Chris
@karvellas.bsky.social
cities and buildings, science and history
There was a ton of pre war TOD around IC electric stations when it ran as rapid transit in the first half of the 20th c
map of the courtyard buildings in Chicago (this includes buildings with all kinds of courts, not just the obvious ones in the front like the OP above)
July 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There was a ton of pre war TOD around IC electric stations when it ran as rapid transit in the first half of the 20th c
from 1999-2001, State Senator Barack Obama and Prior Robert Prevost lived about 650 ft apart from one another
May 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
from 1999-2001, State Senator Barack Obama and Prior Robert Prevost lived about 650 ft apart from one another
11 is to me almost totally implausible, given it happened what like 7 times independently on Earth?
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
11 is to me almost totally implausible, given it happened what like 7 times independently on Earth?
interesting question--what is the largest apartment building by unit count in Chicago with zero parking? including pre-war and post war buildings @slucy.bsky.social
Another tower supersized by last year's Journal Sq inclusionary upzoning.
It was slated for 639 dwellings before the upzoning, now 1,151. Will be largest 0-parking building in JC so far–and likely the whole US outside NYC.
JC also seems to have dropped the demands to preserve 629 Newark Ave's façade
It was slated for 639 dwellings before the upzoning, now 1,151. Will be largest 0-parking building in JC so far–and likely the whole US outside NYC.
JC also seems to have dropped the demands to preserve 629 Newark Ave's façade
March 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
interesting question--what is the largest apartment building by unit count in Chicago with zero parking? including pre-war and post war buildings @slucy.bsky.social
One thing that startled me about SF was densely packed timber housing in fairly central areas. Some of it predates 1906, but a lot of it seemingly doesn't. Feels like they were less aggressive than other cities in banning fire-prone typologies in the 19th/early 20th c? @stephenjacobsmith.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
One thing that startled me about SF was densely packed timber housing in fairly central areas. Some of it predates 1906, but a lot of it seemingly doesn't. Feels like they were less aggressive than other cities in banning fire-prone typologies in the 19th/early 20th c? @stephenjacobsmith.com
the residence of Her Imperial Highness Zeynep Osman, widow of His Imperial Highness, the late Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman Efendi
October 26, 2024 at 4:51 AM
the residence of Her Imperial Highness Zeynep Osman, widow of His Imperial Highness, the late Şehzade Ertuğrul Osman Efendi
it seems that dutch land use regs prevent ASML from expanding into the corn fields adjacent to their main campus, so they're expanding into a satellite campus near the airport. i feel like this is kind of absurd? ASML is like 3% of the country's economy
October 3, 2024 at 12:52 PM
it seems that dutch land use regs prevent ASML from expanding into the corn fields adjacent to their main campus, so they're expanding into a satellite campus near the airport. i feel like this is kind of absurd? ASML is like 3% of the country's economy
what is up with this insane padding on metra? i've never noticed it be this bad
September 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
what is up with this insane padding on metra? i've never noticed it be this bad
Ikaria is also famously a kind of strange place, with a very complex political and social history -- a brief period of "independence" following Ottoman rule, Italian and German occupation followed by mass evacuation to DP camps, and later lots of internally exiled communists.
this is a fascinating piece and a good example of how bad data and shaky claims get reproduced over time.
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
theconversation.com/the-data-on-...
‘The data on extreme human ageing is rotten from the inside out’ – Ig Nobel winner Saul Justin Newman
Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.
theconversation.com
September 16, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Ikaria is also famously a kind of strange place, with a very complex political and social history -- a brief period of "independence" following Ottoman rule, Italian and German occupation followed by mass evacuation to DP camps, and later lots of internally exiled communists.
🎶 Chito gvrito chito margalito daa 🎶
September 12, 2024 at 2:00 AM
🎶 Chito gvrito chito margalito daa 🎶
what is the reason this agricultural land in Oxnard, CA has not been developed into housing? is it a California Coastal Commission thing?
September 9, 2024 at 2:43 AM
what is the reason this agricultural land in Oxnard, CA has not been developed into housing? is it a California Coastal Commission thing?
kinda strange request, but anybody have any idea how i could look up some representative retail prices for cut diamonds by carat in the 1930-1940 period in the US?
September 6, 2024 at 1:41 AM
kinda strange request, but anybody have any idea how i could look up some representative retail prices for cut diamonds by carat in the 1930-1940 period in the US?
lookin at the google reviews for the computer store that now occupies the second oldest synagogue building in the americas, in paramaribo
June 21, 2023 at 5:20 AM
lookin at the google reviews for the computer store that now occupies the second oldest synagogue building in the americas, in paramaribo
Nothing makes me prouder to be a Chicagoan than to learn one of my ancestors got caught in 1936 by G-men with the equivalent of $11m of stolen treasury notes, in Blue Island of all places
May 31, 2023 at 12:50 AM
Nothing makes me prouder to be a Chicagoan than to learn one of my ancestors got caught in 1936 by G-men with the equivalent of $11m of stolen treasury notes, in Blue Island of all places