Michael McLean

59.2K posts

Michael McLean banner
Michael McLean

Michael McLean

@cornoisseur

Advocate for city building. Hyping up nuclear energy ⚛️, transit 🚇, bicycles 🚲, and housing 🏘️. Mostly on bluesky: https://t.co/wu0Lset8OY

✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ انضم Temmuz 2009
1.6K يتبع5.9K المتابعون
تغريدة مثبتة
Michael McLean
Michael McLean@cornoisseur·
In 2024, northern Illinois was the nuclear king. ⚡️ 93 TWh electricity consumed ⚛️ 89 TWh estimated nuclear electricity generation ⏰ Nuclear exceeded load 47% of the time 📅 Nuclear exceeded load on 338 days 💵 ¢17.2 per kilowatt hour for residential electricity
Michael McLean tweet media
English
11
12
161
51.9K
Michael McLean
Michael McLean@cornoisseur·
@UrbanCourtyard Sadly we relegate them to the worst streets that are hostile to kids and pedestrians
English
2
0
2
104
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist@UrbanCourtyard·
In the strong condo market on the north side of Chicago, buildings tend to be smaller and more appealing to families. families CAN find 4BDs for under $1M, but there are also new condos in WALK UP buildings (no elevators) that are selling for over a million. This is in the Amundsen school district, one of the best neighborhood public high schools in the city
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist tweet media
Zak Yudhishthu@zyudhishthu

“The Smiths homed in on North Side neighborhoods including Bowmanville, Ravenswood and Lincoln Square… in those areas, ‘single-family homes are limited and highly sought after’… Homes listed at around $800,000 or $900,000 would move fast and sell for well over $1 million.”

English
3
2
15
2.7K
Michael McLean
Michael McLean@cornoisseur·
@zyudhishthu Wish I was around to post back then. I would tell the opposition they made Big Loop guy look cool as fuck
English
0
0
4
102
Zak Yudhishthu
Zak Yudhishthu@zyudhishthu·
Throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Chicagoans sought to build a subway system to supplement or replace the El. Outer-district business interests (Logan Square, Englewood and elsewhere) saw it as a plot to boost downtown above other areas, and successfully prevented any subways
Zak Yudhishthu tweet media
Zak Yudhishthu@zyudhishthu

In the early 1900s, there was quite a moral panic that skyscrapers — at the time, uniquely American — would overcrowd downtowns. Even pre-zoning, this led to many efforts to institute height limits on bldgs. Here’s a fun Chicago Tribune cartoon about the Monadnock building…

English
4
6
65
5.9K
Michael McLean
Michael McLean@cornoisseur·
@FrankCalabrese Consolidate Orange and Brown Lines into a Tiger line that is a one-seat ride from the north side
English
0
0
8
666
Frank Calabrese
Frank Calabrese@FrankCalabrese·
Flying out of Midway instead of O'Hare for the first time in years. Pretty amazing that I can get from the Loop to Midway in 25 minutes on the L.
Chicago, IL 🇺🇸 English
26
3
231
17K
Joe Weisenthal
Joe Weisenthal@TheStalwart·
WOW. Just in the last two weeks, BYD showrooms around the world are seeing a surge in customer demand from people who are deciding that now is the time to switch to EVS, with oil prices so high. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Joe Weisenthal tweet media
English
51
402
1.6K
216.2K
Michael McLean أُعيد تغريده
Patrick De Haan
Patrick De Haan@GasBuddyGuy·
The national average price of gasoline stands at $3.93/gal, now up 99c/gal from a month ago, with diesel at $5.16/gal, up $1.47/gal from a month ago. Combining spending on gasoline and diesel, Americans are paying ~$575 million more every day compared to a month ago.
English
60
295
825
50.1K
Gregory Royal Pratt
Gregory Royal Pratt@royalpratt·
ICE agents are portrayed as bad guys in the latest Pitt episode.
English
28
7
78
14.4K
Michael McLean أُعيد تغريده
Max Dubler, AICP 🏳️‍🌈
The backstory here is that the Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning rules and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of nearby NIMBYs.
The Vancouver Sun@VancouverSun

Sen̓áḵw Towers set to open 113 years after Squamish people forced from site vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

English
68
816
11.6K
428.9K
Iranian Offramps NEPA Compliance Consultant
After months of saying “I am eventually going get around to visiting Carmel Indiana” I finally decided to spend my free day doing it 9/10, excellent place, substantially better than Hyde Park, would visit again
Iranian Offramps NEPA Compliance Consultant tweet mediaIranian Offramps NEPA Compliance Consultant tweet mediaIranian Offramps NEPA Compliance Consultant tweet mediaIranian Offramps NEPA Compliance Consultant tweet media
English
12
5
196
15.9K
Michael McLean أُعيد تغريده
Ridge Knapp
Ridge Knapp@RidgeKnapp·
As he considers a run for Mayor of Chicago, Rep. Mike Quigley won renomination to his seat in the Congress with 65% of the vote against three challengers. While not his lowest primary win (63% in 2018), Rep. Quigley did lose some North Side precincts to Matt @ConroyForIL.
Ridge Knapp tweet media
English
3
13
84
8.1K
Ken Schutte
Ken Schutte@_kenschutte·
@cornoisseur Looks like it is just three buildings (Edgewater Plaza and Park Tower)
Ken Schutte tweet media
English
1
1
8
300