Happy Valentine’s Day, Chicago, I love you!

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love this, just emailed my alder @aldconway.bsky.social in strong support. gas stations are unproductive uses of valuable land, especially in neighborhoods like West Loop!

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fighter of the day bun

Free idea: suburban driver’s ed courses should include one day when they go downtown and walk around for an hour or two as pedestrians, then spend an hour or two on Divvys in mixed traffic

theres nowhere in chicago you can go to see and hold lizards, newts, or salamanders. what is mayor johnson doing about this

nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

Inside the historic light court of The Rookery Building, 1888.

did Gary Larson draw this

A choice quote from Alderwoman Dowell: "I'm telling you: Do not put another bike lane in the third ward until you have a conversation with me and my constituents." The problem with this, of course, is that her constituents can effectively cut off safe access to the lakefront for everybody else.

noticing a distinct lack of Bridget Gainer from the 10th district @drakefor10.bsky.social

We are in the midst of one helluva false spring. I’ll take it.

the most famous person to graduate from my high school was a serial killer :/

I’ve been meaning for a while to talk about this... I’m proud that with my team at work that we’ve been working to simplify signage for accessibility and internationalization, including using fewer, simpler terms, applying a predictable information hierarchy and using pictograms where possible.

you know what? fuck it. *goes to bed early*

Incredible photo from ChiDrone on Instagram. Chicago rules

Thanks to @ninametz.bsky.social for bringing more attention to the Chicago Municipal Device with this cool story — with quotes from @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social and @pmorse.bsky.social, who are always good to hear from.

only 11 days until 5:30pm sunset, Chicago. hang in there

They should mount it opposite Nighthawks. The depicted sad getting booed rookie gets drummed out of the game, gets involved in urban crime and gambling, and ends up as the guy with his back to the viewer in Hopper's painting. He still remembers the jeers . . .

Would-be London taxi drivers attending the taximan's school in Kennington embark on a bicycle tour of the city in order to learn "The Knowledge". 1947

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This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all

This is an incredibly cool new construction two-flat in Woodlawn--rather than the usual two stacked full-floor units, there's a duplexed quasi-SFH and a smaller studio-type unit that acts like an ADU.

Honored to be endorsed by Equality Illinois! Chicago and Illinois thrive on being safe, inclusive destinations for numerous groups of people. If elected, I will be proud to become the first LGBTQ+ County Commissioner to represent District 10.

Snitches? These are citizens who are helping the city identify people who are breaking LAWS in order to improve the safety of Chicagoans.

When someone tells me how old their child is I say "that's such a fun age" even if it's 37

this looks like an animorphs book cover except it’s one cat turning into a slight different cat

American English incorporates Spanish loanwords to such a degree we often don't even think about it. Canyon, patio, rodeo, tornado, mustang, ranch, barbecue, stampede, vigilante, cargo, embargo, cafeteria, alligator, hurricane, mosquito. Brits only adopted those, if at all, by way of US influence.

This object is a legitimate masterpiece of design

It would be remiss of me not to remind everyone of this similar gem

No Kings includes Draft Kings

I've been summoned 🔥

they call this “getting dowelled” btw

I think car door handles should still work when the car is on fire

Snow falling in Uptown

coming up with a new idea called "driving like shit olympics". no more bland, unprovable statements like "california drivers are the WORST" allowed. whichever state wins every 4 years gets a moonshot-sized public transit investment to get those fuckers off the road

oh nothing just two old men crushing on the public library

Yo, we’re so cooked on this one. If he wins we’re going to need a SERIOUS primary opponent when he goes for re-election. He CANNOT become a lifer in this seat. He will sell us all down the digital river.

If you are worried about this, sign up to be a poll worker or a poll watcher.

Most people don’t go to a city council meeting. If you go and tell them you vote and you want action even once, you’ve moved the needle.

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1/2 The cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity & the GUMPTION of these architects to go this hard for Art Deco on some random high school. Absolutely breathtaking work. Bloom High School Chicago Heights, IL Architects: Royer, Danley & Smith, 1934 Addition: Schmidt, Garden & Erikson, 1956

There is an actual argument that this curse actually worked.

Naah, I want them on trial.

The aldermanic newsletter aggregator from @strongtownschicago.bsky.social is a great resource for urbanists You can subscribe to topics and get alerts about things like zoning meetings www.strongtownschicago.org/chicago-alde...

high noon on Lower Wacker Drive

Grabbed this info sheet from the library resource desk. The library providing the political education.