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@streetsblogchi @jus10chi @HSRail @Amtrak This seems like a dumb idea, both for Amtrak and for the logistics of getting to/from a sports stadium. It's a dumb location for a stadium because it doesn't have good access either to transit or highway.

High Speed Rail Alliance's says the plan "to buy massive South Loop rail yard for potential White Sox stadium," as reported by Crain's, is a non-starter. chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/co…

@PetrellaReports @ad_quig I want Toni's steady hand, not Brendan Bigot.

Cook County Board president race hinges on whether voters want steady hand or new course. @ad_quig on Toni Preckwinkle's most significant challenge in years in her quest to tie the record for longest-serving president chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/coo…

One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: TikTok CBS CNN HBO Discovery Channel BET Cartoon Network Comedy Central DC Studios Fandango Miramax MTV Nickelodeon Paramount PlutoTV Showtime TBS The CW TNT Warner Bros. And more This is oligarchy.

The Art Institute of Chicago is considering a new wing to its eastern edge, where the Beaux Arts Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room by Adler & Sullivan is sited. Preservation groups are now concerned the historic, 5,700-square-foot interior housed within the museum may be in jeopardy. The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room measures 2-stories, and approximately 100-feet by 75-feet in plan. It was designed in 1893 by Louis Sullivan, Dankmar Adler, and Louis Healy of Healy & Millet. The gilded space features columns with ornament designed by Sullivan and Healy, stained-glass skylights, and organic wall stenciling with a total of 52 distinct hues of gold, green, and yellow. Preservation Chicago recently listed the preserved interior on its annual list of the city’s most in danger historic buildings. Another historic space at the Art Institute of Chicago, McKinlock Court, also stands in the way of the proposed renovation, per Preservation Chicago. archpaper.com/2026/03/chicag… change.org/SaveTheTrading…

Affordable housing is in short supply yet the City of Chicago demolishes hundreds of vacant units in abandoned buildings each year. Maybe a better approach would be the Three Ts. Title, training and tools Turn these units over to individuals and community groups interested in renovating the them. Work force development to train more people in the trades. And provide discounted building materials to help get these units back into service.

We could see intense weather tomorrow, Illinois. Stay safe and be prepared!

@gilbert36ward @ChicagoDOT @the12thward @AldermanLaSpata If GRASSheads want to bike by past Romanelli's protest on the way to Logan "Magic Eagle," for Th 3/5, 5:30 PM Bike Grid ride to 6 PM Portage Park bikeways meeting, here's a good route. John will leave Daley Plaza Picasso at 4:30 PM if you want to join him. tinyurl.com/GRASSheadsRoute

BTW, since the Archer Avenue traffic safety project supporters are calling themselves Neighbors for Archer Safe Streets, maybe Grand Avenue Safe Streets boosters should call themselves "Neighbors for GRASS"? 🌿 @gilbert36ward

You know what to do #bikechi friends.

@RioSlade @astralopithekos So many people learned NOTHING from the pandemic. I was in a health care facility the other day. One person checking people in had a surgical mask on and was obviously sick. She coughed into her hand and then touched surfaces with that hand.

@astralopithekos It was so baffling! Surely they knew better before COVID - before the anti masking propagandize

I came into the urgent care COVID positive. And like... none of the staff are masking around me. I am reminding them but they are intentionally choosing not to mask. Fortunately, I am.

Awful: Hit-and-run SUV driver, 37, charged with felony for critically injuring boy, 16, on scooter Wed., around 7:41 PM near 68th/Homan near Marquette Park. Let's keep the victim in our thoughts. abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-c… @_atalliance @mikekeatinglaw @bkevenides @RideOfSilenceCh

If you parked outside overnight and your car is filthy this morning, this is probably why.

@Speaking4Trees @aka60643 @Metra @metraRID @streetsblogchi A number of nearby Rock Island crossings have been replaced in recent years. The improvements are much appreciated.

@Speaking4Trees @aka60643 @Metra @metraRID @streetsblogchi I don't know how many years it's been since @Metra replaced this @metraRID crossing at 105th St but it's been in bad shape for years. Hey Metra - any news on when this will get replaced?

Hey @Metra - will the 105th St @metraRID grade crossing get replaced in 2026? It's been bad for years but has gotten MUCH worse in 2025. It's a hazard to people on bikes and in smaller cars. @streetsblogchi @activetrans

@Speaking4Trees 💯 Horrifying.

@SSideSoul That's frighteningly immoral behavior.

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@SamGreszes Are you all forgetting Robin Kelly, who looks more progressive than either of them?

If you're in Illinois, don't be baited into voting for Raja. Dude doesn't actually want to abolish ICE, is Schumer's boy, and is lying about both to try and get the progressive Chicago vote. Vote Stratton instead

@AarynKowalchuk @FullLaneFemme Wow

@FullLaneFemme At my appointment today, my doc said she has had it 3 times and isn't worried about after effects when I asked if she could run.an antibodies test for me.

You ever think about how much viral illness could be avoided if doctors encouraged people to mask and were informed on how devastating COVID is for the immune system?

Imagine still dying from a vaccine preventable disease in 2026

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas held stock in company that has county technology deal, @ad_quig reports chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/coo…

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