The 1919 race riot is one of the most underdiscussed events in Chicago’s history. Great to see this team’s work continuing to make an impact.

Are you or a loved one a member of the Chicago Building Nerd Collective? If so, you are entitled to one of Brick Guy Will Quam's calendars after giving him money for it. It's absolutely lovely, with a cover that evokes the storied history of Chicago's glorious terra cotta. INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS!

The hellhole we call Chicago 😔

Alley

Adventured to Oak Park today

As part of the rise of fascism, up comes all the old zombie racist bullshit ideas again. Physiognomy rebranded for the surveillance age.

Happy National Sandwich Day

I don't think enough of you are seeing this work of art

I’m so mad that I have a meeting & have to stop breathlessly following Heather’s incredible reporting, but I’m sure Judge Ellis will only have made through like 10% of the Feds’ lies & exaggerations by the time I return

Shut it the fuck down. There is no magical training or reform that will fix this.

This comes on the same day they're trying to pin felony charges on a guy who threw a sandwich at an ICE agent in DC.

Every day these motherfuckers present us with more & more evidence that there exists no depth of depravity they will not gleefully explore. It is a CHOICE to come up with & enact a plan that purposefully traumatizes the smallest members of our society. A fucking CHOICE. Hell ain’t hot enough.

Another beauty, taken that same day. West Ridge, I was entirely unfamiliar with your rather enchanting game. Architect: George Maher, 1911

This wasn’t just a little spa visit, she got everything done! Fresh stucco, new roof… girlie looks GOOD. Not bad for a 101 year old home! My pics are from June when dragged over here on an impromptu tour with @tudoraf.bsky.social.

HORTUS IN URBE

I hope all of you sunset enjoyers feel bad about what you did yesterday & are prepared to text me should the sky go glorious again

I just checked & it’s been 15 days since my last Still There. I’m so sorry. I’ve let you all down. It’s still there. IT’S STILL THERE!

Happy National Sandwich Day

This is a very tiny ripple in a world where the government is deliberately starving children, but the shutdown is also impacting the availability of film prints that come from the Library of Congress, a consequence I had not considered

fuck ice the city keeps painting over this, resistance is disciplined persistance

I think it’s very rude that the entire city is posting photos of a gorgeous sunset I didn’t notice was happening

Peoples Gas Light & Coke Building detail The landmark report quotes some early 20th century Chicagoan who saw Notre Dame de Paris & reportedly said "this is well & good, but give me Peoples Gas any day." Because, yes, Chicagoans are & have always been Like That. Architect: DH Burnham & Co, 1911

I biked around Budlong Woods and Albany Park, stopping almost constantly to admire.

The Lyric Opera has been serving me an ad for Carmina Burana every damn time I go on Facebook, so I ended up buying the piano solo for O Fortuna. Now we got Carmina Burana at home.

went to the hohf house open house that the kenilworth historical society so kindly organized keck & keck, 1957 honestly a little bit of a bummer, lot of water damage, i can’t imagine it’s long for this world

I would like to suggest that killing people based on proximity that can be measured by the Cha Cha Slide is bad

Conversations I have IRL in my 40s: Me, a low talker: !!! Friend whose hearing ain’t what it used to be: ?! Me, with auditory processing issues: ??? Both: taking bad guesses as to what we thought the previous exchange was about & responding nonsensically

This entire city is in a constant state of hypervigilance, living off cortisol

His impersonation of the ICE guy is Chris Farley-esque 💓

Scabby, Chicago’s most venerated local celebrity, is still at Google’s redevelopment of the Thompson Center. He is allowing photos, but not signing autographs.

Inconceivably, this is only the first entry in an extremely lovely thread. Good morning, you beautiful city.

WHAT THE FUCK

"SOMETIMES I LOOK AT BUILDINGS & THEY LOOK BACK," I scream as the men in white coats approach

Yard decoration in Beverly

A far South Side Chicago public high school campus in this hellhole of a city 😞

Spoiler

Every meeting I had last week involved someone breaking down &/or unloading about living in Chicago right now, & I mean that literally. EVERY MEETING. We are all of us frayed & delicate & in need of grace from each other.

Does anyone have a rough estimate for how the hard the Chicago History Museum is to heist? More or less difficult than the Louvre?

It looks like it's just been informed for the first time it's called an assfish

I would simply prepare to leave the country BEFORE the heist

This racing sweater for the National School Boy's Inter-City Ice Skating Championship of 1922 goes hard af. 11/10. Would wear. 📸 CHM, Costume & Textiles Collection

Here's a subtle reminder that there are 20 Chicago-inspired fonts available for f-r-e-e on my website. Use them wisely.

BREAKING--grooviness sighted in St. Joseph, MI

Families were making their way to the neighborhood Halloween parade being held two blocks away from this tear gassing. This is life in Chicago these days

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.

OMG -- WHO IS SHE

gm

Goodnight, Pullman