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Cassandra
@wrennifer.bsky.social
she/her, rooted to Chicago, Strida cyclist, lover of linotype. I watch the trains go by from my living room.
carbrains blocked on sight

Chicago Urbanists Union: https://discord.gg/BDpjWA98qg
A few.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
RETVRN
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I think it's fake, the Flag Honors are recorded here: www.illinois.gov/about/flag-h...

and there hasn't been one since mid September. Also, the formatting is off compared to the most recent one honoring a deceased Governor. Flag lowerings don't usually start until sunrise the next day.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Engineer's Club of Chicago
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There's a pretty restrictive definition of zero-emission vehicle and an escape hatch clause that allows the Authority to continue purchasing diesel vehicles as long as no zero-emission vehicle meets the standard set by the definition.
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
per page 201, any tax collected under this provision will be deposited into NITA if the individual resides in the NITA service area, and the Downstate Public Transportation fund if not.
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The pilot was supposed to start in 2023, but there were vendor issues with getting the cameras installed on buses. As a stopgap, 4 Dept of Finance vehicles were fitted with the cameras and have collected over $700k in fines so far.
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Spotted a little guy on one of the windowsills at City Hall
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It's cheap, it's easy, and it's free
September 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The confirmed closed or closing Starbucks locations in Chicago
September 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
the US if tylenol caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I think this narrative is the core of my urbanism. We've made participation in society so expensive through our urban infra choices, and those choices are self reinforcing and serve only to alienate people from the society they no longer have to interact with and now drive through.
September 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New Divvy bikeshare station at Washington & Wabash
September 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
good vibes at an undisclosed location tonight
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For archival purposes
August 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The sidewalk on the north side of Adams at Wells is finally being replaced. I once saw a Streets and Sanitation truck rip its tire apart on the metal wall of the curb, so it's good this is being done.

The bus stop is closed for the repairs.
August 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Clicking the PayPal donation link reveals that the EIN of the actual tax exempt org is 26-3863649, which the IRS lists under the name "Tsogyaling Meditation Center of Evanston". No 990's listed since 2016, but IRS Treas. Reg. § 301.6104(d)-1 allows anyone to demand public disclosure of filed 990s.
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What my skyline's like today
August 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Looks like it was a car dealership called Norm's Auto Sales before 2007 (streetview shows a Norm's Auto Service in 2007). So maybe an early car dealership? showmelocal.pasadenastarnews.com/profile.aspx...

There's a painted ad on the west wall in the 2009 streetview capture that I can't read.
July 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
July 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Upgraded Divvy docks going in at Franklin & Monroe
July 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You can tell because the suspect was arrested alive, and that no news article says that the cop was shot by the suspect.
June 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
June 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
April 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM