Ellen
@lnd-chi.bsky.social
Walking, cycling, transit. Art and food. City girl.
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
Sigh…
From Chicago Sun-Times - Business concerns stall plan to let Chicagoans flag crosswalk, bus and bike lane parking scofflaws
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
From Chicago Sun-Times - Business concerns stall plan to let Chicagoans flag crosswalk, bus and bike lane parking scofflaws
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
Business concerns stall plan to let Chicagoans flag crosswalk, bus and bike lane parking scofflaws
Ald. Daniel La Spata agreed to put a hold on his proposed citizen reporting ordinance in hopes of striking a compromise that could appease the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and the Chicagoland...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Sigh…
From Chicago Sun-Times - Business concerns stall plan to let Chicagoans flag crosswalk, bus and bike lane parking scofflaws
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
From Chicago Sun-Times - Business concerns stall plan to let Chicagoans flag crosswalk, bus and bike lane parking scofflaws
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...
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This is the future Mayor Johnson and City Council are keeping from you. #PlowTheSidewalks
I know that many other cities don’t plow their sidewalks, leaving it up to property owners. This is completely crazy to me.
Our sidewalk plows look like this and they do a pretty good job.
Our sidewalk plows look like this and they do a pretty good job.
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is the future Mayor Johnson and City Council are keeping from you. #PlowTheSidewalks
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What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
But *how* will they #PlowTheSidewalks? With what technology?
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
What if — hear me out — instead of hiring a person to only plow in front of a single business, we hired them to go down the entire block….and the next…and the next…
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
We could even have a small fleet to cover whole swaths of the city. #PlowTheSidewalks
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Today's architecture column. In an ironic twist, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks next month will weigh granting preliminary landmark status for 30 N. LaSalle St., the nondescript building for which Louis Sullivan’s masterpiece, the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, was sacrificed in 1972.
Loop skyscraper that replaced Louis Sullivan masterpiece heads toward landmark protection
In an ironic twist, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks next month will weigh granting preliminary landmark status for 30 N. LaSalle St. for which Sullivan's masterpiece was sacrificed.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Today's architecture column. In an ironic twist, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks next month will weigh granting preliminary landmark status for 30 N. LaSalle St., the nondescript building for which Louis Sullivan’s masterpiece, the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, was sacrificed in 1972.
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Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
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Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
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Tapestry created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #womensart
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Tapestry created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #womensart
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Current* conditions near Menominee, MI:
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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The Loop at Night is the everyman’s aurora.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The Loop at Night is the everyman’s aurora.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The work of contemporary #printmaker Andrea Rich #womensart
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The work of contemporary #printmaker Andrea Rich #womensart
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When you turn on the "bike" layer on Google Maps.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When you turn on the "bike" layer on Google Maps.
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Current* conditions near Menominee, MI:
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Dawis bicycles
1904
Artist: Aldo Mazza
1904
Artist: Aldo Mazza
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Dawis bicycles
1904
Artist: Aldo Mazza
1904
Artist: Aldo Mazza
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October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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'Constellations' by contemporary US artist illustrator Maggie Vandewalle #womensart
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
'Constellations' by contemporary US artist illustrator Maggie Vandewalle #womensart
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Looking for an uplifting read? Check out this story I wrote that just went live. It's about 9 women—many of them breast cancer survivors—who ride together in the Boston area. Middle aged women are often an invisible demo in road riding culture but these gals rule!
www.bicycling.com/culture/a680...
www.bicycling.com/culture/a680...
These Longtime Friends Have Raised Millions for Cancer. The Real Flex? A Bond That Can’t Be Faked.
Nine remarkable women. One extraordinary group ride.
www.bicycling.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looking for an uplifting read? Check out this story I wrote that just went live. It's about 9 women—many of them breast cancer survivors—who ride together in the Boston area. Middle aged women are often an invisible demo in road riding culture but these gals rule!
www.bicycling.com/culture/a680...
www.bicycling.com/culture/a680...
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Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Current* conditions near Evanston, IL:
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"Make sure you are visible"
"Okay, sure"
"Not like that!!!"
It doesn't matter anyway, it's all deflection and victim blaming when we don't have safe infrastructure.
"Okay, sure"
"Not like that!!!"
It doesn't matter anyway, it's all deflection and victim blaming when we don't have safe infrastructure.
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Make sure you are visible"
"Okay, sure"
"Not like that!!!"
It doesn't matter anyway, it's all deflection and victim blaming when we don't have safe infrastructure.
"Okay, sure"
"Not like that!!!"
It doesn't matter anyway, it's all deflection and victim blaming when we don't have safe infrastructure.
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Just a minor side effect of car dominance.
October 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Just a minor side effect of car dominance.