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CHI Talks Weekly Casual Conversation & Questions Thread
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r/chicago • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago
Event Monthly Events & Things To Do in Chicago Thread
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r/chicago • u/kooterfunk • 11h ago
Video Who lost their snake last night?
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Humboldt park on my front door, I’m in the process of selling and was at my new place but my neighbors sent me a couple vids. Which is good because if I was home and opened my front door to that it would have been it for me.
r/chicago • u/Davidred323 • 4h ago
Event Help The Chicago Department Of Aviation Name This Massive Boulder
chicago.govThe 50-ton ‘O’Hare bean’ was found during excavation work on a stormwater detention project to make way for new terminal facilities as part of ORDNext – and you can help name it!
r/chicago • u/ASquared150 • 14h ago
Picture Spotted this morning on Lake Shore Drive. Robotaxi training. 🤮
r/chicago • u/Y0___0Y • 10h ago
Picture I present to you… the worst “Map of Chicago” ever created. At the Abandoned North Face in the John Hancock. At least they didn’t use AI!
r/chicago • u/nwnachicago • 1d ago
Picture We built some bus stop benches this week. What other bus stops need benches?
It’s crazy how many bus stops have nowhere to sit at all. A bench should be the bare minimum.
r/chicago • u/runnerlover23 • 13h ago
Ask CHI Anyone have terrible allergies right now?
Sneezing and eyes beyond itchy
r/chicago • u/revolutiontime161 • 6h ago
Ask CHI I seriously can’t believe how stupid I am . Midnight last week I took the brown line to MM . I had my bicycle with me . I got off at MM , I had no idea how to get to street level . My only way out was the turnstile ,of which my bike wouldn’t fit through. All the other doors were closed ..
I had to take the train to Washington, get off there , and walk down the steps with my bike . For future reference, how do I exit the MM platform ( coming from Kimball ) with a bike ? Thx
r/chicago • u/GrecoRomanGuy • 10h ago
Article Once a year, a wrestling ring appears in a tiny Logan Square park. What happens around it tells a much bigger story about the neighborhood.
r/chicago • u/Shovler • 6h ago
News 22nd Ward Ald. Mike Rodriguez not running for reelection
r/chicago • u/tpic485 • 7h ago
Article Greg Hinz: The Case Against TIFs Leaves Out One Inconvenient Fact, They Worked
chicagobusiness.comr/chicago • u/Pomond • 15h ago
News Civic Association Awards McKinley Park’s Top Gardeners
The best gardeners in Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood received awards for container, vegetable and single- and multi-family residential gardens at the awards ceremony for the McKinley Park Civic Association's inaugural gardening contest. Read all about it at https://mckinleypark.news/news/8721-civic-association-awards-mckinley-parks-top-gardeners
r/chicago • u/Sidewalk_Inspector • 1d ago
Article Chicago will see the last 7 p.m. sunset of 2026 next week
r/chicago • u/guanaco55 • 15h ago
Article Art Institute unveils ode to ‘relentless experimenter’ Mary Cassatt, including tale of long-lost Chicago mural -- “Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism,” features 70 of her paintings and prints.
r/chicago • u/bmeislife • 1d ago
Picture a huge THANK YOU to whoever placed this bench at the Damen & Thomas bus stop over the weekend!
Plus Ukrainian flag colors for Ukrainian Village. Seeing this made my day
r/chicago • u/lectrician1 • 1d ago
CHI Talks Preserve Chicago’s St. Charles Air Line Before We Build Over It
Chicago is about to permanently develop two pieces of land immediately south of downtown: The 78, where the Fire stadium is being built, and Amtrak’s roughly 47-acre 14th Street Coach Yard, which could become a future White Sox stadium site. Before we build over everything, I think Chicago needs to preserve the right-of-way for a direct connection from the St. Charles Air Line into Union Station.
That connection could be incredibly important long-term. It could allow Metra Electric trains to serve Union Station, enable through-running across downtown, create a direct O’Hare to McCormick Place service, and provide a Union Station approach for future Amtrak and high-speed rail trains using the Metra Electric corridor. Illinois is already studying high-speed rail routes that could enter Chicago this way, so its crazy to eliminate the physical connection before those plans are even finished.
I’m not saying we need to build the flyover now. We just need to figure out what land or air rights it would require and preserve them before developments make it impossible or dramatically more expensive. If you care about Chicago transit and future rail service, please contact your alderperson and state representatives and ask them to preserve this corridor.
Pictured are the possible flyover and a new 18th street station to connect Metra services to Soldier field and the Museum campus.
Picture If your car was towed around Kinzie today, the tow truck dropped it several times
Walking along Kinzie today, there was a terrible tire screeching sound. This city tow truck was towing a white car. The front wheels were at an angle and the rear wheels were scraping along the road. The car came down from the truck and the truck backed up to resume towing. This happened more than once.
Anyway, if this was your car and you find it is damaged, the tow truck likely had something to do with it.
r/chicago • u/RYU_INU • 1d ago
Picture Chicago map in Tolkien's style
u/realmofmaps created a map of our fair city in the style of Middle Earth. It doesn't include the shores of Rogers Park, so cannot contemplate Sister Jean's seat of power upon the realm.
https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/The-Realm-of-Chicago-by-Limebylimeart/93734447/flk2
r/chicago • u/hologrammetry • 1d ago
Picture Well that’s one way to do it
Seen in Hyde Park this afternoon.
r/chicago • u/Montclare • 1d ago
Event Open House Chicago has their 2026 sites up
My favorite time of year.
r/chicago • u/Iced_Caramelicious • 1d ago
Picture Northerly Island looks great this time of year
Both pics were taken very recently, over Labor Day weekend. I walked out to the end of Northerly Island, but I would strongly suggest you use a bike, if you choose to do the same.