my oldest kiddo goes 'damn now this is a vibe' and... not wrong.

Spring showers in Humboldt Park.

Progress on the Humboldt Boulevard protected bike lanes through the park. Looks nice, but a design issue is evident in the last picture: the raised crosswalk is preventing water from reaching the nearest storm drain, and a pretty deep pool has formed inside the PBL’s concrete barrier.

My favorite post genre is randos getting dogpiled after throwing shade at Chicago.

You gotta feel a little bad for Lawson here. I’m pretty sure he’s been acting chair longer than either of the last two committee chairs presided. The unabashed identity politics feels like a weird anachronism in 2026.

This was a victory for the mayor, but an embarrassing one. 16 alders flipped, including most of the Black Caucus. This administration is absolutely terrible at whipping votes.

No, that's not a lighthouse. It's Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, the world's largest Doric column. It was built to commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie, one of the largest naval battles in the War of 1812.

Median Coloradan

It's unfair to let devs blame the ARO for supply constraints without giving DPD a chance to respond. It's possible that the ARO has impacted overall supply, but it's impossible to know if the hypothetically slower rent growth of an ARO-free Chicago would be better than having more affordable units.

If you grew up in the St. Louis metro like me, you’d be similarly shocked to see Festus in the news for something not godawful.

18 cubic yards of mulch in the back of my Prius, and I didn’t even put the seats down. Certainly more cargo than most pavement princesses are hauling.

My feelings on this as a CPS parent are simple: once the academic calendar is set, it's gotta stay set. I sympathize with CTU If the board failed to account for certain contract provisions (disputed), but the resolution can't be something that penalizes parents with an unplanned day off school.

Heads up to 26th ward / Logan Square folks: Alderperson Fuentes is hosting a meeting on April 22nd to discuss a development proposal at 3265 W Armitage Ave. 31 units on what is currently a vacant surface lot. Would be great to show strong support. bit.ly/zoning3265

Trump caves to the wrath of the Knights Templar!

Lmao

That's a wrap on Bulls basketball for the 25-26 season. It was honestly pretty fun until February. The tanking has been painful to watch, but I'm excited to see what happens in the coming weeks.

How I imagine it would feel to own all 5 of the Market Square buildings:

I never win anything, and tonight at a fundraiser for my daughter’s school I won a raffle for tickets to a Cubs-Cards game! I’m still in shock.

Not the book I went to the library for, but I couldn’t resist. Looking forward to reading about what an urban utopia looked like for Soviet academics from the 1970s. I have a feeling there will be some very good ideas along with some very, very bad ones.

There were 32,660 hit-and-runs in Chicago last year. Nearly a third of all crashes. Behind every one of those numbers, someone's life was changed. A Strong Towns Chicago volunteer put all of it on a dashboard. 🧵

Surface lot at State and Harrison advertised for sale with DX-12 zoning 👀

Feel good story!

I posted this ACU on North Ave in Old Town a few years ago with a critical comment and y’all chewed me out for it. 😂 Rightly so, I might add.

Recession indicator.

This is such embarrassing trash in our supposed paper of record. Who the hell is editing the Tribune? Anybody??

Divvy is a dozen years old and still has to defend itself from the critics, so I don't know what this lady is talking about.

I saw somebody on Threads lambasting this group of homes on Marquette Rd in Woodlawn. I get that the style is not for everybody, but it's a pretty cool project. These are all-electric 4bd/3.5ba homes outfitted with solar that sold in 2021 for around $515k. The lot had been vacant for 40 years.

3841 West West End Avenue

A couple trees that caught my eye at Horner Park today: an awesomely gnarly white oak and a Norway maple in full bloom.

Lots of progress on this mixed-use project at Montrose and California, across from Horner Park. The first floor will be a preschool, the second floor will host support services, and the third/fourth floors will have 24 housing units. You love to see it.

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All true urbanists must make a pilgrimage to Evanston to behold the sacred texts.

I'm not familiar with Mr. Cheaks, but he has a lot of experience on the construction and operations side of things. CDOT has great policy people, so as long as he lets them do their thing then this could be a great fit.

Chicago has turned all public school IDs into library cards to boost student access. blockclubchi.co/3NTWvNM

Thank the lord almighty

Wisconsin liberals have just won another state Supreme Court election, in what is shaping up to be a blowout. Importantly: Liberals are now sure to hold a majority on this court during the 2028 cycle and through at least 2030. New in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/wisconsin-su...

If only we were a rich country like Morocco… 2024 GDP Morocco: $160.6 billion Illinois: $1.148 trillion

There is street parking in the Loop, for those brave enough to seek it out.

hmm, what if i told you that it wasn’t

I also don't understand why we aren't erring on the side of safety here. If the project is to improve traffic safety for everyone (which is what bike/walk/roll does), it shouldn't matter if there is opposition. Especially when it's oppo based in convenience and resistance to change versus substance.

Whatever happens, this is a deeply shameful episode in American history that will leave a permanent stain on the country. Repeatedly vowing to commit war crimes against millions of innocent civilians is beyond the pale.

Relic from a bygone era: there's a sign on the Clark Street viaduct over Carroll Ave warning that there's not enough clearance for a person to be on top of a railcar. The last time those tracks were used was early 2001, when the Sun-Times moved their printing operations out of downtown.

I may be wrong, but I believe 2550 N Lakeview Ave is the tallest building in Lincoln Park, and it's not even 150m! Supertalls start at 300m, and Chicago has seven of them.

5636 N Ashland Ave would replace three two-flats with a 27-unit building. I've superimposed the project rendering over the existing buildings. This type of incremental redevelopment should be allowed by right, but I bet it's gonna really piss people off. chicagoyimby.com/2026/04/resi...

I remember when this happened. This is actually just one image from a sequence that captured the moon transiting Earth, taken by NASA’s DSCOVR satellite. youtu.be/DMdhQsHbWTs

An Easter miracle!

Obsessed with the idea of a Peoria renaissance driven by a great migration of LGBTQ Midwesterners.