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Ideal city: ⚛️ nuclear-powered, 🏙️ dense housing, 💰 affordable, 🚇 transit. Aka Chicago. Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
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Healthcare?
It’s phenomenal.
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tax the costco taxis
One of the wealthiest neighborhoods
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Blue cities need to get their shit together. This isn't a game.
One of the biggest NIMBY backlashes I've ever seen. 18,000 signatures collected in Cincinnati to oppose a mid-rise apartment building that would replace a surface parking lot in a neighborhood that already has mid-rise buildings. local12.com/news/local/-...
so basically, america is fucked because kids can't be autonomous in a culdesac
You have to subscribe to all of the NA newsletters to sift for this stuff
Not that I'm aware of. He typically won't publicly comment until a decision is made. Usually through his newsletter. He will attend meetings with the neighborhood groups about the subject matter though, but often he won't advertise the agenda.
If you attend the Wicker Park Committee meeting, please point out that this proposal has too much parking for one of the best pedestrian corridors in the city. It has a bus, a bike lane, the 606 trail, and a train. Worst place in the city to build new parking. bsky.app/profile/rwso...
Parking adds at least $20,000 of cost per new unit of housing. Who should pay for that?
It has been accounted for. There is a bus on Broadway, and a quad-tracked 24 hour train.
I didn’t look closely enough to see that but damn you’re right! That is an obscene amount of parking
The same piece goes out like clockwork every few months Next we need sound cameras that will catch the scofflaws with modified exhaust
This same piece gets published like clockwork every few months
Hell yeah
Yet another indicator that has grown much worse post-COVID. Americans never walked that much, and now we don't even walk out to and from our car as part of a commute, or around the supermarket. We're just sitting, staring at glowing rectangles all day.
I think a stroke is the most likely explanation for the radio silence from Trump and his administration. Wish I could place some Kalshi wagers on this.
Probably not that long but it was reported that the pentagon has been planning the occupation. Venezuela more likely. They’ve moved lots of ships there
Unfortunately I think the top two options are the most likely. Pentagon is working overtime tonight, which can’t be a good sign
As a 502➡️312 transplant, the grass is so much greener. Do it as soon as you can. As far behind the curve as Chicago is on many things, it’s light years ahead of Louisville.
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Number of pedestrianized dining streets in… Utica, IL (pop. 1,215): one Chicago (pop. 2,707,648): zero
How dark is it
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Northerly island is probably good, closeish to you
Strong aurora tonight in Maine! If I was in Chicago I would be biking to the lakefront right now www.youtube.com/live/AQq2msF...
The sunrise videos looked so good
Aurora is building over St. Petersburg in Russia. This is around the same geomagnetic latitude as the Twin Cities in Minnesota, USA. go.theauroraguy.com/webcams
Here is a current webcam shot from Lebedevka, Russia. Red aurora glow is moving higher in the sky. This is the same geomagnetic latitude as St. Louis, Missouri! theauroraguy.com/pages/webcams
Me when I see all the stickers on a rack
HOA for me
Aurora bros, lock in! It’s here!!
City landmark
It’s a Jeep thing
Not sure
Mutually assured destruction
Do you bike on Milwaukee Avenue and hate this curb cut? Support this development!
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Didn’t break up the massing so nope
Does this 7 story building make sense on Milwaukee Avenue? Attend this Wicker Park Committee meeting on Wednesday night to tell them “Yes” @abundanthousingil.bsky.social
Urbanists in control 💪🇺🇸 www.reddit.com/r/chicago/s/...
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Yeah, chicago is facing a decade of austerity from pension liabilities, but have you considered the availability of parking for my vehicle?
Cicadas ruin cities
But really, Clybourn
Had this exact conversation with @ready4preddy.bsky.social tonight
I met Bree, the woman who chalked that on the street today. She did it after seeing a war on cars sticker on a bike rack 🙂 Didn’t know about the podcast
Also can you imagine Andersonville like this @michealpodgers.bsky.social????
I would love to see the sales for these businesses vs a comparable Sunday. Today had to be one of the best Sundays they’ve had without a festival of some kind. Cyrus interviewed some business owners who said it was a smashing success.
I think that is a very realistic goal for spring-fall. It’s in the self interest of the businesses to demand more of this
IMO, this concept would be an absolute hit in Lincoln square when construction wraps
It sounds like the chamber was eager to do this because sundays are slow for the businesses. And the city had no meters to pay because it’s Sunday. My friend Cyrus shot a documentary during this, and interviewed owners who said today was amazing for them No expanded dining, yet
The only time DLSD gets close to moving this many people is when the lake shore express bus is running
Alderman LaSpata is the guy in the middle of this meme and urbanists are the hype crew
I love MMOMs
I think I saw half of Chicago Bluesky today
Chicago is reaching levels of car-free that we’ve wanted badly for a long time. Today has been the best day I’ve had in a while. Imagine if your local high street was like this every weekend
POV: you just entered Chicago’s hottest new club, Meet Me On Milwaukee Cameos: @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social, @viktorkoves.com
Meet Me On Milwaukee was a huge success - and @mclean.bsky.social and I accidentally wore matching @thewaroncars.bsky.social t-shirts 😆 But look at how excited people were - they were taking photos of all the people out on the street!
United we bargain Divided we beg @bikegridnow.org
@zachwelden.bsky.social’s Brompton Three other Brompton riders complimented mine
This couple is having a picnic in the median of Lake Shore Drive
Lake Shore Drive is ours @thewaroncars.bsky.social
“I love this city fiercely. It has given me every good thing in my life. It has given me my children. It has given me my friends who are now my family. It has given me purpose.“ thetriibe.com/2025/08/trum...
Aurora bros, lock in!!!
Whoever decided to put “Korean Dogs” on the menu at Comiskey really had that dog in them @chicagobikesox.com
If he runs he’s got my vote I think
Backchannel through a prior guest. Mark has been on the pod
Like @chlurg.bsky.social said at the zoning committee, parking reform and ADUs go together like peanut butter and chocolate. I’m guessing this shaves at least $70k of cost from the project
Some people on Wolcott and Melrose have been organizing for them for a while
I saw you on Wolcott yesterday. New speed bumps!
Just got the hottest ticket in Chicago events.bloomberglive.com/event/9d5b2d...
Like iPads Pro
Miss her. Feel like shit just want to see her again.
Working on convincing my in laws
There’s a good board game section up there
If you want to maximize the lifespan of a flex post, make drivers scared of them.
Agree
LFG @aldermanlaspata.bsky.social
You can tell we’ve transitioned to millennials being parents now because Harry Potter merchandise has proliferated everywhere
I think one of these touched down on the Dresden property en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_...
Thank god for Josh Mark.
Can’t remember the last time a took an uber where it didn’t smell like someone died in the car. The bus and train are better when they are fast and frequent
Things are getting hot in Venezuela
Projects projects projects
Couch lock
Folks. He hasn’t been seen publicly since Tuesday!
I’ll go on a celebratory bike ride. Bike bus to each of my friends’ houses until we make a critical mass. And we will black out
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