Jacob E. Peters
@archijake.bsky.social
Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.
Even when your team loses, walking into the pub for some soccer on a snowy day is restorative for the soul.
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Even when your team loses, walking into the pub for some soccer on a snowy day is restorative for the soul.
I have only seen the site plan for the location next to the casino, which would require the most circuitous bus transfer ever.
January 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I have only seen the site plan for the location next to the casino, which would require the most circuitous bus transfer ever.
Name your favorite imaginary stadium amenity in the Gare Bears rendering.
I’ll start, the waterway that is both navigable & attractive enough for pleasure craft to use it to access the stadium, but also insignificant enough to be routed through a culvert under the parking lots.
I’ll start, the waterway that is both navigable & attractive enough for pleasure craft to use it to access the stadium, but also insignificant enough to be routed through a culvert under the parking lots.
January 17, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Name your favorite imaginary stadium amenity in the Gare Bears rendering.
I’ll start, the waterway that is both navigable & attractive enough for pleasure craft to use it to access the stadium, but also insignificant enough to be routed through a culvert under the parking lots.
I’ll start, the waterway that is both navigable & attractive enough for pleasure craft to use it to access the stadium, but also insignificant enough to be routed through a culvert under the parking lots.
I think it is an appropriate name for a Polaris-ing time…
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I think it is an appropriate name for a Polaris-ing time…
Working as designed. Glad these are being added, no need to take out your phone to check the Ventra app in cold weather (although I still did so I could snap the photo).
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Working as designed. Glad these are being added, no need to take out your phone to check the Ventra app in cold weather (although I still did so I could snap the photo).
Someone is going to 100% wear his jersey with this hat
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Someone is going to 100% wear his jersey with this hat
A vestige of the auto oriented use that used to be across from this bungalow. Even pulling out of a parking lot the drivers could not be guaranteed to not jump the curb.
January 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
A vestige of the auto oriented use that used to be across from this bungalow. Even pulling out of a parking lot the drivers could not be guaranteed to not jump the curb.
People have been posting the
whereidlive.com
State map, but I wouldn’t be willing to live in any state unless I was in a city, so I am posting their city map with the caveat that I wouldn’t live in a car dependent part of any of these cities.
Also, there are places not on this map I would live in.
whereidlive.com
State map, but I wouldn’t be willing to live in any state unless I was in a city, so I am posting their city map with the caveat that I wouldn’t live in a car dependent part of any of these cities.
Also, there are places not on this map I would live in.
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
People have been posting the
whereidlive.com
State map, but I wouldn’t be willing to live in any state unless I was in a city, so I am posting their city map with the caveat that I wouldn’t live in a car dependent part of any of these cities.
Also, there are places not on this map I would live in.
whereidlive.com
State map, but I wouldn’t be willing to live in any state unless I was in a city, so I am posting their city map with the caveat that I wouldn’t live in a car dependent part of any of these cities.
Also, there are places not on this map I would live in.
This is a cool new addition, but the data is just a bit off
December 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is a cool new addition, but the data is just a bit off
What level of frustration leads to just trashing your lights with the tree?
December 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What level of frustration leads to just trashing your lights with the tree?
Just close the budget gap by hiring department of revenue parking enforcement officers.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just close the budget gap by hiring department of revenue parking enforcement officers.
This fucker is parked next to a goddamned parking lot waiting for someone to get pizza & he has the gall to call me lazy for complaining about him blocking the crosswalk.
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This fucker is parked next to a goddamned parking lot waiting for someone to get pizza & he has the gall to call me lazy for complaining about him blocking the crosswalk.
Curb bumpouts are also the only form of daylighting that actually works for pedestrian crossings.
These examples are all within less than 2 blocks.
These examples are all within less than 2 blocks.
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Curb bumpouts are also the only form of daylighting that actually works for pedestrian crossings.
These examples are all within less than 2 blocks.
These examples are all within less than 2 blocks.
Curb bumpouts at every corner so that when someone tries to pass on the right at a stop light they total their car, & selfish dimwits like this illegally tinted windows jagoff can’t block a crosswalk without blocking traffic.
December 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Curb bumpouts at every corner so that when someone tries to pass on the right at a stop light they total their car, & selfish dimwits like this illegally tinted windows jagoff can’t block a crosswalk without blocking traffic.
At one of those famous examples of brand overconcentration.
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At one of those famous examples of brand overconcentration.
What are the odds that the Aldi bag of Fritos scoops knockoffs has a typo on the expiration year (since it also seems to think there are 31 days in February) vs they stocked a shelf with a year old bag of chips?
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What are the odds that the Aldi bag of Fritos scoops knockoffs has a typo on the expiration year (since it also seems to think there are 31 days in February) vs they stocked a shelf with a year old bag of chips?
Selfish inconsiderate & dangerous parking is all too common amongst drivers & is not nearly enforced enough.
December 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Selfish inconsiderate & dangerous parking is all too common amongst drivers & is not nearly enforced enough.
The plowed turn lane represents the legal turns. The other set of tracks represent a lazy resident of this street who regularly drives the wrong way & curses out anyone that calls his bullshit.
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The plowed turn lane represents the legal turns. The other set of tracks represent a lazy resident of this street who regularly drives the wrong way & curses out anyone that calls his bullshit.
Plowed protected bike lanes show how transformative #PlowTheSidewalks could be.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Plowed protected bike lanes show how transformative #PlowTheSidewalks could be.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
On streets like Milwaukee with plowed protected bike lanes, there is an alternative when a business shirks their legal & moral responsibilities after a snowfall.
The only good thing about the Belmont protected bike lane not being plowed is that it clearly documents where harder protection is needed.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The only good thing about the Belmont protected bike lane not being plowed is that it clearly documents where harder protection is needed.
Which traffic calming would you prefer at the intersection of 2 streets that are both one way?
Left (traffic guitar pick with narrowed crossings on 2 of the 4 legs)
Or
Right (neck downs on 2 opposing corners where turns aren’t allowed)
Left (traffic guitar pick with narrowed crossings on 2 of the 4 legs)
Or
Right (neck downs on 2 opposing corners where turns aren’t allowed)
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Which traffic calming would you prefer at the intersection of 2 streets that are both one way?
Left (traffic guitar pick with narrowed crossings on 2 of the 4 legs)
Or
Right (neck downs on 2 opposing corners where turns aren’t allowed)
Left (traffic guitar pick with narrowed crossings on 2 of the 4 legs)
Or
Right (neck downs on 2 opposing corners where turns aren’t allowed)
This is why you have to protect curbside bike lanes up to & including the crosswalk at intersections. Reckless selfish dangerous drivers are like cats “it is fits, it sits”
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is why you have to protect curbside bike lanes up to & including the crosswalk at intersections. Reckless selfish dangerous drivers are like cats “it is fits, it sits”
The Alliance of the Southeast (Chicago) as partnered with a DePaul University Urban Geography class to develop infographics, maps, & policy recommendations related to the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronic Park (IQMP) on the former US Steel South Works.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Alliance of the Southeast (Chicago) as partnered with a DePaul University Urban Geography class to develop infographics, maps, & policy recommendations related to the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronic Park (IQMP) on the former US Steel South Works.
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