Allison Darrahill
@panicbowl.bsky.social
Pay attention to local politics. Certified KC enjoyer, now in Chicago.
neighborsofedgewateruptown.com
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While we wait on the NITA Act to move through the house and senate tonight, here's a glimpse of one of my favorite provisions.
The areas in purple will have parking mandates removed for development (note, this is an early draft.... working out some kinks)
The areas in purple will have parking mandates removed for development (note, this is an early draft.... working out some kinks)
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
While we wait on the NITA Act to move through the house and senate tonight, here's a glimpse of one of my favorite provisions.
The areas in purple will have parking mandates removed for development (note, this is an early draft.... working out some kinks)
The areas in purple will have parking mandates removed for development (note, this is an early draft.... working out some kinks)
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Which of you urbanism nerd couples is going as an Edgewater NIMBY and the Broadway Land Use Framework
October 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Which of you urbanism nerd couples is going as an Edgewater NIMBY and the Broadway Land Use Framework
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Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org
Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org
Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text
mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
birds rock
A red-tailed hawk was floating for several minutes in one fixed spot above Montrose Bird Sanctuary.
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
birds rock
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A red-tailed hawk was floating for several minutes in one fixed spot above Montrose Bird Sanctuary.
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A red-tailed hawk was floating for several minutes in one fixed spot above Montrose Bird Sanctuary.
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to go from the orange line to the waveland terminal on the Halsted bus at 5:50 pm on a weekday in 2004 took 45 minutes
in 2025 (prior to the viaduct reroute) the same trip took 65 minutes
the trip is almost 50% longer now, and that's with more than 30% fewer people riding it
in 2025 (prior to the viaduct reroute) the same trip took 65 minutes
the trip is almost 50% longer now, and that's with more than 30% fewer people riding it
people who are new to the city or young don't realize this but when uber & lyft started taking off traffic just got astronomically worse in a period of like 3 years, all those burrito taxis and unregulated cabs really get in the way of everything
October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
to go from the orange line to the waveland terminal on the Halsted bus at 5:50 pm on a weekday in 2004 took 45 minutes
in 2025 (prior to the viaduct reroute) the same trip took 65 minutes
the trip is almost 50% longer now, and that's with more than 30% fewer people riding it
in 2025 (prior to the viaduct reroute) the same trip took 65 minutes
the trip is almost 50% longer now, and that's with more than 30% fewer people riding it
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Babe what's wrong you haven't touched your *senate passed transit bill* in months
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Babe what's wrong you haven't touched your *senate passed transit bill* in months
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On the bright side, your next DoorDash order will be $1.50 cheaper than it could've been and all those board members get to hold onto their little fiefdoms for at least a few more months, and ultimately isn't that more important than a functioning transit network for a major metropolis?
If the state passes a transit bill tomorrow, I will be disappointed that they waited until the literal last minute (again), but at least I'll be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
But if the transit funding doesn't go through at all, I am going to crash out.
But if the transit funding doesn't go through at all, I am going to crash out.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
On the bright side, your next DoorDash order will be $1.50 cheaper than it could've been and all those board members get to hold onto their little fiefdoms for at least a few more months, and ultimately isn't that more important than a functioning transit network for a major metropolis?
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🚨 1 day to save transit and your legislators are not on the same page.
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 1 day to save transit and your legislators are not on the same page.
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
Flood the gates! Call, email, tag your State Rep & Senator on social and tell them it’s time to get the job done NOW!
Look up your legislator at the link in our bio ⬆️
Call and email NOW at savetransit.org
yet another reason to hate the cemeteries
Rosehill Cemetery won’t let bikers ride around in there but they will allow ICE to stage for kidnappings!
got to Target minutes after ICE kidnapped someone. Spoke to people otg who said they were probably staging at Rosehill. Drove over to Rosehill, another patroller I saw was talking to an employee. Patroller said ICE was using A CEMETERY AS A HOME BASE for kidnapping people in our neighborhood.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
yet another reason to hate the cemeteries
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The House and the governor's office had five months to get on the same page regarding revenue, and clearly they failed to do so. How the heck do we have a legislative supermajority + a generally agreeable governor and still fall short?? Advocates have been hounding them for MONTHS. So frustrating.
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The House and the governor's office had five months to get on the same page regarding revenue, and clearly they failed to do so. How the heck do we have a legislative supermajority + a generally agreeable governor and still fall short?? Advocates have been hounding them for MONTHS. So frustrating.
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might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
might be one of the funniest videos i’ve ever seen
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This is a fantastic write-up of our region's transit issues and why focus on the suburbs is Actually Important
(especially liked the note that there are about 4X as many suburb-to-suburb commuters as there are suburb-to-city commuters)
(especially liked the note that there are about 4X as many suburb-to-suburb commuters as there are suburb-to-city commuters)
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is a fantastic write-up of our region's transit issues and why focus on the suburbs is Actually Important
(especially liked the note that there are about 4X as many suburb-to-suburb commuters as there are suburb-to-city commuters)
(especially liked the note that there are about 4X as many suburb-to-suburb commuters as there are suburb-to-city commuters)
b..b..but the nimbys love loaves and witches and hate housing for trans people so it cancels out
No such thing as a trans ally NIMBY
Leni says they need to welcome folks fleeing those states.
That's right. My community in the south is fucking terrified. They are being genocided. Build more housing here.
That's right. My community in the south is fucking terrified. They are being genocided. Build more housing here.
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
b..b..but the nimbys love loaves and witches and hate housing for trans people so it cancels out
it shouldn't have had to come to all this hate and vitriol over city procedure but in the end the city will allow itself to continue to grow and not shrink
The Broadway upzoning passes the land use commission 15-2. Loud cheers break out
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
it shouldn't have had to come to all this hate and vitriol over city procedure but in the end the city will allow itself to continue to grow and not shrink
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The Broadway upzoning passes the land use commission 15-2. Loud cheers break out
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Broadway upzoning passes the land use commission 15-2. Loud cheers break out
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That’s my Alderman 🫡🫡🫡
"we have not seen any housing built on the West side of Broadway for 20 years."
Multiple people get removed.
"Not one affordable housing unit has been built on the West side of Broadway between foster and Devon. This is unacceptable. This is wrong"
Multiple people get removed.
"Not one affordable housing unit has been built on the West side of Broadway between foster and Devon. This is unacceptable. This is wrong"
October 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
That’s my Alderman 🫡🫡🫡
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nimbys are the fucking worst
Says they need to add more housing or rents will only continue to climb and people will not be able to move here and be safe as they need to be.
An audience member yells at Alison to "leave Edgewater alone" and is escorted out of the room.
The only trans speaker was heckled by far the most.
An audience member yells at Alison to "leave Edgewater alone" and is escorted out of the room.
The only trans speaker was heckled by far the most.
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
nimbys are the fucking worst
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Congrats to @leniann.bsky.social for showing a lot of courage with this ordinance!!
The Broadway upzoning passes the land use commission 15-2. Loud cheers break out
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Congrats to @leniann.bsky.social for showing a lot of courage with this ordinance!!
If you're in Edgewater/Uptown and like to see less strip malls on Broadway, there's a rally in front of the Riviera next Thursday to support the upzoning
actionnetwork.org/events/rally-i…
actionnetwork.org/events/rally-i…
October 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you're in Edgewater/Uptown and like to see less strip malls on Broadway, there's a rally in front of the Riviera next Thursday to support the upzoning
actionnetwork.org/events/rally-i…
actionnetwork.org/events/rally-i…
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🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🏈 GB 40 - 40 DAL
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1093rd unique final score in NFL history.
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There is a huge moral panic from boomers about ebikes and scooters right now
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There is a huge moral panic from boomers about ebikes and scooters right now
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Manifesting enough transit funding for Illinois to get electrified regional rail 🚅😌
May 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Manifesting enough transit funding for Illinois to get electrified regional rail 🚅😌
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And the next pope is...
Another straight white сis male.
Color me shocked.
Another straight white сis male.
Color me shocked.
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
And the next pope is...
Another straight white сis male.
Color me shocked.
Another straight white сis male.
Color me shocked.