J-Pilla
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The strip mall area south of Belmont at Clark and Halsted should be the target.
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The strip mall area south of Belmont at Clark and Halsted should be the target.
He is such a pathetic wannabe rich loser
October 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
He is such a pathetic wannabe rich loser
Talk is cheap Governor. Your actions this morning, with the State Police enabling ICE fascists to go about terrorizing and kidnapping Chicagoans, speak louder than anything you’ve ever said. It will never be forgotten.
October 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Talk is cheap Governor. Your actions this morning, with the State Police enabling ICE fascists to go about terrorizing and kidnapping Chicagoans, speak louder than anything you’ve ever said. It will never be forgotten.
America was fascist 60 years before it came to Germany (KKK)
October 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
America was fascist 60 years before it came to Germany (KKK)
Stop assisting ICE with State Police!
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Stop assisting ICE with State Police!
Result of gentrification and down zoning vast areas to RS
September 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Result of gentrification and down zoning vast areas to RS
Practical advice … stop driving if/when you can. You will be happier, fitter, and more aware and connected to the city in which you live.
August 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Practical advice … stop driving if/when you can. You will be happier, fitter, and more aware and connected to the city in which you live.
CDOT designed a 2-way roundabout, destroying the very concept and benefit of roundabouts 😂. This design is so dumb, but I guess better than status quo.
August 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
CDOT designed a 2-way roundabout, destroying the very concept and benefit of roundabouts 😂. This design is so dumb, but I guess better than status quo.
How often do you drive alone? - just blocking the street with a mobile living room. Cars consume a McMansion worth of space at higher speeds - they are the least efficient, and most expensive and dangerous way to move through a city… and sit parked 90% of the time. This is a simple geometry problem.
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How often do you drive alone? - just blocking the street with a mobile living room. Cars consume a McMansion worth of space at higher speeds - they are the least efficient, and most expensive and dangerous way to move through a city… and sit parked 90% of the time. This is a simple geometry problem.
America started going insane when it moved to car-dependent suburbs … escape fantasies, hyper-segregation, consumers instead of citizens, complete social isolation, having zero real world experience in what you pretend to know about, etc.
July 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
America started going insane when it moved to car-dependent suburbs … escape fantasies, hyper-segregation, consumers instead of citizens, complete social isolation, having zero real world experience in what you pretend to know about, etc.
You cannot possibly think that we will take you seriously as an environmental organization when you’re advertising a planet and child killing monster truck 😂
July 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
You cannot possibly think that we will take you seriously as an environmental organization when you’re advertising a planet and child killing monster truck 😂
It’s the Alders that empower these people, not the planners.
July 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It’s the Alders that empower these people, not the planners.
The problem is that there’s really no citywide department or entity with funding that will take “ownership” over any non car-oriented space. Same goes for trying to close a street to cars - requires a local steward. CDOT doesn’t want responsibility for anything that isn’t concrete.
July 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The problem is that there’s really no citywide department or entity with funding that will take “ownership” over any non car-oriented space. Same goes for trying to close a street to cars - requires a local steward. CDOT doesn’t want responsibility for anything that isn’t concrete.
A disaster? Crime is at its lowest level since the 1960s, population is increasing, we’re leading the country in office -> residential conversions, corporate investment, etc. he’s not perfect but he deserves more credit than he gets.
June 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A disaster? Crime is at its lowest level since the 1960s, population is increasing, we’re leading the country in office -> residential conversions, corporate investment, etc. he’s not perfect but he deserves more credit than he gets.
Harry Weese, a Chicago architect, designed the stations.
March 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Harry Weese, a Chicago architect, designed the stations.
I agree! - just want to be clear that it’s more complicated than “the city” - in the neighborhoods we’re really talking about NIMBYs, Aldermanic prerogative, and a bad zoning code / map outside of the central area / PD process.
March 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I agree! - just want to be clear that it’s more complicated than “the city” - in the neighborhoods we’re really talking about NIMBYs, Aldermanic prerogative, and a bad zoning code / map outside of the central area / PD process.
Dude, there are 15,000 units approved and entitled in the West Loop alone. This is a private market / financial lending issue - it’s not the city preventing these projects from moving forward.
March 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Dude, there are 15,000 units approved and entitled in the West Loop alone. This is a private market / financial lending issue - it’s not the city preventing these projects from moving forward.
You can do a stretch that is one-way in one direction for a stretch them switches to the opposite direction for another stretch so only locals would use it. It can be done. It’s a matter of organizing support and political will to overcome potential CDOT resistance.
February 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You can do a stretch that is one-way in one direction for a stretch them switches to the opposite direction for another stretch so only locals would use it. It can be done. It’s a matter of organizing support and political will to overcome potential CDOT resistance.
we have the same issue on my street. I recommend mobilizing neighbors to push for a one-way in the opposite direction of the cut-through traffic. It’s the cheapest and easiest change that can immediate improve this situation.
February 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
we have the same issue on my street. I recommend mobilizing neighbors to push for a one-way in the opposite direction of the cut-through traffic. It’s the cheapest and easiest change that can immediate improve this situation.
This is a bit overly simplistic. The added residential density will justify changing both streets into something more pedestrian-oriented, including BRT on western. The only sites that are large enough to support high density tend to be on major streets.
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is a bit overly simplistic. The added residential density will justify changing both streets into something more pedestrian-oriented, including BRT on western. The only sites that are large enough to support high density tend to be on major streets.
It’s difficult to control “production” without a much larger funding source (like a non-profit public bank) - but we can bring the zoning capacity into alignment by eliminating RS districts and up-zoning corridors and transit nodes.
February 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s difficult to control “production” without a much larger funding source (like a non-profit public bank) - but we can bring the zoning capacity into alignment by eliminating RS districts and up-zoning corridors and transit nodes.
Most of the city should have a target minimum of about 20-25k / sq. mi. based on what generally produces walkable, transit-oriented environments, with higher density clusters adjacent to rail. That roughly works out to about 4 people per typical Chicago parcel and 5-6 million overall.
February 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Most of the city should have a target minimum of about 20-25k / sq. mi. based on what generally produces walkable, transit-oriented environments, with higher density clusters adjacent to rail. That roughly works out to about 4 people per typical Chicago parcel and 5-6 million overall.