And water tower. That’s how it was where I lived in Germany. Each plaza had a little market.

Fulton Market!

Places we could use one: Logan Square, Jefferson Park, Andersonville, Hyde Park, Pilsen, Beverly

Good urbanism has so many benefits, but it requires a mix of commitment to the project, time, grace towards change, and long-term perspective. History is critical to building that understanding.

By understanding when, how, and why indigenous Americans congregated in the past we can understand some colonial American urban patterns. It’s also just a good exercise in not removing indigenous history and existence from how we understand North American human geography.

It’s also worth looking into North American indigenous history and understanding where and why people congregated in certain places. North American history is far less “urban” than European or Asian, but urban centers did exist. And so did spaces that mirrors them.

Don’t do*

I think there’s also a degree to which planners and people generally thought the car would eliminate these constraints. But the reality is they still exist. Perhaps on a bigger scale than the streetcar era. Part of US urbanism is that we simply put all our eggs in the auto-basket for a period.

People will take transit on holidays, we just don’t adjust service wisely. Don’t Sunday service on holidays, run holiday service. More mid-morning and early-afternoon service and more mid-to-late evening service. Like, we all know when people go to dinner and come home. It’s not rocket science.

Conversely, we’re thankful for the support of the four people who supported this:
@the48thward.bsky.social
@aldermanmattmartin.bsky.social
@aldknudsen.bsky.social
And Jeylú Gutiérrez

This would be a great time to call them.

Thanksgiving weekend is one of the busiest all year. People are on the move to see family and friends, go shopping, and go to work. So many people will have their plans disrupted or made more difficult because 13 selfish people who happily do harm on the people they represent.

Greg Mitchell (7)
Michelle Harris (8)
Peter Chico (10)
Marty Quinn (13)
David Moore (17)
Derrick Curtis (18)
Ronnie Mosley (21)
Red Burnett (27)
Scott Waguespack (32)
Bill Conway (34)
Samantha Nugent (39)
Bennett Lawson (44)

#PlowTheSidewalks would pilot sidewalk snow plowing in Chicago and fix a century old burden unnecessarily placed on residents, and correct and unjust system that harms hundreds of thousands of residents. The pilot was killed over fake fears. Let’s remember who did this:

Sidewalks will be cleared in a patchwork manner. Chicago places the burden of sidewalk snow clearance on adjacent property owners despite the fact it’s publicly owned, and despite the fact the city clears streets. Not even two months ago a minority of alders killed a pilot that would remedy this.

In fact, you can learn more by checking out the Transportation 101 guide I wrote for @climatecabinet.org. It lays out policy ideas for zero-carbon transportation, much of which doesn’t need federal oversight. climatecabineteducation.org/transportati...

Really speaks to how clean and quiet transit can be that this operates basically in an open format office.

Frankie Knuckles and Leo are the same age. Totally conceivable they exchanged notes.