If I do anything of consequence in my life, it will have been to make sure this and Giddings Plaza are viewed as success stories worth repeating.

Riding bikes or public transit means you have the chances of running into your friends or coworkers without having to get insurance involved.

It's just so pretty...

TBH I think the city would get a lot more credit from the bike community and a lot less flak from the non-bike comm if they just did one big, transformative project every other year rather than all these small ones.

The unspoken truth of sobriety checkpoints is that they don't happen in cities due to the traffic problems they would create / the uninventiveness of the police force and their disinterest in anything that would meaningfully address this problem.

Does anyone know who organizes the Lincoln Square Bike Bus? We'd like to help them out! www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-vi...

Please email your Alder today about chronic semi truck loading issues in your ward.

Like many aspiring architects, I was given a copy of Fountainhead as a high school graduation gift. It remains on my bookshelf as a reminder of the toxic messages it sends and the dangerous philosophies the author espouses.

That moment when the Alderman's office uses your photo in their newsletter...

HOT DARN! WAKE UP YALL HOUSING NEWS JUST DROPPED blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/15/3...

A very unexpected sighting in the facebook comments.

Yall the fences are DOWN!

Okay this is looking very cute.

Who is currently working on the posting to policy pipeline to get someone in JB's office on LVT?

New evergreen graph dropped

More than that, going after bike lanes are cheap shots. It's the same kind of behavior as candidates talking shit about developers like it's immoral or something. It's a sign that they are fundamentally unserious about the job of managing cities and their fundamental dynamics.

This is literally so funny. A person worth 50 billion dollars doesn't have to worry about jack shit. Why even have that much money if you are still going to be worried about piddly shit.

This week's essay is about the spatial practice around mourning, grief, and the architecture of passing. medium.com/@lorenordean...

Thank you @nikhunder.com for the idea - HOLS is working on a family mobility survey. We will be working with researchers to fine-tune these questions, but we want to crowd-source a pool of questions! Please repost so we can extend our reach! forms.gle/6xHYxkhKxqPk...

While business groups might publicly malign bike/pedestrian safety efforts or transit investments, it's very revealing to see how these properties are advertised to developers. When money starts to change hands, you see how these aspects start to be highly valued.

Welcome to the new bike parking garage of Lincoln Square.

All the more reason to get you and your friends involved in your local neighborhood associations.

Biblically accurate cat

I've already heard back from the Alder's office on this - they are on top of it and asking for its immediate removal.

Seeing this the other day, I really did a double take trying to figure out if it was really as stupid as I thought it was. And yes. Yes it is.

The way an architecture student submitting this for their final thesis at Notre Dame would be tarred, feathered, and permanently run out of the profession.

My current hot take is that the latest Star Wars trilogy treated their franchise with more respect than The Devil Wears Prada treated theirs.

This week's essay focuses on the intersection of architecture and democracy at three scales. medium.com/@lorenordean...

Why are we making this about an individual? Public art are not monuments to individuals, and they should be judged on their merits, overall impact, and positioning in the urban realm as to human flourishing.

This image is so emblematic of where we are with urban transformations in Chicago right now.

Hell yes paint is going in on the Leleand raised bikeway!

"For those privileged enough to not have to own a car..." Wow.

This essay is dedicated to my good friends who are got married yesterday. I love you both, and I hope for you all the good and beautiful things. medium.com/@lorenordean...

OK but this is literally so funny

Do you own or rent in #LincolnSquare? Doing any spring cleaning lately and have some stuff you want to get rid of? Fill out our form forms.gle/Zt1MWCjY8bbv... to get onto our map! Sign up for our newsletter if you want to stay informed! www.heartoflincolnsquare.org

Thank you @stephhmurray.bsky.social for stating the blindingly obvious clearly. For kids to have independence to go places independently, you need a certain density of destinations that doesn't come from being sure that single-family neighborhoods have sidewalks: thedispatch.com/article/heli...

This week's essay is about three lessons from game design and their appearance and applicability in architectural practice. medium.com/@lorenordean...

This week's essay is about the power of play, its role in our development, and the surprising benefits for adults in creative work. medium.com/@lorenordean...

Impressive display

Us: "We want third places!" Cities: "We have third places at home" Third places at home:

One of the coolest homes in 60625 is up for sale. Begging an enteprising group of friends to turn this into a commune / mutli unit home with shared amenities type situation www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/2...

They should let architects sign up to be part of a pool of inspectors for a low flat fee - let's them earn some side money while not having to pay expensive city inspectors to do nothing.

Landmark buildings = good Landmark districts = bad

My essay this week is a return to my master's thesis thirteen years later with perspective & humility. This essay interrogates the idea of architecture as an active participant in local and regional ecosystems and the theory undergirding this idea. medium.com/@lorenordean...

RT if you think multifamily housing should be allowed next to L stations in Chicago #courtyardurbanism

Yes Americans famously love spending money on pointless wars and hate cuts that impact their wallets directly. Good job Mr Best President Ever Sir. /s

What in the living hell is a "drone proof ceiling"?

My essay this week is about wealth, cultural power, and aesthetic strategies used by the resourced to ease their anxieties. medium.com/@lorenordean...

My big issue with AI (other than the theft) is not that I think it wont end up impacting work - it will. Its the naked urgency with which people believe with no reservations that it will either lead to our salvation or kill us all. When such a stark binary exists - the middle ground is certain.

HUGE NEWS. We have a state bill; SB3478 - SCA1. Under the bill, CMAP will develop a blueprint for a bike and pedestrian-prioritized street network including 450 miles of safe, slow streets in Chicago and surrounding communities. WE NEED YOU TO SUBMIT WITNESS SLIPS. ilga.gov/Senate/heari... (1/3)