chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 8hWhat if you brought an iced coffee *and* a dog to a job interview? 1130
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking back to when Chicago’s Streeterville was full of parking lots like this one at Huron & St. Claire, September 1972. 1222
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My 86-yr-old uncle might’ve retired for the “quiet” life in Paducah, Kentucky but he’s still a Chicago kind of guy: “They’re gonna build a $100 billion artificial intelligence data center down here. This AI crap with people making fake pictures of the fucking Pope. Why? I’m glad I’ll be dead soon.” 191
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Good morning, JB! It’s always a pleasant surprise whenever I see the Governor while taking a walk down Astor Street. 0160
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy autumnal equinox to those who celebrate, especially “Fall Guy” and “Pumpkin Spice Latte Gal.” 070
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy Gotcha Day to this lovable weirdo. Four years ago today I brought home this guy who was an owner surrender in Minnesota. I still can’t believe somebody did that and he was almost put down. Thanks to Cavalier Rescue Midwest for saving him. ❤️ 1171
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m old enough to remember everyone bitching about gas prices going up during the Dubya/Iraq War years. That’s right, folks the average price of gasoline went above $2 and people lost their damn minds. How quaint! 0100
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Art Shay captured a city that's long gone. Chicago's Maxwell Street at dawn, 1957. 4528
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“Ed Sheeran looks like Ron Weasley hatefucked a Cabbage Patch Doll. He has the most forgettable music I’ve never heard.” 0100
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This viral ragebait video was made by "old house influencers" Ken Weiss and Dalton Sturm, who were once on an episode of Hoarders (Season 15, episode titled "Bob" and filmed in St. Louis). This is their full-time "job." They're not genuine, just attention-seeking liars. youtu.be/y_4zLNh-ItI?...youtu.beThese Frank Lloyd Wright Houses Will Be Demolished | How "Shape Oak Park" Will Destroy the VillageYouTube video by This House 1170
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lake Geneva, Wisconsin is now the latest candidate to announce a run for mayor of Chicago in 2027. 0130
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026If I’m gonna post anything about 9/11, I have to make it about art and architecture. My mom’s photo of the WTC sphere, the world's largest bronze sculpture, by artist Fritz Koenig. It was the only remaining work of art to be recovered from the ruins. 0241
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“I'm walkin' into spiderwebs So leave a message and I'll call you back” 🎶 🎵 0100
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This reminds me of Block 37 when the Chicago City Council controversially revoked the landmark status of the McCarthy Building, a post-fire structure built in 1872 by architect John M. Van Osdel. The fight ended up at the Illinois Supreme Court and the building was demolished in 1989. 053
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 08/09/2026My grandfather, second from the left, taking a break with his fellow sheet metal workers in Chicago, ca. early 1940s. Happy Labor Day! 511011
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 05/09/2026What did I do today? Perform and be directed by some young guy for his TikTok. “I’m very popular!” I had to make faces and do multiple takes as he recorded me and the whole time I was thinking “WTF!?!” 190
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I remember going to a wedding reception over ten yrs ago where I had to make small talk w/strangers at my table. The husband says something like “The biggest mistake this country ever made was giving women the right to vote” and the wife just nodded along. JD & Usha Vance remind me of that couple. 460
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026My response to that Rolling Stone article going around with the headline “Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours.’” You want an idea, Rahm? I got one just for you. How about you shut up for once in your fucking life and just fucking disappear. 1160
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Today marks the 170th anniversary of architect Louis Sullivan’s birth. Only 21 of his structures are still standing in the city of Chicago. Here is a partial photographic survey of what survives: chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/louis-sull...chicagolandarchitecture.substack.comLouis Sullivan at 170 in ChicagoToday is the 170th anniversary of architect Louis Sullivan’s birth. 1164
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 30/08/202621 years ago today we lost Louis Sullivan’s beloved cottage that overlooked the Gulf Coast of Mexico in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He jokingly referred to the home as “Le Hut” and requested bi-weekly reports from his caretaker on the ground’s conditions, specifically his treasured rose garden. 0141
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Yesterday would’ve been my grandparents’ 83rd wedding anniversary. I first shared this photo on Flickr, and then later saw it all over Pinterest. Wedding dress goals for some people, I guess. 2251
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 28/08/2026When you find out your 82-year-old aunt invited her friends over and they drank Black Russians all night and had a sleepover. It’s like the drunk version of Golden Girls or something. 1100
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Officially changing my name to “Tired Of This Fucking Shit.” 1110
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Too bad I’ll be out of town. My one disappointment with this book is that it only mentions the Charnleys briefly. I can’t believe that the author missed the opportunity to point out that both Burnham’s and Sullivan’s firms had designed houses for the same client in the same neighborhood. 061
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I shared these screenshots earlier this year. Rest in peace to Dolly, a shining positive light in the world who used her fame & wealth to do good things. 16710
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Timeline cleanse, which we really need today after being exposed repeatedly to that godawful *burrito* photo. 0212
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Today’s the birthday of father & son architectural duo Eliel & Eero Saarinen. Yes, they’re birthday twins. Here are 2 modern churches designed by them in Columbus, Indiana: Eliel’s First Christian Church (1942) & Eero’s North Christian Church (1964). If you haven’t been to Columbus, get on it asap! 2297
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My wish before I die is being one of those people who says “Hi Chicago, you're watching WTTW, Channel 11,” preferably in front of a Louis Sullivan-designed building. 0352
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Never forget that Pee-Wee Herman said “Bicycle rights!” 1151
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Why did I see a bunch of Waymos in a row pass me by on Division near Clybourn? I didn’t know they’re here in Chicago. Another bullshit thing I have to look out for now. 🤮 180
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This Lustron House in Lake Geneva, WI was built for nurse Laura Doppke in 1950. The construction crew laid the concrete slab for the prefabricated home, then a semi-truck hauled all of the building materials, including the porcelain-enameled steel walls & shingle roof tiles. It was built in one day. 1558
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My latest real estate roundup. The Huebner & Henneberg brick design you see in the main photo is on the market for the first time in nearly 50 yrs. 031
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026In the first part of my piece on architects Irving Gill & Joseph Lyman Silsbee, I wrote about what brought Silsbee to Chicago, including his links to Potter Palmer & James Charnley, and the moving sidewalk he designed for the 1893 World's Fair. chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/gill-silsb... 020
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I can beat that. I know someone who spent $9000 installing epoxy flooring in their three-car garage. *puke emoji* 040
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My roof is leaking, and supposedly my management company is going to look at it next week. In the meantime, let me just say that I have had it with these motherfuckin storms! 1101
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Post you from a different era in your life. I like to call this one “Roller Derby Reflections,” circa 2009. 1212
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 07/08/2026To the angry woman in the convertible who kept honking her horn at the driver in front of her, who did the right thing and stopped for a little old lady slowly walking her teeny-tiny dogs across Burton Place, I hope karma gets you one day. Seriously…wtf is wrong with people? 3180
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This wasn’t me, but when a male doctor didn’t believe that my mom had breast & lung cancer at the age of 20. He looked over her medical records, but still thought she was exaggerating or something. She was, like, “Wanna see my mastectomy scars?” She ended up going to a different doctor after that. 190
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I think I’ve figured out why my 82-yr-old aunt has sat on numerous juries over the years after I heard her say this to me: “I was watching Fox News today and that Max Miller seems like such a nice, young man. And so good-looking too.” 281
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Glen Hansard’s band The Frames opened for The New Pornographers in 2002. Neko Case doesn’t mince words here. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...nekocase.substack.comIN WHAT FUCKING UNIVERSE?This last week I was just cookin’ along minding my business when I suddenly found myself quite depressed. 24623
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026You mean the same Jack Osbourne, who proudly went to the UFC Freedom 250 event that took place at the White House, also loves Andrew Tate? Shocking. 0113
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Here is a longer, unedited version of my Chicago Magazine article on the Robert Silhan House, an Art Moderne design inspired by the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and located in Berwyn. chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/the-robert...chicagolandarchitecture.substack.comThe Robert Silhan HouseChicago Magazine’s website recently disappeared and is now officially under the umbrella of the Chicago Tribune. 1297
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is how I learned that Tom Hines died. Irving Gill & the Architecture of Reform and Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970 are both on my bookshelf. The latter is around 800 pages, but I read every word. Louis Sullivan & Chicago profoundly influenced the California modernists. 171
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 29/07/2026When my 89-yr-old aunt’s flight is delayed, what’s her response? “Give me a double martini.” 🍸 0220
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I’m out in western suburbs taking my mom to the doctor and the hale coming down is pretty bad. Kind of scary how noisy it is. Be careful out there, Chicagoland! 281
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I needed a mental health day, as I think I’m slowly losing my mind. Being a middle-aged woman is one of the most difficult periods of my life, even worse than puberty. Today was perfect. It was cool by the lake with smoke-free blue skies, and the dogs loved it. I highly recommend it! 4512
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This was me the other day when my friend showed me the wedding invitation for her fundie Christian relatives who live in Idaho. The bride is only 18. 290
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I’m so sad. I knew it was coming but it’s so jarring to finally see in effect. Oops I guess I should’ve backed up all those articles I wrote for them. Too late now. They’re all behind a paywall. This is the future of the dying internet, folks - info & news will be completely inaccessible. 1162
chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Chicago’s Streeterville, once an ugly jumble of parking lots, has certainly come a long way in the last 60 yrs. Lake Point Tower looks so lonely. Looking east from the roof of the Equitable Building, ca. 1967. (Hedrich-Blessing Collection) 1628
