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“Listen closely to that sound in your chest, and you can hear the hum of the 'L, clattering home in what other folks brush off as just an ordinary heartbeat."

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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hell yeah, dinkies everywhere
A future NICTD South Shore Line map showing additional branch lines to Porter, LaPorte, downtown South Bend, and the possible Bears stadium site in northern Hammond.
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 02/08/2026
a woman shouting Robert Lewandowski’s name and some phrases in Polish for the whole game should have won Fan of the Match (not pictured)
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 24/07/2026
Financing closes for Chicago’s first all-electric geothermal apartment tower It will feature 120 closed loop bores! www.multifamilyexecutive.com/design-devel...
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Financing Closes for Chicago’s First All-Electric Geothermal Apartment Tower
Development partners Tree Street Group (TSG) and Magellan Development Group, along with Mark Goodman & Associates, have closed on financing for 410 N. | The 33-story Fulton Market development will del...
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“She cited a failure to plan a Metra station for the site where the future CTA Red Line Extension will cross its tracks [...] 'Everybody’s just sort of planning for themselves and not having any coherent, holistic plan.'" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/p...
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Toni Preckwinkle backs Red Line extension connections, wins approval for transit picks
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s picks for local transit boards — including her first two Chicago Transit Authority board selections — won sign-off from the county board Thursday.
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JC Strzalka-Steil @jcstrzalkasteil.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The Northwest Side is featured in American Truck Sim! Both the Montrose Blue Line station and the intersection of Cicero/Caldwell are recreated digitally in the Illinois DLC. I am delighted that other players will get glimpses of my corner of the city in addition to Chicago's beautiful lakefront!
Screenshot from the video game American Truck Simulator depicting a Chicago L station that resembles the Montrose Blue Line station.Screenshot from the video game American Truck Simulator that depicts a green semi with bison painted on it stopped at a fairly accurate rendering of the intersection of Cicero Avenue and Caldwell Avenue.
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Horse is out of the barn but if RLE curled north to a Kensington Superstation and added a 130th St infill station on NICTD for all-day Monon service to Kensington, we could've really had something incredible
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Making myself mad again
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The Times of Northwest Indiana @nwitimes.com · 05/04/2026
Northern Indiana residents — especially those of Polish or Eastern European descent — will celebrate the end of Lent on Dyngus Day on Monday.
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Region communities to mark Dyngus Day on Easter Monday with Polish food, festivities
Northern Indiana residents — especially those of Polish or Eastern European descent — will celebrate the end of Lent on Dyngus Day on Monday.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Chicago’s 1st Dyngus night, a celebration of Polish culture, is coming to Logan Square. blockclubchi.co/48bCN6S
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Daniel Pogorzelski ✶ @danpogofc.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Serbian capital of Belgrade is the largest European city to offer free public transit since January of 2025 🇷🇸
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The average Illinoisian buys just under one gallon of gas a day. The CrossTowner regional rail vision has a base price estimate of just under $10 billion. If gas holds steady at $2/gal higher now than a month ago, it'd only take about 431 days for Illinois drivers to pay enough to #BuildTheTunnel.
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New town every hour @townsusa.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Polonia, Wisconsin Pop: 557 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonia,_Wisc… Images: commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c… commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c…
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Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This bridge used to connect rail directly to navy pier through river north
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nadignewspapers.bsky.social @nadignewspapers.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@danpogofc.bsky.social pushes to help preserve facade of club where Smashing Pumpkins had first concert nadignewspapers.com/effort-afoot...
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Effort afoot to preserve facade from site of first Smashing Pumpkins concert - Nadig Newspapers - Northwest Side Local Newspapers
by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A local historian is spearheading an effort to save an elaborately carved wooden facade of a former nightclub where
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Alicia Kismet Eler @aliciakismeteler.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Great story!
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Daniel Pogorzelski ✶ @danpogofc.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Thank you @mollydevore.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social for your story on our effort to preserve a part of this link between #SmashingPumpkins and #Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/12/s...
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Smashing Pumpkins Played Their 1st Show At Club 21. Can Parts Of Closed Venue Be Saved?
In 1988, the iconic band performed their first show at Chicago 21 Club, a Polish nightclub on the Far Northwest Side. Nearly four decades later, a local historian wants to save the long-vacant clubs' ...
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 12/02/2026
I think we should build more tall towers like this outside of downtown Chicago
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Daniel Pogorzelski ✶ @danpogofc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Serendipity aplenty yesterday when I got to meet the one and only @gmoult.bsky.social during the Polish American Historical Association Conference in Chicago! 🇵🇱
Selfie of Dan Pogorzelski and Gavin Moulton
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AJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Christmas Eve with the Poles
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 22/12/2025
Not only does AJ LaTrace's writing for Streetsblog rock: chi.streetsblog.org/author/adria... As a founding member of local emo legends The Academy Is... so does his guitar playing! He appears on a new charity album by Chicago journalists. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/22/c... @latrace.bsky.social
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Now imagine if the train came every 7.5 minutes because we took four existing Metra lines, ran them half-hourly, coordinated their schedules, and connected them down the same corridor. That’s CrossTowner regional rail. And that’s why we need to #BuildTheTunnel. 🔗 www.yard-social.com/crosstowners
A clock diagram showing four train lines (X1, X2, X3, X4) that each operate half-hourly but combine to run one train every 7.5 minutes on a shared corridor CrossTowner regional rail proposed system diagram, showing both 2034sight and CRCL Plan improvements. From Clybourn to 67th via Chicago Union Station, CrossTowner regional rail lines X1, X2, X3, and X4 would create a “spine” of 7.5-minute headways, city trunk lines with trains every 15 minutes (Winnetka-Clybourn, Des Plaines-Clybourn, and 67th-Kensington), and individual headways of half-hourly in lower-density suburban areas.
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
I love boring but meaningful infrastructure upgrades
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 26/11/2025
On behalf of Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District, it is my privilege to commend Pogo for his dedication to public service and community.
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The biggest rail expansion project in the Chicago area for 30 years is in Indiana
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Cook County has an active infill rail station study underway. Put dots on the map where you want a new train station. cook-rail-survey-hntbcorp.hub.arcgis.com
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Cook County Rail Survey
Take the Cook County Rail Infill Station Study Survey for where you'd like to see rail stations.
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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Chicagoans took more than 430 million bus rides in 1988! Then the bottom fell out after 1990 (due in part to drastic service cuts precipitated by a fiscal crisis - sound familiar??).
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 30/07/2025
Local Historian and recent Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Dan Pogorzelski, nicknamed "The Mayor of Avondale," leads a Full Harvest Moon Walk along the river on Sunday 9/7 from Burning Bush Brewery, 4014 N. Rockwell St.
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 25/07/2025
Sen. Villivalam discusses: -Why it would be foolish *not* to seek $1.5B for transit -Why dismissing the issue as a simply a Chicago problem is a lie -Whether there will be a summer legislative session. chi.streetsblog.org/2025/07/24/s... @betterstreetschicago.org @stevevance.net @yonahfreemark.com
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
We're blessed to have such an extensive system of legacy infrastructure. Regional Rail connects Chicagoland by changing the way we use what we already have: we're 95% of the way there. No doubt that the last 5% would require a substantial investment, but transforming the region is worth every penny.
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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 20/07/2025
RIP Damen Silos ☹️
Photo looking towards a very large set of two concrete structures, connected by a bridge. beyond them are visible several tall buildings including the Sears Tower.Photo looking through a window missing most of its panes out over a river and cityscape and towards the tall buildings of the Chicago skyline.Photo looking down on a large group of concrete siloes with metal structure on top.Photo inside a derelict industrial space showing large metal beams protruding from the floor and catching warm brown light.
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Grumpy-TG @grumpy-tg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This is your sign to kill your lawn and plant native wildflower seeds!
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods : NPR www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
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Here's a timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods
NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
An international perspective on why we should #BuildTheTunnel worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ma...
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The magic of through running - Works in Progress Magazine
Commuter trains often stop at the edge of cities. Building a short tunnel to join them up is often by far the most efficient way to improve a city's transport.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 26/06/2025
Imagine the massive Damen Silos being preserved and the surrounding land being used as music festival grounds. It’s an idea that a pair of groups is floating even as the city moves closer to issuing demolition permits for the century-old structures. buff.ly/gKytNKf
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Damen Silos should be a concert venue, groups say
Preservationists and a community organization say a public park and musical festival site is an idea worth pursuing, but demolition of the structures appears imminent.
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Daniel Pogorzelski ✶ @danpogofc.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
For the second year in a row, we celebrated solstice w/ a Polish accent on Chicago’s #WildMile w/ @urbanrivers.bsky.social. We hope that you can join us next time 🌺
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Certified Illinois Expert @mrillinois.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
When you are at a Polish event you can pretty much count on seeing @danpogofc.bsky.social holding court. Proud to consider myself among The Commissioner’s many acolytes
Me and Dan pogo
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Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org · 10/06/2025
As shown by this photo from last month's Critical Mass ride, Chicago Pope Mania is sweeping our city. Could the craze help save the Red Line Extension from being defunded by the Trump administration? Let us explain the connection... chi.streetsblog.org/2025/06/09/o...
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AJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Happy Holy Week to those who celebrate
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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is a map of recorded combined sewer overflow (CSO) events from Wednesday's record-breaking rainfall. The fact that there was only a single CSO event is pretty remarkable when some areas were seeing well over 2" of rain.
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Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
It’d be great to boost development and densities in these areas but so many of them are far from the ‘L’ network. If only there were some easy way to provide fast and frequent rail transit to these parts of the city, perhaps by constructing some sort of underground conduit to tie them together
Same map as the original tweet but with #2034sight regional rail lines roughly sketched over it in green. #BuildTheTunnel
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American Public Transportation Association @apta-info.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It's National Transit Employee Appreciation Day! Across the U.S., more than 430,000 public transportation staff are working every day to keep communities connected and economies moving. Thank you to public #transit workers for your service! 🎬Check out this #TransitEmployeeAppreciationDay video🚍🚆⛴️
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chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Happy Pulaski Day, Chicago!
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The Times of Northwest Indiana @nwitimes.com · 01/03/2025
The new snapping turtle sculptures add to the trailhead of the Indigenous Cultural Trail, a tourist attraction paying homage to the land’s original stewards that’s been taking shape at the Indiana Dunes after years of planning.
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Giant turtle sculptures installed as Indigenous Cultural Trail takes shape at Indiana Dunes National Park
The new snapping turtle sculptures add to the trailhead of the Indigenous Cultural Trail, a tourist attraction paying homage to the land’s original stewards that’s been taking shape at the Indiana Dunes after years of planning.
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Daniel Pogorzelski ✶ @danpogofc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Tonight’s snowfall lends #Chicago’s Polish Highlander Home on Archer a wee bit more of a #Carpathian feel
The Polish Highlander Home is styled as a Carpathian chalet in the traditional Zakopane Style of Architecture. Located at 4808 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago, the structure underwent renovation under the eye of famed artist Jerzy Kenar in 2005.
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