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Thank you for covering this important story @nadignewspapers.bsky.social

Effort afoot to preserve facade from site of first Smashing Pumpkins concert - Nadig Newspapers - Northwest Side Local Newspapers by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A local historian is spearheading an effort to save an elaborately carved wooden facade of a former nightclub where

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pushes to help preserve facade of club where Smashing Pumpkins had first concert
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Thank you for sharing 😊

Thank you @aliciakismeteler.bsky.social

Great story!

Smashing Pumpkins Played Their 1st Show At Club 21. Can Parts Of Closed Venue Be Saved? In 1988, the iconic band performed their first show at Chicago 21 Club, a Polish nightclub on the Far Northwest Side. Nearly four decades later, a local historian wants to save the long-vacant clubs' ...

Thank you @mollydevore.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social for your story on our effort to preserve a part of this link between #SmashingPumpkins and #Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/12/s...

I think we should build more tall towers like this outside of downtown Chicago

Selfie of Dan Pogorzelski and Gavin Moulton

Serendipity aplenty yesterday when I got to meet the one and only @gmoult.bsky.social during the Polish American Historical Association Conference in Chicago! 🇵🇱

Christmas Eve with the Poles

Not only does AJ LaTrace's writing for Streetsblog rock:
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As a founding member of local emo legends The Academy Is... so does his guitar playing! He appears on a new charity album by Chicago journalists.
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Very cool 😎

Now imagine if the train came every 7.5 minutes because we took four existing Metra lines, ran them half-hourly, coordinated their schedules, and connected them down the same corridor.

That’s CrossTowner regional rail.

And that’s why we need to #BuildTheTunnel.

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I love boring but meaningful infrastructure upgrades

On behalf of Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District, it is my privilege to commend Pogo for his dedication to public service and community.

The biggest rail expansion project in the Chicago area for 30 years is in Indiana

Cook County has an active infill rail station study underway. Put dots on the map where you want a new train station. cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com

ABSOLUTELY Nagle!

Chicagoans took more than 430 million bus rides in 1988! Then the bottom fell out after 1990 (due in part to drastic service cuts precipitated by a fiscal crisis - sound familiar??).

Looking forward to this 😊

Local Historian and recent Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Dan Pogorzelski, nicknamed "The Mayor of Avondale," leads a Full Harvest Moon Walk along the river on Sunday 9/7 from Burning Bush Brewery, 4014 N. Rockwell St.

Sen. Villivalam discusses:
-Why it would be foolish *not* to seek $1.5B for transit
-Why dismissing the issue as a simply a Chicago problem is a lie
-Whether there will be a summer legislative session.
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We're blessed to have such an extensive system of legacy infrastructure. Regional Rail connects Chicagoland by changing the way we use what we already have: we're 95% of the way there. No doubt that the last 5% would require a substantial investment, but transforming the region is worth every penny.

RIP Damen Silos ☹️

This is your sign to kill your lawn and plant native wildflower seeds!

Here's a timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.

A timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods : NPR www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...

The magic of through running - Works in Progress Magazine Commuter trains often stop at the edge of cities. Building a short tunnel to join them up is often by far the most efficient way to improve a city's transport.

An international perspective on why we should #BuildTheTunnel worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ma...

Damen Silos should be a concert venue, groups say Preservationists and a community organization say a public park and musical festival site is an idea worth pursuing, but demolition of the structures appears imminent.

Imagine the massive Damen Silos being preserved and the surrounding land being used as music festival grounds.

It’s an idea that a pair of groups is floating even as the city moves closer to issuing demolition permits for the century-old structures. buff.ly/gKytNKf

For the second year in a row, we celebrated solstice w/ a Polish accent on Chicago’s #WildMile w/ @urbanrivers.bsky.social. We hope that you can join us next time 🌺

Thank you for the kind words, Mr. Illinois! It was a pleasure to see you. I wish I could have listened in on your conversation w/ Professor Dominic Pacyga. A power duo of local lore the likes of which has not been witnessed before in our recorded history 📚

Me and Dan pogo

When you are at a Polish event you can pretty much count on seeing @danpogofc.bsky.social holding court. Proud to consider myself among The Commissioner’s many acolytes