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Steven

@stevevance.net

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my blog: http://stevencanplan.com my business: http://chicagocityscape.com cofounder of @chi.streetsblog.org

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Steven @stevevance.net · 56m

I can definitely see some people manipulating what an “8-story building” looks like

(Nobody’s going to build an exactly 8-story building; it will either be 79’ max or a few stories extra because of the high rise code and attending requirements threshold.)

Steven @stevevance.net · 58m

How so?

Steven @stevevance.net · 9h

Grassy tram tracks in Oslo www.flickr.com/photos/james... creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

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Steven @stevevance.net · 10h

the new Broadway skyscrapers can be seen as far away as the 312 River Run

photo of the Vistula River pedestrian bridge in Warsaw at night with the Palace of Culture and Science illuminated in the background

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Drake Warren for Cook County Commissioner @drakefor10.bsky.social · 15h

Introducing our Halloween video series, “Nightmares of Cook County”. Please repost and sign up to volunteer to stop high housing costs from haunting Chicago.

#chicago #illinois #cookcounty #urbanism #housing #election #2026 #happyhalloween

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Steven @stevevance.net · 14h

City IKEA in Oslo www.flickr.com/photos/james... creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

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Steven @stevevance.net · 14h

Taking the bus down post-upzoned Broadway

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Steven @stevevance.net · 15h

I didn’t know buildings grew with their tenants in them!

Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

Send a note to Ald. Reilly

Most alders don’t like this kind of sidewalk clutter but I don’t think they all realize that it’s more docks on the roadway that reduces this kind of clutter

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Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

The new RPM stations are really cool - this is that new lighting effect at Argyle

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Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

These are views from the new Edgewater Beach Hotel observation deck on the 30th floor

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Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

Yep, the Tokyo of Eastern Europe

Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

Is Edgewater getting an Apple Store?!

Photo of a building with a large iPhone 17 Pro billboard

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Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

It seems to be a common theme

Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

The photo is of Oslo but there’s a nearly identical looking tram street in Helsinki

Steven @stevevance.net · 16h

Broadway upzoning had some quick results

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Steven @stevevance.net · 17h

Tram shopping street www.flickr.com/photos/james... creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

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Steven @stevevance.net · 21h

Have you been to the Medieval Torture Museum?

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Steven @stevevance.net · 21h

I didn’t see any screens in the security queue I used in T1

Steven @stevevance.net · 1d

I believe Roger Romanelli was limiting his comments to only a project in the 2700-block of Grand Avenue

Steven @stevevance.net · 1d

Ooh I should update that map to show the RLE

Steven @stevevance.net · 1d

I didn’t know that’s what maximum 8 stories looked like!

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Steven @stevevance.net · 1d

The tweet is about a development unrelated to Broadway

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

New homes let the people who can afford it move out of older homes, that other folks can afford! You build nothing and richer people outcompete for the existing housing

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Joseph Miscimarra 🇺🇸 @jmisci.bsky.social · 5d

Planet Money just posted a video about FILTERING (the “more luxury housing = more affordable homes” paradox)

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Viktor Köves @viktorkoves.com · 1d

Let's build more homes, to get more neighbors, and lower rents 💪🏻

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A key Chicago City Council committee advanced a package of proposals on Tuesday designed to build more housing along Broadway in Edgewater and Uptown in an effort to make it more affordable to live along the CTA’s Red Line. @wttw.bsky.social

Key City Panel OKs Plan Designed to Build More Housing in Edgewater

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward) said the proposals will revitalize Broadway, which has not seen any new housing built on its west side for two decades, by making the commercial district more a...

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