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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 18h

amazing graph from @amandamull.bsky.social's latest that explains everything from lift pass pricing to vehicle design www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 19h

incredible seeing a talent like this go in the 6th round

Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 20h

#158: Karl Wilhelm Ochs, Church of the Good Shepherd, Gütersloh (1960-62)

A red-brick church phtograpged in bright fall light. The sanctuary building is to the left. Narrow wooden piers divide a window wall. To the right, a rectangular church tower has openings that start 2/3 of the way up. Photo via Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Gütersloh, https://www.ekgt.de/kirchen/zum-guten-hirten/.

A sanctuary with two rows of wooden pews either side of a central aisle. Light enters through a wall of clear windows on the far side. The ceiling is slightly curved, and made up of a grid of steel beams. The altar is simple and slightly raised. Photo by Subbass1 via Wikimedia Commons.

A view back from the laltar to the entrance. Similarly, a simple interior with whitewashed walls. Simple round black lights hang from the ceiling. Photo by Subbass1 via Wikimedia Commons.

Perspective sketch of church and interior by Ochs. From Architecture Museum of TU Berlin, https://architekturmuseum.ub.tu-berlin.de/.

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 1d

New Ground Floor today, in which I discuss Wolfgang Schivelbusch's The Railway Journey + links to recent work onthegroundfloor.substack.com/p/constructi...

Construction loopholes, snuff films, the railway journey

It’s hard to believe I put in a decade-plus of writing about transportation before hearing about Freud’s theory on trains and arousal.

onthegroundfloor.substack.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 3d

Much to learn about life on the water in here.

"In Creative Anchoring, Captain Fatty Goodlander’s shockingly enjoyable 2015 how-to book about how to anchor sailboats.... " open.substack.com/pub/waterway...

Moby-Dick Book Club No. 3

Life at Sea, a Moby-Dick-tionary

open.substack.com

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◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 3d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 4d

glad to know there's a company out there hiring writers

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Alan @akgerber.bsky.social · 7d

Danielle Steele had 26 SF parking permits
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Novelist Spurs Passion Over Parking

Dispute: In crowded San Francisco, Danielle Steel has permits for 26 spaces. City considers limits.

www.latimes.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 7d

I can't believe you waited until now to bring this to my attention

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled that someone finally made a documentary about the rail trail movement that treats that history for what it is: a fascinating and shockingly controversial story about the right to public space, which is every bit as epic as the battle against the highway movement (which sometimes overlaps).

The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA

Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 7d

i'm gonna need a profile ASAP of the couple that parks 11 cars on the street in the South End www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...

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CNN @cnn.com · 11d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 13d

Omahans: This is tonight! www.eventbrite.com/e/parking-x-...

Parking x Place: How Parking Explains the World with Henry Grabar

Curious about how parking shapes cities? Join us for a discussion and Q&A that tells the story of how parking changed our world.

www.eventbrite.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 13d

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Almost no one is building new apartments in Los Angeles. Here's why

The supply of fresh rental units, which make up the bulk of new housing in Los Angeles, is petering out despite robust demand.

www.latimes.com

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 14d

Me too man! Thanks for coming

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 14d

Don’t worry I also did a little Arnade-ing (transferring from a Greyhound at 95th St)

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 14d

Ruled by clowns and crooks but there’s still some good moments

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 14d

am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 15d

8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 15d

good work Berk!

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 15d

Where should I watch the Yankees game in Chicago tomorrow?

Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 15d

Ok but at least it’s just one per line

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 15d

Chicago has five subway stops called “Western” including two on the same line!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15d

First time this guy has ever made me laugh

Comedian Tim Dillon said on his podcast last month that he signed up for financial reasons.
He said he had been offered "a large sum of money" - $375,000 for one performance - and said that other comedians had been offered as much as $1.6 million. He told his detractors to "get over it," adding, "So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way."
But in an episode of the Tim Dillon Podcast last week, the comedian announced he'd been removed from the lineup for the comments he made about the country's record on slavery.

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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 16d

Devin Hester out here

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 16d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 16d

In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'

The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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