End of an era. For better or worse, all Chinese food is judged against it for me.

Why are Chicago developers ruining our red, white, and blue buildings? Do they hate America and themselves?

Hannah Dreier The New York Times Sarah Stillman The New Yorker Congratulations to Sarah Conway, Trina Reynolds-Tyler, City Bureau and Invisible Institute. #Pulitzer

Hannah Dreier The New York Times Sarah Stillman The New Yorker Sarah Conway City Bureau Invisible Institute Reuters The Washington Post Katie Engelhart NYT Magazine Vladimir Kara-Murza Justin Chang Los Angeles Times David E. Hoffman The Associated Press Congratulations to Invisible Institute, USG Audio and Yohance Lacour. #Pulitzer

You Didn't See Nothin wins Peabody Awards! Congrats to our award-winning audio team: Yohance Lacour, Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, SE, alisonflowers.bsky.social, Steven B Jackson, Phil Dmochowski, takstarbury, Alex J Sugiura, Jamie Kalven, & Josh Bloch for USG Audio 🥳

SUNDAY, MAY 26 - join us & celebrate the 86th anni of the opening of Promontory Point + the 120th birthday of renowned landscape architect Alfred Caldwell w/ cupcakes from Elisa Cake By the Pound — as long as supply lasts & lots of fun activities. We’ll see you at The Point! ☀️

🚨 RAIN DELAY 🚨 given tomorrow’s forecast we’re moving Point Day to MONDAY 5/27.

This week has been too historic for me. Chicago Sun-Times didn’t have a print edition today. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/07/1…

Open Produce offers delivery? shop.openproduce.org

CPDP 3.0 is out now ahead of the DNC. Since launching in 2015, the Civic Police Data Project has made data and information on Chicago police misconduct publicly accessible. Explore the updated data at CPDP.co

Chicago Free School celebrates 10 years in Hyde Park hpherald.com/evening_digest…

Some of us layout on historic limestone revetments! Promontory Point Conservancy

For 76 years, their blinking eyes a beacon leading hungry travelers to Milwaukee & Devon, Maurie and Flaurie have stood a stoic watch with little respite from the elements.  After all that time, we figured they’ve earned a rest from the roof and a trip together to the SuperSpa!

Fowling around: inside Woodlawn’s secret sanctuary for rescued birds hpherald.com/evening_digest…

Super brilliant piece!

3rd homebuyer class of 2024 is coming up 10/2 Build Coffee & it is *topical*! If yr thinking about buying & confused about all those news stories about changes to real estate agency guidance, come through & ask those questions! --> eventbrite.com/e/working-with…

Today on Curious City, hear Tiara Hicks & other members of our Burroughs Legacy Project discuss the life + legacy of Dr. Margaret Burroughs. Listen live at 91.5/wbez today at 3:50pm and 5:50pm and Saturday at 7am: wbez.org/curious-city/2… Image: Rich Hein/Chicago Sun-Times

In today’s complaints about public transportation in Chicago, it took me 90 minutes to go 6.5 miles. I decided I wanted to go home at 1:15, I didn’t get home till 2:45. That is a 6x handicap on driving.

In the U.S., kids are three times more likely to die in traffic on #Halloween than any other day of the year. Why? Just another example of the country's pedestrian safety crisis. The good news? We can fix it. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…