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@colinbphoto Very nice. AFAIK, this part of town is pretty much the best place in Chicago to catch a sunset, which is tricky in a city with water to the east and tall buildings to the west.

@weknowyourdata @rushtheband Sure, his "happy wizard" vocals aren't everyone's cup of mead!

- In 1993 a homeless bike messenger who slept under the Chicago/Halsted bridge started Urban Bikes, an "anarchist" bike shop, in a shelter garage. - In 2004 his partner turned it into Uptown Bikes. - On Tuesday her mechanics rebooted it as Broadway Bikes.

Attention food writers: It looks like Dear Flo's, near SBC HQ in the former Kalish and Sephardic Sisters site, is almost ready for its closeup. The uniquely tinfoil-grilled breakfast biscuit sandwich being cooked here looks tasty!

(L) Details from 4800 N. block of Broadway in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. (R) Diorama at Broadway Bikes, 4653 N. Broadway, formerly Urban and Uptown Bikes, which was reopened yesterday by 2 of the mechanics. Here's a brief history of the bike shops:

Unpopular ex-CTA boss Dorval Carter is likely to get $1M a year running a West Side hospital serving low-income people. To put that in perspective, that would pay for a year of very high-quality health insurance ($1K/month) for 83 people. 🤔 @_ManuelRamos_

@LoriFootLight @streetsblogchi @AldermanHopkins @richsday @activetrans @ctaaction @elevated_chi As required by Chicago's Affordable Requirements Ordinance, 20% of the proposed 500 units would have been affordable (e.g. to single people making $47,100) and the rest would have been market-rate.

RT @Socialistdrums: Happy Tranist Equity Day #TransitEquityDay

@HarebrainedInc If a did a t-shirt design that said, "Get it hot like Jet's Pizza," my favorite fast-food pizza franchise, I'd be tempted.

@humantransit Thanks Jarrett, that's f---in' great advice. Unfortunately, some people who use this platform don't have the same civility standards.

@DanielKayHertz I think this guy meant that Canada is taking on the dog from a 1960s Christian clay-animated children's television series.

@chilandlord @prashanth_karri OK, I can't spend any more time responding to you folks' non-linear tweets, so @chilandlord, go ahead and and email me your argument about the equity ordinance you said is blocking the construction of affordable, transit-friendly apartments. Cheers.

@prashanth_karri @chilandlord It's not like the "luxury" apartments that most developers want to build would be affordable to non-affluent people otherwise. And this developer seems happy to provide the 100 affordable units, which are required by the ARO ordinance.

@chilandlord @prashanth_karri No need for a DM, it's in my Twitter bio!

@chilandlord @prashanth_karri Yesterday's SBC article criticized the blocking of a large number of affordable units from being built a short distance from the 'L'. Please explain how you feel the NSPO is doing that. Seriously, if you make a convincing argument, we might run something on the subject.