Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialPresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Typology of Pedestrian Walking Symbols walking-men.com/product/hood... Via @kottke.org 26811255
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Expect the wurst on the mean streets of Chicago. Fittingly, just a few blocks from Oscar Mayer Elementary School. 071
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 27/08/2026Chicago century 0111
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Demolition continues at the site for DePaul’s athletic practice facility. 010
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A mural in Edgewater of Dolly Parton 4286341148
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Great Chicago Signs: 12th Street Beach: 74 “Days Shark Free.” 020
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Favorite sign in Chicagoland: by picnic benches at Cafe Tola on Southport. 0141
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialGeoffrey Cubbage @geoffreycubbage.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Been going back and re-reading the Odyssey (for what’s obvs Emily Wilson summer now), and I love that most of the really fantastical adventure stuff comes from the books narrated by known liar Odysseus, and that those books start off with a reminder that Odysseus is, once again, a VERY FAMOUS LIAR. 151
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Smoke from the Canadian wildfires fills Chicago with hazy smoke and the subtle scent of cedar. 040
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Sitting with my lab group in sophomore chemistry class and noticed that the tips of the two arms of the lab tweezers matched up exactly with the two openings of the electrical outlet at the lab station. Slid it in. Loud pop, star showers. Not a successful experiment. 030
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialLady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 30/06/20261/2 Former Home Building Association Company bank Architect: Louis Sullivan, 1914 Newark, Ohio 57915
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialUncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 21/06/2026ME: *points at my "World's Greatest Dad" shirt* CO-WORKER: *points at his own "World's Greatest Dad" shirt* ME: *takes a sip from my "World's Greatest Dad" mug* CO-WORKER: *sips from his own "World's Greatest Dad" mug* ME: [eyes narrow] *draws "World's Greatest Dad" sword* 371709307
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialNick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com · 19/06/2026It’s almost like Jackson Park’s West Lagoon is a natural reflecting pool of sorts for the @obamafoundation.bsky.social Presidential Center. Isn’t it? 28717
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 12/06/2026One of my subscribers just called Trump "Metamucillini" and I love it. 48513
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialFrank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy @savewrightflwbc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Since our founding in 1989, the Conservancy has been advocating to preserve every building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. We work in partnership with every building steward, from private homeowners to public sites. Will you donate to help us preserve Wright’s legacy? buff.ly/TLMiaJj 031
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace. 650309978411
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.social@unatiers @unatiers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Really cool Chicago pic. Thanks. 052
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialCertified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Visited beautiful Emmanuel Episcopal (1926) in La Grange this morning. A great gothic revival building on the National Register with some fantastic windows completed more recently. (And a very welcoming congregation.) Seen in the film While You Were Sleeping. 193
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Can’t sleep—need midnight charcuterie. Bland, pale, comforting. Best eaten with anxious children, hopeful dogs, the dawning hang-over. 010
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialSarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 12/05/2026One of the most useful insights I ever had about humanity came from running a community ceramics studio in New York City. When I arrived, young and naive, lacking in experience but overqualified, I was determined to Fix It. (1/X) 1205
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialfredesque @fredtaming.bsky.social · 29/06/2023housewives implies feral wives roaming free in the woods 15563207
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialRobert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A new Banksy statue has dropped in London. But it might as well been Washington DC. 0133
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialjean 🐀🐀🐀 @punx.us · 01/05/2026i actually restored a couple of these signs to add the leashes :) 121
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Post your warning sign. I think this cryptic sign warns against leading rats on a walk. 171
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 23/04/2026If you need evidence that Chicago Workers’ Cottages were often built from salvaged or excess brick from area job sites, count the number of brick types in this amazingly intact one west of DePaul. Special appearance by Harley, the Magnolia Street Cat. 05310
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 20/04/2026At least the townhomes that replaced this crisp modernist home are being built with care. 040
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Another worker’s cottage comes down. This one on the 2200 block of North Wayne. 250
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Doesn’t just capture the imposing dome of a neighborhood’s church, the skyline, and a beautiful sunrise, but also a row of brightly painted workers’s cottages to the left—as iconic of Chicago as the townhouses of San Francisco’s Alamo Square are of the City by the Bay. 0122
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Lagrange 1920s Tudors. #tudoraf.bluesky 1183
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 07/03/2026First generation social media, judicial primary election edition; 051
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Sabzeh, a tray of lentils, growing in celebration of Norwuz, the Persian New Year, celebrated March 20 in Iran. A sign of spring, new birth, and hope. 120
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialCross-laminated Tinder @nickhasthoughts.com · 25/02/2026my therapist: flat bud heavy isn't real and it can't hurt you me: not only is it real it's flatter than you can even imagine my therapist: anyway how did you get my home number 1103
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 19/02/2026BREAKING: A memorial for Kristi Noem’s dog has been erected in Chicago 40386842673
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialNeil Steinberg @neilsteinberg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I know optimism is premature. But ... I watched the Bad Bunny halftime show, starting in the sugar cane fields, moving to the city and success, the life, the vitality, the love, the inclusiveness. "Trump is going to lose," I told my wife. "He can't defeat that. He can't. It's impossible." 4466
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialNeil Alan Willard @neilwillard.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Jim Hovland is the Mayor of Edina, Minnesota, which is a conservative suburb of Minneapolis where I was previously the Rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. He made this statement last week, as reported by Frederick Melo of the St. Paul Pioneer Press: 5299
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Bruce Goff “seemed to love America with the fervor of a wistful outcast.” A touching review of the Goff architecture exhibit at AIC by Zach Mortice. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comThe Oklahoma Architect Who Turned Kitsch Into ArtWith radical shapes and materials, Bruce Goff channeled the exuberance of postwar Americana into home designs, as an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago reveals. 020
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialRobert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Wow — tonight in Minneapolis, Springsteen takes the stage to sing his song "Streets of Minneapolis." 15014
Reposted by @chinorthsider.bsky.socialStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Me 2025: No kings! Me 2026: Except his majesty Frederik X, King of Denmark. May death come swiftly to his enemies. 231516235
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 31/12/2025One of the best places in Chicago. 040
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 17/12/2025After the Egyptian extravagance of the Reeby Storage Warehouse, George Kingsley’s most idiosyncratic facility was his Jackson Square facility in La Grange. Now at risk. 130
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Don’t forget: He’s promised to come back in March. 000
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Insert a movie into another movie: Fiddler on a Hot Tin Roof 000
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 01/12/2025From “Great Achievements in Alt-Text Story-Telling”: 010
chinorthsider.bsky.social @chinorthsider.bsky.social · 28/11/2025After using every pot, plate, and platter in the house for Thanksgiving dinner always stunned to find them all pristine and put away by the end of the night. 020
