Christopher Silber

Screenshot of a Google search for the Milwaukee Ave YETI store showing that it is permanently closed

Would be cool if they brought back a music venue here. But I don’t have much faith in this landlord

Every day is muggier than the last

Chicago building permit for the reconversion of a 4 unit, 2.5 story apartment into a single family home

Deconverting a 4 unit apartment into a single family home shouldn’t be legal in the city of Chicago

Strava showing our walk of manhattan north to south

Manhattan was light work 😤

Row of buildings in Harlem, New York

It’s beautiful 😍

I have seen the light. Chicago’s bagel/deli desert must be remedied

Coming to terms with the fact that I just look severely midwestern

What should I do in New York City

The CTA is always innovating, today I got the sauna car 🤩

Scientists believe the universe began at the intersection of Madison and State streets. After some catalyzing event, the universe expanded in all directions in a grid-like fashion, as calculated by comparing street address numbers near the intersection with those further away.

Press Release from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office stating that the office plans to postpone the annual tax sale until March 2026 once legislation passed by the Illinois General Assembly officially becomes law. The postponed sale will allow the office more time to work with state legislature to pass comprehensive property tax foreclosure reforms. During the delay, no extra interest will be added to delinquent taxes subject to the sale.

FYI - the Cook County Treasurer plans to postpone this year’s tax sale. During the delay, no extra interest will accrue on delinquent taxes subject to the sale. Here’s the press release with more info:

In-person and Online: Cook County Treasurer's Office - Chi Hack Night The Cook County property tax assessment appeals system shifted nearly $2 billion in property taxes onto homeowners from businesses over just three years, with lower-income, Black and Latino homeowners...

Join us at i.c. stars or online tonight to hear from the Cook County Treasurer’s Office about their new study, which found that the Cook Co. property tax assessment appeals system disproportionately burdened lower-income, Black and Latino homeowners. Doors open @ 6pm chihacknight.org/events/2025/...

In-person and Online: Cook County Treasurer's Office - Chi Hack Night The Cook County property tax assessment appeals system shifted nearly $2 billion in property taxes onto homeowners from businesses over just three years, with lower-income, Black and Latino homeowners...

Hi, I’m going to be doing a little presentation about the Treasurer’s Office Appeals Report at Chi Hack Night tonight!

It’ll be in person and online. Follow the link for more info/RSVP:

chihacknight.org/events/2025/...

Me 🤝 The Blue Line

Not wanting to work on Friday

Explaining where I live to Chicago data nerds by referencing that one census tract that’s in both Logan Square and West Town

Dust storm got me in the mood to build like 2,000 post offices across the country to boost morale and create jobs

Didn’t have “get stuck in Lisle because of a freak dust storm” on today’s bingo card

Born in Chicago and Raised in Dolton? That’s a Cook County Pope

The data is from tax year 2021 (billed in 2022) to 2023 (billed in 2024).

If you’re interested in looking into a specific area, you should check out the data dashboard. You can look at specific neighborhoods and assessment years. It works a bit better on desktop

public.tableau.com/app/profile/...

I did note in the study that high income areas have a lot of condos, and a lot of those condo associations appeal every year, driving up appeal rates

Also, when properties are reassessed, the appeal rate is even higher. When the North Suburbs were reassessed in 2022, 53% of homeowners appealed

Check out the data dashboard to look at detailed information about appeal rates and bill changes in you neighborhood!

This shift was not shared equally among homeowners! Homeowners in high income areas appealed at far higher levels than in low income areas, causing the appeals process to shift a disproportionate amount of taxes to those who can least afford to pay more.

For this report, I calculated how appeals shifted the tax burden from 2021-2023. Large business AV reductions reduced their taxes by more than $3 billion, while the tax bill for residential properties rose by about $2 billion.

Front page of the Treasurer’s Office study “A Broken Property Tax Appeals System”

Hi everyone,

The Cook County Treasurer’s Office published my report on assessment appeals this morning!

There are some great articles about it, but if you have the time, I recommend reading the report and browsing the data dashboard!

Read it here:

www.cookcountytreasurer.com/appealsrepor...

Contact solution bottle that has copyright 2005 typed on it

My dad has been refilling this travel contact solution bottle for 20 years

Say you’ve been dropped off in downtown Nashville at 7:30am on a rainy Saturday with nowhere to be for 6 hours. What do you do? Where do you go?

Chicago Department of Family and Support Services sign advertising a “Clubbing Live DJ” event

Come to Chicago’s new hottest club

Warm brownie and ice cream >>>>

That Peterino’s to go cafe near City Hall has really good sandwiches