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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

yeah Canno Design cracked the brick code here and now they sail through design review
www.cannodesign.com

Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year:
—50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide
—8-minute midday headways on rail lines
—24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)

dug through the couch cushions and found 50 mil

can we keep Nora Leerhsen? please? from my view she’s been hitting it out of the park

i believe it’s 0.25%

Every neighborhood in Chicago needs a town square like this for hanging out, and for anti-fascist protests

It used to be a road

all districts lead to chicago

Wednesday's WOW! This morning's spectacular panorama sunrise over Chicago.

The country has spoken. Get ready to drink some soy milk and hire minorities.

a display case of japanese scissors of different sizes and designs.

(repeating to myself) i don’t need fancy japanese scissors, i don’t need fancy, beautiful, elegant, japanese scissors…

map of Chicago showing 14 areas, each having a color that corresponds with which restrictions it comes with blue: the largest area will have no restrictions goldenrod: annual per-block per-year limits, and owner occupancy requirement green: owner occupancy and administrative adjustment requirements magenta: annual per-block per-year limits, and owner occupancy and administrative adjustment requirements

*ADU expansion area map*

new draft of the ADU opt-in areas for RS zoning districts (likely to be approved by Chicago City Council at their November meeting)

the opt-in areas are symbolized by which restrictions each area will have

To put a finer point on it:
• Lots of working-class folks live in 🟢🏘️
• There are lots of jobs in 🟡🏭
• We’ve already built 🔵🚆
• But we’re missing 🔴🛤️
• So those workers have to drive on ⚫️🛣️
• Therefore we should #BuildTheTunnel 🔴🚇

Graphic showing a Metra train in Naperville with text saying "Illinois just eliminated parking mandates near high-frequency transit stops statewide."

Everyone’s talking about Illinois’ big transit bill, but here’s what you might’ve missed: it also eliminates parking mandates near high-frequency transit stops statewide! ✨🥳

What counts as high-frequency transit?
🚇 Within 1/2 mile of rail stations and bus hubs
🚍 Within 1/8 mile of bus corridors

A lighted circular archway is in the distance. In the foreground, a mound of tree branches is next to the edge of a pond.

Background: The Peoples Gas Education Pavilion, designed by Studio Gang.
Foreground: The beavers’ lodge, designed by the beavers. 🦫

In committee, my rep testified 'I don't think I've ever heard more from constituents about a piece of legislation' and then said basically something like 'I can't face them without passing this'

i believe it was lessened to 25%

2025: year of less parking
2026: year of upzoning
2027: year of single stair
2028: year of ????
2029: profit (affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods)

when does the anti-ICE legislation go into effect?

Quilt with images of bats, spiders and webs

#Halloween quilt via Sylvia Schaefer, Flying parrot Quilts #WomensArt

A Kimono decorated with skeletons, from Japan, 1840-1860 CE,
now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London

List of harder parts: (?)

- selecting good board members
- standing up a new authority while dissolving an extant authority
- figuring out how exactly to do all of the service studies (and other policy implementation) stipulated in the bill

Screenshot of section about transit supportive development

Screenshot about people over parking

Yep! People Over Parking and transit-supportive development authority are included in the bill that passed

ilga.gov/Legislation/...

(HAM3+4, house amendments 3 and 4)

bisexual florida man realness…

save Chicago from transit cuts!!

total horseshit

Support local vendors October 30th We will be selling local vendors tamales, elotes, empanadas, drinks and more From 6-9pm Outside 2866 n Milwaukee

If you’re in Logan Square go support local vendors tomorrow.

guessing they made the plans before the parking reform ordinance went thru, i was on a zoning meeting in the 28th ward and the developer for that project had no idea about the new lower requirements