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Why Is Streetsblog So Bitchy?
You can't get people on your side when you're constantly chasing them away. So why does Streetsblog spend so much time telling people they suck?
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Why Chicago Has No Jane Jacobs
On Sunday, Ai Weiwei said people who live censored lives in China eventually become complicit in their own subjugation. Little did he know he was talking about Chicago, too.
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17 Dead in 15 Seconds in Chicago
So many are shot every week in Chicago, we're starting not to notice anymore. When a death is worth less than a second of news coverage, what are we becoming?
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Are You a Peeping Tom on Your Balcony or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
The totally true tale of the unexpected technique I used to catch our across-the-street peeping Tom, toilet humor included.
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Black Faces Matter: Real Chicagoans on The 606
On casual racism, the Trust for Public Land, and the real picture of Chicago on The 606.
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Where Are the Black People in Ads for Chicago's New Park, "The 606"?
"The 606" opened to fanfare in June on Chicago's multi-racial Northwest Side. But where are the black faces in the new park's marketing campaign? And was their omission deliberate?
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So This Is What Choice Feels Like, Chicago
It has been generations since Chicagoans have had a real choice for mayor. But for the next six weeks, the stakes are higher than they've ever been.
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Newcomers, Don't Dress Like Winter Chicagoans
Chicagoans should preface newcomer weather warnings with, 'Do as we say and not as we do.' Because we rarely follow our own winter weather dress code.
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Do Over
So if I had the past 11 years to do over again, would I do them over? Or would I just fly over Chicago?
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Mental Douchebag Map
For our potentially final year in Chicago, Ryan and I have come up with a strategy to limit our experience of the Windy City to its least windy aspects.
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Macy's State Street Axes Info Desk
Macy's State Street has eliminated its customer information desk in favor of directional signage that keeps directing customers...to the information desk.
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On and Off the Table at the Chicago Community Trust
This week, I was featured in the Chicago Community Trust's centennial 'On the Table' campaign. But my full thoughts about the future of our city were not.