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.
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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Leftover cold pizza crust is a breakfast cereal.
November 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Leftover cold pizza crust is a breakfast cereal.
Curb bumpouts at every crosswalk, standard, to prevent this form of dangerous selfishness.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Curb bumpouts at every crosswalk, standard, to prevent this form of dangerous selfishness.
This jamoke decided mounting the curb was what was allowed.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This jamoke decided mounting the curb was what was allowed.
I told alderman Ramirez-Rosa that this would happen when he agreed to this watered down unsafe street design for Milwaukee.
I was at this corner for less than 5 minutes & able to catch both of these scofflaws.
I was at this corner for less than 5 minutes & able to catch both of these scofflaws.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I told alderman Ramirez-Rosa that this would happen when he agreed to this watered down unsafe street design for Milwaukee.
I was at this corner for less than 5 minutes & able to catch both of these scofflaws.
I was at this corner for less than 5 minutes & able to catch both of these scofflaws.
The nickel also costs more to make than it is worth.
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The nickel also costs more to make than it is worth.
But does he come with sunglasses & a red jacket?
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 AM
But does he come with sunglasses & a red jacket?
The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The Lexus ad where they show a family over the years & their car goes from a reasonable sedan to a bloated SUV with oversized hood by the end.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
It accidentally tells the story of why pedestrian fatalities have been rising.
Going back over my spreadsheet & realizing that I was misremembering a key detail:
The reason the Orange Line routing was causing a reduction in Red Line local tph was bc the proposal also involved increasing Orange Line train frequency to allow for more ridership growth..
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The reason the Orange Line routing was causing a reduction in Red Line local tph was bc the proposal also involved increasing Orange Line train frequency to allow for more ridership growth..
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November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Going back over my spreadsheet & realizing that I was misremembering a key detail:
The reason the Orange Line routing was causing a reduction in Red Line local tph was bc the proposal also involved increasing Orange Line train frequency to allow for more ridership growth..
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The reason the Orange Line routing was causing a reduction in Red Line local tph was bc the proposal also involved increasing Orange Line train frequency to allow for more ridership growth..
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This is the one, I actually like the amount of separation between brick faces they were able to achieve & how it gives the facade a certain amount of brawny character
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the one, I actually like the amount of separation between brick faces they were able to achieve & how it gives the facade a certain amount of brawny character
Until the next one.
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Until the next one.
I actually did the census block analysis of this on my lunch break, & it's not 100% accurate, but it is almost the exact same population as Chicago.
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I actually did the census block analysis of this on my lunch break, & it's not 100% accurate, but it is almost the exact same population as Chicago.
If anyone in the Chicago cargo bike community has a kid who decided to take off their helmet during a ride recently around Belmont/Lincoln/Ashland. Your helmet is right by the Whole Foods bike racks.
October 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If anyone in the Chicago cargo bike community has a kid who decided to take off their helmet during a ride recently around Belmont/Lincoln/Ashland. Your helmet is right by the Whole Foods bike racks.
I will be there making Upton Sinclair jokes, & singing a song whose melody is owed to a Black South African man in 1939, but whose lyrics (that make the song a perfect taunt for our opponents) were coined by a Brooklyn doo wop group who thought they were adapting an old folk song Pete Seeger liked.
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I will be there making Upton Sinclair jokes, & singing a song whose melody is owed to a Black South African man in 1939, but whose lyrics (that make the song a perfect taunt for our opponents) were coined by a Brooklyn doo wop group who thought they were adapting an old folk song Pete Seeger liked.
The kid's are alright.
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The kid's are alright.
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
btw it's even better than what the OP claimed. The student journalists actually wrote an entire new solidarity themed paper under a different masthead so that IU administrators could not punish IU journalists for insubordination.
www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Matrix reflecting all of the possible outcomes of who the @chicagofire.bsky.social could end up playing in the MLS Cup Playoffs, depending on the results of the games this Saturday.
#cf97 home field advantage is denoted by Red & White, home field advantage for all other teams are their colors.
#cf97 home field advantage is denoted by Red & White, home field advantage for all other teams are their colors.
October 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Matrix reflecting all of the possible outcomes of who the @chicagofire.bsky.social could end up playing in the MLS Cup Playoffs, depending on the results of the games this Saturday.
#cf97 home field advantage is denoted by Red & White, home field advantage for all other teams are their colors.
#cf97 home field advantage is denoted by Red & White, home field advantage for all other teams are their colors.
If you didn't know, I am a soccer fan who is from Chicago but went to school in Cincinnati, so of course I made this matrix as a cheat sheet for Decision Day this coming Saturday.
www.ripeters.com
(warning this website contains slight misinformation, but it makes for a better story, so go with it)
www.ripeters.com
(warning this website contains slight misinformation, but it makes for a better story, so go with it)
October 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
If you didn't know, I am a soccer fan who is from Chicago but went to school in Cincinnati, so of course I made this matrix as a cheat sheet for Decision Day this coming Saturday.
www.ripeters.com
(warning this website contains slight misinformation, but it makes for a better story, so go with it)
www.ripeters.com
(warning this website contains slight misinformation, but it makes for a better story, so go with it)
I told a friends dad earlier this year that the “very smart business people” were going to throw out the baby with the bathwater because their valuations were flawed.
I don’t think he realized he would be the “baby” in that analogy.
I don’t think he realized he would be the “baby” in that analogy.
October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I told a friends dad earlier this year that the “very smart business people” were going to throw out the baby with the bathwater because their valuations were flawed.
I don’t think he realized he would be the “baby” in that analogy.
I don’t think he realized he would be the “baby” in that analogy.
An elegant solution to allowing residential conversions like this one as of right (I should’ve snapped a photo of the finished product when I biked by today)
September 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
An elegant solution to allowing residential conversions like this one as of right (I should’ve snapped a photo of the finished product when I biked by today)
This traffic circle has some rough edges
September 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This traffic circle has some rough edges
Courthouse Parking Lot seems to be underutilized, I wonder what it would be like if it was some kind of plaza instead?
September 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Courthouse Parking Lot seems to be underutilized, I wonder what it would be like if it was some kind of plaza instead?