If you want to visit the grave of the guy who was the first person to drive on this (and a bunch of other firsts), he's buried at Lithuanian National Cemetery in Justice.

(1/2) Confluence of '40s Chicago hipster: '47 radio check on WGES of Jimmy Dale Band on Al Benson (pioneer Black DJ). Dale's band was actually paid for by Harold Fox, Chicago purveyor of the zoot suit (store still in biz), recorded by Myron Bachman who had Bruce Goff remodel his house that year

Wow I finally saw a Simpsons gag in real life

Late night nicotine scrubbing

I know of two Chicago food pantries that should be stocked & ready, but putting the address on here might make them a target. If you really want to know, send me a message.

Holy moly

DeJohnette's childhood apartment on 51st & Champlain. His uncle was the WVON disc jockey Roy Wood.

RIP Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025)

Re: whistles. This might be spendy for a whistle but this mf'er is LOUD. Imagine if a whole group of people had these in use at the the same time. Works underwater too. industrialsafetygear.com/storm-safety...

If you've been looking for a toilet with embellishments that also might have been where Chaplin made boom-boom, Chicago FB Marketplace has you covered.

On far right is the tavern/rooming house that later became the Shipyard Inn (some infamy in summer '66), and later the beloved Serbian cafe Golden Shell. On the left is the one-time location of American Ship Building Co. (the Calumet River is adjacent)

Mas firme at 91st & Brandon, 1941

Rhino has put out a super deluxe version of the best Monkees album, and my late friend Ed played drums on it. I wish he was still around to hear the unearthed basic tracks, etc. He had some great stories.

Daddy-O Daylie (pictured here) was so popular that his show was mentioned in two Michael Mann productions, Crime Story & Heat

This one hung on, more or less unchanged, until around 2020.

I don't need another project, but based on the license plate on this Buick, there's probably a very interesting story that comes with the car.

Deeper context for the raided building in South Shore, with a bonus cameo appearance from the idiotic idea that has defined the entire past decade of my local political engagement: the motherfucking Tiger Woods golf course.

Very important here:

RE closure yesterday and Reuse Depot closure a few weeks ago leaves a big deficit of salvaged building material/artifact outlets right when prices/supplies of new are going way up. That said, cost of warehousing this stuff is also way, way up.

The 'Lotte Lenya' line in 'Mack The Knife' is cuz she was in the room when Louis Armstrong cut his vocal version, and he improvised it.

a bit of context to the neighborhood where all this is going down today; Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish lost 12 who were KIA in Vietnam. There is a large memorial & mural on the corner. Check those names.

Update: the person whom ICE tackled on the sidewalk at the end of this video was driven back to Calumet Park and released. (n'hood social media video elsewhere)

105/N. Feds rammed a car that crashed into another, then a foot chase. Neighbors protested. Gas deployed by feds earlier today. Here's what they left behind. A thread of photos. #chicago

106th & Ewing, the only Walgreens left in the neighborhood after the other one on Commercial Ave closed a few months ago

Apparently they're parked in front of Gallistel elementary, staging out of Calumet Park and maybe the Coast Guard station. CPD/CFD helicopter Base is adjacent

Tony Fitzpatrick RIP

Killed a cop as a teenager. My friend Craig Keller broke this story for Chicago Magazine, circa 1996. Don’t have that article handy but here’s a brief Police Memorial Foundation item: cpdmemorial.org/fallen-offic...

Thee quintessential Chicago accent, even over Dennis Farina (whose boss he played in Crime Story). RIP

Saab story (I'll show myself out)

What did the alderman know and when?

7th not being on here makes me wonder what/when he knew.

Tony Fitzpatrick on display at Great Lakes Tattoo.

Hey, do you have a degree in urban planning, preservation, history, communications, business management, finance, public administration, policy or political science? Come work UNPAID, 21 hours a week minimum, for the City of Chicago in the Department of Planning and Development!

These are not servants of a legitimate government, these are monsters. bsky.app/profile/ista...

FYI - starting today thru 10/12 there is what looks to be a ban of drone flights in a 15-mile radius from ORD.

On this, the 70th anniversary of the crash that killed James Dean, it's interesting to note that he purchased the car only nine days prior.

dozens of federal agents with border patrol and the fbi raided an apartment building in south shore shortly after 1 am as part of a “targeted immigration enforcement operation.” neighbors report hearing flash-bangs and screaming, and one person told abc 7 they saw two people detained.

"When I'm outside in a real good mood/ you could almost forget about all the other things/ like a big ol ominous cloud in my periphery"

I completely forgot that I submitted the Palm Tavern to the Disappointed Tourist project and was so pleased to learn that it was picked! Painting and text at the link. disappointedtourist.org/palm-tavern/

Throw a nickel on the grass for LtCol Hardy

Breweries really had to pivot during Prohibition.

Another 78 with south side Chicago ties. Mel Torme, attended Hyde Park HS but left before graduation to join Chico Marx's band in Hollywood. Three years later he wrote 'The Christmas Song'.

Another 78 with south side ties. Joni James grew up in South Chicago (93rd & Manistee), Bowen HS grad.

Organizing some records. Here is Platter w south side Chicago ties #1. Aristocrat Records started 1947 by a couple in South Shore. Office was at 75th & Phillips. By '49 the Chess bros were partners, eventually took over & renamed the label Chess.

The long and storied history of First Presbyterian also includes the fight for open housing in Chicago and a musical revue & recording in a collaboration between Oscar Brown Jr. and the Blackstone Rangers street gang. Here's a taste: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmm...

Took my 91-year old Chicano artist uncle to hear Cheech talk about Chicano art. A lovely Sunday.

Sonny Curtis RIP. The last of Buddy Holly's Crickets, also wrote 'Walk Right Back', 'I Fought The Law' and the theme to the Mary Tyler Moore show. youtu.be/hKrxq5U8SBY?...

Kids in a field with a goat, near 79th & Cottage Grove, looking northeast. The houses in the background are still standing (ones on right are on Ingleside).