Timeline cleanse for Chicagoans

Chicago, it’s a beautiful day to go for a spin with the sunroof open in your… *checks notes* public transit system. 🚍😎

BUILD BUILD BUILD BUILD

ask your legislator to support the BUILD plan – actionnetwork.org/letters/pass...

i could do 4 and 6, maybe some for 3

this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.

Beverly's magnolias a few evenings ago, when I took such a sensory-filled walk I lost track of time. With the gentle heat of the setting sun on my skin, the soft rustle of leaves in the breeze & the fragrance of thousands of intensely colored blooms everywhere, I completely forgot I had a meeting.

come to chicago and get bent

one. BILLION. bollards!!!

amazing. i could not possibly care less

my brain when it's time focus on the problem at hand:

Friday Fog. This morning in Chicago's South Loop at sunrise.

noooo my hometown library card expired but i just used it 9 years agooo

genuine highlight of the entire lobby day. someone started chanting BUILD BUILD BUILD!!

No city or neighborhood is full

Lathrop shows us how much our building code has killed the livability of our housing The old buildings have thin floorplates with light on 2/3 sides of each unit. Good for crossbreeze and better tenant experience The new buildings are double loaded corridors that have light on 1 side on many units

Did you know that Chicago grew to a city of 3 million people before the first zoning ordinance was enacted?

putting in the work!!

one of the top 5 best things about moving to chicago for me is that i pretty much never drive

New Illinois housing poll just dropped 85% of likely Illinois voters supported legalizing accessory dwelling units and 65% supported allowing the construction of “modest duplexes, triplexes, or four-unit homes on larger residential lots.” capitolnewsillinois.com/news/poll-fi...

Welcome home, Sweet Prince 🤍 – Imani has also returned to Montrose! 🤍⭐️ The boys are back in town. Let's go!!! 📸: Chicago Piping Plovers (Imani and Pippin, Montrose Protected Beach, April 13, 2026)

south barrington is literally mcmansion hell. one quarter of all mcmansion hell posts are from south barrington, illinois

One of the many contributing factors to fascism growing like a weed in America is because people like this would rather see vacant land and empty parking lots than other people.

every time a parking lot is replaced with dense housing, an angel gets its wings

If I were the alder I would say homie if your parking is so valuable build up and build a whole garage then and put housing on top, no more surface lots

LET MEN BE BEAUTIFUL MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANTS

align your chakras. walk 20+ miles in a straight line

busses are ontologically good

SUVs are ontologically evil

how did i miss this fabulous map?? anyway all of that should be upzoned to dx-16

remember to pack your moon watch!

mm mm mmm friday urbanism discourse

extremely valuable tool. my own alder @aldconway.bsky.social is using this to improve street safety in west loop!

front yards are pointless

10 million chicagoans!!!

melted cheese is disgusting

If I never had In & Out ever again, that'd be fine.

Folks, a new rare Lori just dropped, and it's not AI

ugh this made me tear up. government does good things!! the power of genuinely caring will save us

Spring is springing

the time has come to send elon to the strait of hormuz

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

one billion bollards

A very early -- and cheap -- priority for NITA should be identifying every location where a bus terminates within half a mile of a train station without providing a direct transfer and fixing that. Lots of Metra stations have unused ticket agent booths that can be repurposed into bus operator relief

i would like to thank the development of thousands of new homes in west loop for my rent only going up 4% for 2026-2027

It makes me so happy to see these saplings on Lawrence blooming this spring, brought in just two years ago with a street redesign! Look at the last two photos for what it looked like before these changes, with a narrower sidewalk that made it real unpleasant (CC @andrefor40th.bsky.social)

CBS News used my dashboard to show that this wasn’t an “accident”, but a common occurrence at this intersection. When will CDOT make it stop? www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

This is the only way to get better bike infrastructure and maintenance. The people in power have to actually bike (and not just an annual photo op)

Sorry Bikers, no room for bike lanes here on Columbus Drive, nor on nearby Michigan Ave, and don’t you dare break the law by riding on sidewalks or anywhere within Millennium Park