📍Englewood, Chicago 🍁

“last day of the season”

Chicago is cool because you'll randomly run into @mattweiss.me in the Loop

when your draft version of the street sign accidentally gets published

went on a @mattweiss.me -led tour of edgebrook yesterday, such an interesting neighborhood, old edgebrook is really weird!

Metra I love you but we have got to patch the two random 2 hour gaps in service on the UP-NW line. Missing a 9:35am OB and a 12:35pm OB. This is the crowding on the 1:35pm #629 from OTC. Truly SRO even with the refurb seats where people are more inclined to double up.

This is highly unscientific, but it's fascinating to come across a highway project in the burbs like this with a dollar amount that so closely parallels what Transit is asking for in Chicagoland. $800 million for 300,000 vehicles per day, or $771 million for 1 million NE IL transit riders per day?

housing friends, are there any grants out there to help pay for home foundation repairs? The person is trying to update the home and sell it under market rate to help address the housing affordability crisis. This is in Whiteside County, IL @abundanthousingil.bsky.social

this is hardly the most pressing matter facing Chicago, but it would be so cool if we had a top level domain ".chi" for the city

tonight! #bikechi

Happy 100th birthday to Chicago’s Union Station! 🥳 Even @govpritzker.illinois.gov made an appearance

good day to be a flower

see you there!

good morning from Portage Park, Chicago

good morning from Belleau Lake Forest Preserve in Des Plaines, Illinois 😌

Yesterday’s first annual Juneteenth parade in North Lawndale was magic on so many levels.

indy pride month bike party was awesome

Chicago I've missed you! So happy to reconnect with some wonderful friends.

Going straight into the belly of the Shermerville beast on Saturday

tonight!

Rode the big bridge in MKE yesterday. Tell Wisconsin DOT to turn the highway ramps into a boulevard: www.794lakeinterchange.wisconsindot.gov

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such an honor when to have a mural painted in your likeness 🥰

Apple Maps spotted in Pullman, Chicago; confused on the shoulder of the Bishop Ford expressway 👀

Come ride with us this evening!

is this what happens when you really shove your divvy into the dock without thanking it for its service?

lifehack: rather than paying the AirTrain fare for JFK you can take the A train to Lefferts Blvd, buy 2 roti for the same price, and then take the Q10 to JFK for free

Pileated woodpecker, welcome to @thewaroncars.bsky.social

art on the mart is so back

(🧵) Newsweek came out with this list of some of the most iconic brutalist buildings, according to them. While I’ve been to most of the locations on this list, I’m surprised some other buildings nearby weren’t included instead. www.newsweek.com/brutalist-ar...

took my favorite train to the airport. blue line, count your days

It’s springtime in Harvey, Illinois 🌷

today in fun projects that scratch the creativity itch: how to attach a $5,000 360° camera to a bike rack!

Honestly one of the more high quality municipal flags out there. Celebrates their Dutch heritage with classic iconography.

Hands down the best April fools bit blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/01/g...

1/3 of people living in the US do not have a driver's license. On April 30, we're excited to host Anna Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social, author of @islandpress.bsky.social When Driving Is Not an Option. Join us at PSU as Anna shines a light on the reality for non-drivers: trec.pdx.edu/events/ann-n...

anyone in Chicago interested in going to the grand opening weekend for the national public housing museum? Sunday 04/06 there are guided tours of the recreated apartment at 10:15am for $25 nphm.org/event/grand-...

A high school senior on how to get more young people biking in Chicago: "There’s a lot of things competing for the younger generation’s attention, but I think that if it’s really easy for people to cycle, many will start riding and won’t stop." activetrans.org/blog/beyond-...

it’s the first day of spring, so I’m sharing this pretty photo from the first day of spring 2024 taken in Carbondale, Illinois. The callery pear tree in the center is an invasive species in North America, known for its bright white buds and *ahem* unique scent (Google it if you need).

Festive St Patrick’s day buildings tonight along the river

It’s always sunny in LA

Streamline moderne cutie in Pilsen, Chicago

They got a new rainbow cone down in Flossmoor! Quite the architectural decorated shed.

Amtrak Texas Eagle approaching downtown Chicago

Polish Fest at Hopewell brewing in Logan Square was very fun! In case you didn’t already know, nearly one third of all Polish immigrants in the US live in the Chicago area.

Finally checked out Sputnik Coffee Roastery’s new home in Brighton Park.

This is going to be a great location for a brunch spot; one block from the Cermak Green Line, McCormick Place convention center, and below a brand new mixed use building. This black owned business was born in 2012 and also has a Lincoln Park & South Suburban location.

It's March! Come hang with us on Tuesday at Eris Cider House for our Monthly Hang. Located in Irving Park, Eris is a woman-owned brewery and cider house. If you are planning on joining us for a ride this year this is a great opportunity to meet the crew. Hope to see you there!

The Lt Governor of Illinois just shook my hand after speaking to a room of 400+ people?? I feel so seen

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