Jim Peters
@chiobserver.bsky.social
Chicago-based urban planner and preservationist. Former Ethics Officer, American Institute of Certified Planners.
You can’t make this stuff up.
May 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
You can’t make this stuff up.
Signs of Spring in Chicago: Cratered alleys and flowering trees. Ravenswood Manor neighborhood.
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Signs of Spring in Chicago: Cratered alleys and flowering trees. Ravenswood Manor neighborhood.
Reposted by Jim Peters
I Googled “shameless obedience to a dictator” and look what came up.
January 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I Googled “shameless obedience to a dictator” and look what came up.
Cartoon by Matt Wuerker, POLITICO
January 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Cartoon by Matt Wuerker, POLITICO
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One of Pam Bondi's many lies today: “The president does not like people who abuse police officers." In fact, Trump liked them very much on Jan. 6 at the Capitol.
January 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One of Pam Bondi's many lies today: “The president does not like people who abuse police officers." In fact, Trump liked them very much on Jan. 6 at the Capitol.
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January 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Cartoon by Pedro X. Molina (with apologies to Stanley Kubrick)
January 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cartoon by Pedro X. Molina (with apologies to Stanley Kubrick)
My cousin Paul writes: “The U.S. flags will be at half mast for the Presidential Inauguration. Thank you, Jimmy Carter.”
December 30, 2024 at 1:47 AM
My cousin Paul writes: “The U.S. flags will be at half mast for the Presidential Inauguration. Thank you, Jimmy Carter.”
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Trucks have been getting bigger, more energy & space consuming, more polluting, and much deadlier to everyone around them including kids. Not because most of us actually need bigger vehicles, but as ego boosts, status symbols & “indicators of male virility.” Note the truck bed is basically the same.
December 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Trucks have been getting bigger, more energy & space consuming, more polluting, and much deadlier to everyone around them including kids. Not because most of us actually need bigger vehicles, but as ego boosts, status symbols & “indicators of male virility.” Note the truck bed is basically the same.
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“But the eggs were just so expensive.”
November 29, 2024 at 4:02 AM
“But the eggs were just so expensive.”
Great points made by Lynn Becker re: absurd Fed requirements for the reuse of two historic and adaptable State Street buildings.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Great points made by Lynn Becker re: absurd Fed requirements for the reuse of two historic and adaptable State Street buildings.
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A dark read—as these times would suggest. It’s an imagination of a EU-type future for the US.
A dark read—as these times would suggest. It’s an imagination of a EU-type future for the US.
Two scenarios for the years ahead
What if America Doesn’t Meet This Moment?
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November 16, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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A dark read—as these times would suggest. It’s an imagination of a EU-type future for the US.
A dark read—as these times would suggest. It’s an imagination of a EU-type future for the US.