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John Lillig

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English Teacher, Loyola Academy Advisory Board, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame A.B., English (Georgetown), M.A., English (DePaul), J.D. (DePaul Law) Visiting Student (University of East Anglia) Sport & Athletics Bluesky: @jclillig.bsky.social

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John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · Feb 4

Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again where free men will walk to build a better society.

- Salvador Allende (1908-1973), final radio address, 9/11/73

John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 9h

What type of directions do you give to them about how to draft their questions?

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John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 11h

A carbon copy.

John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 13h

I think the original (white) owners sold sometime in the 1990's. The succeeding (Black) owners may have lost some of the old customers as the neighborhood resegregated and as the industry around the area declined.

John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 13h

Went out of business sometime in the early 2000's I think. I think it may have been another restaurant for a while. I think it has been vacant for about 10? years.

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John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 14h

Picked up @robertloerzel.bsky.social & James A. Pierce's book The Uptown at City Lit Books. Looking forward to seeing the authors at the 11/5 event at the Cliff Dwellers'

ROBERT LOERZEL – Chicago author, freelance journalist, and photographer

www.robertloerzel.com

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John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 14h

Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

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Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social · 18h

This is a great read from @chicagocovenants.bsky.social The parallels to today--a white criminal preferable to a black homeowner . . .
www.chicagocovenants.com/research/al-...

Al Capone’s Covenant — Chicago Covenants

By Ben Miller In the late 1920s, covenant fever swept the South Side of Chicago. As the city’s Black population boomed, white residents mobilized to prevent their neighborhoods from becoming integra...

www.chicagocovenants.com

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Capitol News Illinois @capitolnewsil.bsky.social · 17h

Federal judge grants TRO in lawsuit to protect protesters, journalists covering “Operation Midway Blitz.” Story by Peter Hancock. https://loom.ly/KGqeW7U

Judge grants restraining order protecting protesters, journalists in Chicago-area protests

Article Summary A court order bars federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters or journalists covering immigration protests. It also bars

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 17h

For anyone unfamiliar with the neighborhood, I wrote a series of short blog posts about Miller Beach last year. This one talks about what Miller Beach is to Gary today - the only consistently economically stable, racially integrated neighborhood in the city - and how it got there.

Miller Beach, Part 3: A Center of Gravity in Gary

Part 3 of a series of blog posts about community history, urban planning, and the built environment in the Miller Beach community of Gary, Indiana

www.spicknall.us

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John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 14h

The former Margie's Italian Beef. My good friend Mike Kelly and I used to go there together in the 1980's and 1990's, just as our fathers had done in the 1960's and 1970's.

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago @mwrdgc.bsky.social · 19h

🍂 Fall colors bloom at sunset over the MWRD's Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station #3 on the Cal-Sag Channel in Blue Island, Illinois. Learn about the work of the MWRD on our next virtual tour October 15: mwrd.org/education/to...

Fall colors bloom at sunset over the MWRD's Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration (SEPA) Station #3 on the Cal-Sag Channel in Blue Island, Illinois. The Western Avenue bridge is seen in the background. Learn about the work of the MWRD on our next virtual tour October 15: https://mwrd.org/education/tours/virtual-tours

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 19h

Attention Dwight H Perkins nerds:

Green flyer with a photo of Dwight H Perkins just in case you thought this was about the guy you sat next to in third grade who picked his nose. It’s not that Dwight.

Text reads:
“Ald. Ruth Cruz cordially invites you to the
HONORARY STREET DEDICATION FOR
DWIGHT H.
PERKINS
(1867-1941)
Distinguished Chicago Architect
Designer of 40 Public School Buildings in Chicago Co-Founder of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 10:30 AM
on the northeast corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Addison Street, in front of Schurz High School”

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Kelli Marshall @kellimarshall.bsky.social · 23h

Get these thugs out of my backyard! 😡

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 1d

Can a video game help solve public transit in Baltimore?

‘Subway Builder’ lets transit nerds build their dream subway system. Can it fix Baltimore's public transit issues?

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John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social · 1d

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Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social · 1d

RIP actor & Chicago native Ron Dean.

He interrogated Dr. Richard Kimble in THE FUGITIVE, he dropped Andy off at detention in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, he was shot by Harvey Dent in THE DARK KNIGHT, he was Marty Crane's poker buddy on FRASIER, and so much more.

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 1d

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...

Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · 1d

To Haunt and Be Haunted: On the Exhumation of Edgar Allen Poe

Imagine that you’ve been buried alive. Don’t question the specifics, whether you’ve been kidnapped or unfortunate enough to fall victim to poorly trained pathologists and morticians, for either way…

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Creative Writing at NEIU @neiu-cw.bsky.social · 1d

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

www.theguardian.com

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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 1d

@blockclubchi.bsky.social: "How Can West Side’s Madison Street Be Improved? City Works To Reverse Years Of Disinvestment."
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/h...

How Can West Side's Madison Street Be Improved? City Works To Reverse Years Of Disinvestment

Once the epicenter of the West Side, Madison Street has suffered from disinvestment, civil unrest and suburban flight. A new city study seeks to find ways to build on recent successes along the corrid...

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Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social · 1d

FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS www.wbez.org/arts/2025/10...

Chicago artist Tonika Lewis Johnson among 22 winners of coveted MacArthur ‘genius grant’

The Englewood native, whose work focuses on inequity in Chicago, is among this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. The list of international fellows receiving the $800,000 prize includes several artist...

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · 1d

Because certainly there's no reason why this history might be terrifyingly relevant right now, here's a link to preorder @stschrader1.bsky.social's "Blue Power" on how police in the US organized to exempt themselves from democratic oversight and control: redemmas.org/titles/48838...

Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves

Buy from Red Emma's, a worker-owned radical bookstore

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 1d

I, however,
Have such meagre power,

Clutching at a
Moment,

While you control
An hour.

But your hour is
A stone.

My moment is
A flower.

-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"
#everynightapoem As ever.

I have done so little
For you.
And you have do little
For me.
That we have good reason
Never to agree.

I, however,
Have such meagre power,
Clutching at a
Moment,
While you control
An hour.
But your hour is
A stone.
My moment is
A flower.
-Langston Hughes, "Poet to Bigot"

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Chicago Architecture Center @chiarchitecture.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 On this night in 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began in the O’Leary barn. Cameras existed—but early ones were too slow to capture the chaos. What we have instead: Currier & Ives lithographs and a cry that still defines us “CHICAGO SHALL RISE AGAIN!” 💪 https://bit.ly/3ZIjjDI

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World Cafe @worldcafe.bsky.social · 1d

To get you ready for our Sense of Place: Montreal series that starts tomorrow, here's a mixtape to put you in the musical mood for our trip.

www.npr.org/sections/wor...

What does Montreal sound like?

World Cafe is kicking off its latest Sense of Place series with a playlist that offers a glimpse of Montreal's lively music scene.

www.npr.org

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