking of Eddie Izzard. Photographer Michael Kardas found Bruno on a bike near the Helmut Jahn-designed high-rise 600 North Fairbanks during an assignment for New Homes last week.

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