Sidestreets
@sidestreets.bsky.social
Radically pedestrian urban planning.
Chicago-centric. ✶✶✶✶
Chicago-centric. ✶✶✶✶
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Sidestreets
@sidestreets.bsky.social
· Dec 11
I took a picture earlier this week that I think encapsulates the isolation and danger of living in a city that doesn’t #plowthesidewalks and a neighborhood where reactionaries want to tear out an under-construction safety project on Archer Avenue.
It’s a message about priorities.
It’s a message about priorities.
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Folks, we’ve got a battle of petitions.
Evanston’s Most Livable City Association (MLCA) contends the Stars move to Ryan Field would “would wreak havoc on Evanston and nearby Wilmette.”
evanstonroundtable.com/2026/01/12/c...
Evanston’s Most Livable City Association (MLCA) contends the Stars move to Ryan Field would “would wreak havoc on Evanston and nearby Wilmette.”
evanstonroundtable.com/2026/01/12/c...
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Folks, we’ve got a battle of petitions.
Evanston’s Most Livable City Association (MLCA) contends the Stars move to Ryan Field would “would wreak havoc on Evanston and nearby Wilmette.”
evanstonroundtable.com/2026/01/12/c...
Evanston’s Most Livable City Association (MLCA) contends the Stars move to Ryan Field would “would wreak havoc on Evanston and nearby Wilmette.”
evanstonroundtable.com/2026/01/12/c...
Pilsen, 1927.
As seen from the quarry that is now Harrison Park.
As seen from the quarry that is now Harrison Park.
January 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Pilsen, 1927.
As seen from the quarry that is now Harrison Park.
As seen from the quarry that is now Harrison Park.
"City of neighborhoods and barrios surgically sliced and scalpeled with red lines and racism, shrapnel shards of history buried under your cobblestone, asphalt, and pavement." - 'The City's Song', by Mayda del Valle
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
"City of neighborhoods and barrios surgically sliced and scalpeled with red lines and racism, shrapnel shards of history buried under your cobblestone, asphalt, and pavement." - 'The City's Song', by Mayda del Valle
Look at the fireworks, look at the fireworks fly /
Light up the night sky, light up the night sky /
You’re not alone tonight
Light up the night sky, light up the night sky /
You’re not alone tonight
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Look at the fireworks, look at the fireworks fly /
Light up the night sky, light up the night sky /
You’re not alone tonight
Light up the night sky, light up the night sky /
You’re not alone tonight
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I love to see my CDOT head of Complete Streets just give in with almost zero pushback when an alder wants to remove a project we just paid outside consultants to design
January 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I love to see my CDOT head of Complete Streets just give in with almost zero pushback when an alder wants to remove a project we just paid outside consultants to design
January 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Many are saying this
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Many are saying this
I love that @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social opened their segment on the future of NYC streets under Commish Mike Flynn with two bike riders headed towards a car parked in a bike lane.
It a nice "before picture" for the improvements to come.
It a nice "before picture" for the improvements to come.
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I love that @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social opened their segment on the future of NYC streets under Commish Mike Flynn with two bike riders headed towards a car parked in a bike lane.
It a nice "before picture" for the improvements to come.
It a nice "before picture" for the improvements to come.
So, this is the alternative to a rails-to-trails conversion?
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 AM
So, this is the alternative to a rails-to-trails conversion?
In case you were wondering what the Black-Eyed Peas have been up to recently
Will.i.am unveils three-wheeled EV with AI assistant
Musician and entrepreneur Will.i.am has entered the micro-mobility space with his new company Trinity, revealing a AI-equipped, single-passenger vehicle designed as "brains on wheels".
www.dezeen.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM
In case you were wondering what the Black-Eyed Peas have been up to recently
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I think bronze medal should be given back to fascist ray.
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I think bronze medal should be given back to fascist ray.
Downtown Orlando is asking for a woonerf in their new plan.
"It needs to be an everyday street, brimming with life and filled with the sound of residents. Here, the office worker can grab lunch, while passersby can linger under the tree canopies or pause for a moment on the benches."
"It needs to be an everyday street, brimming with life and filled with the sound of residents. Here, the office worker can grab lunch, while passersby can linger under the tree canopies or pause for a moment on the benches."
January 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Downtown Orlando is asking for a woonerf in their new plan.
"It needs to be an everyday street, brimming with life and filled with the sound of residents. Here, the office worker can grab lunch, while passersby can linger under the tree canopies or pause for a moment on the benches."
"It needs to be an everyday street, brimming with life and filled with the sound of residents. Here, the office worker can grab lunch, while passersby can linger under the tree canopies or pause for a moment on the benches."
Coming soon: www.chicago.gov/content/dam/...
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Coming soon: www.chicago.gov/content/dam/...
I think this is the first time I'm seeing a political candidate run on reducing cancer rates in the U.S., and it's sorely needed.
January 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I think this is the first time I'm seeing a political candidate run on reducing cancer rates in the U.S., and it's sorely needed.
Many congratulations to @yonahfreemark.com from 2008: www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/11/05/s...
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Many congratulations to @yonahfreemark.com from 2008: www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/11/05/s...
5 years ago, from @hankgreen.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
5 years ago, from @hankgreen.bsky.social
The Mighty Mississippi
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
The Mighty Mississippi
Not sure what 35 days of feedback to the alderwoman is going to do, but hey, the Rogers Park movie theater is reopening!
January 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Not sure what 35 days of feedback to the alderwoman is going to do, but hey, the Rogers Park movie theater is reopening!
"(2025) is the first time in roughly a decade there has been zero interstate shooting fatalities."
Now that we've solved gun deaths on the interstate highways, maybe we can address the deadly machines causing an order of magnitude more fatalities.
Now that we've solved gun deaths on the interstate highways, maybe we can address the deadly machines causing an order of magnitude more fatalities.
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"(2025) is the first time in roughly a decade there has been zero interstate shooting fatalities."
Now that we've solved gun deaths on the interstate highways, maybe we can address the deadly machines causing an order of magnitude more fatalities.
Now that we've solved gun deaths on the interstate highways, maybe we can address the deadly machines causing an order of magnitude more fatalities.
Tonight at 6:00 pm:
meet.google.com/thb-utwx-wpi
A virtual community meeting with the Park West Neighborhood Association on a proposed development at 2724 N Lehmann Ct.
The applicant is seeking zoning variations for a new 5-story 19-unit residential building.
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
meet.google.com/thb-utwx-wpi
A virtual community meeting with the Park West Neighborhood Association on a proposed development at 2724 N Lehmann Ct.
The applicant is seeking zoning variations for a new 5-story 19-unit residential building.
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Tonight at 6:00 pm:
meet.google.com/thb-utwx-wpi
A virtual community meeting with the Park West Neighborhood Association on a proposed development at 2724 N Lehmann Ct.
The applicant is seeking zoning variations for a new 5-story 19-unit residential building.
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
meet.google.com/thb-utwx-wpi
A virtual community meeting with the Park West Neighborhood Association on a proposed development at 2724 N Lehmann Ct.
The applicant is seeking zoning variations for a new 5-story 19-unit residential building.
@abundanthousingil.bsky.social
Even in Alaska, Senate candidates are running on building more housing.
My decision
YouTube video by Mary Peltola
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Even in Alaska, Senate candidates are running on building more housing.
Every map of Chicago is the same map of Chicago.
Except for a map of lesbian domiciles.
Except for a map of lesbian domiciles.
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Every map of Chicago is the same map of Chicago.
Except for a map of lesbian domiciles.
Except for a map of lesbian domiciles.
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With the added parking to the east and on top of the former mall, there is going to be the same if not more space allocated to storing cars. The village seems to think that the previous iteration failed because it was "too difficult" to drive there.
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
With the added parking to the east and on top of the former mall, there is going to be the same if not more space allocated to storing cars. The village seems to think that the previous iteration failed because it was "too difficult" to drive there.
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News about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting coming as we enter a world filled with AI-generated content has me thinking how extraordinarily prescient this parody from 2013 was.
PBS: The Movie (PBS Meets The Avengers) | Gritty Reboots
YouTube video by GrittyReboots
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
News about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting coming as we enter a world filled with AI-generated content has me thinking how extraordinarily prescient this parody from 2013 was.