Originally designated as a park by mayor Harold Washington (over 40 years ago), yesterday the City, the Park District and Related Midwest broke ground on this awesome greenspace at the confluence of the river the lake and the Ogden slip.

Hey Chicagoans--if anyone searches what's going on with the brown line--its delayed due to someone being passed out with a blanket in the fetal position in one of the cars. More than just asleep--the conductor hollered at them and there was no movement. They're barely moving their toes from what I see.

They're getting CPD and an ambulance.

Sorry fellow Brown line riders, but thought some of you would check Reddit like I do when this stuff happens. Happy Wednesday. 🫠

Edit: at 8:10 medics got there, suddenly the person got up and they took them in the chair away to the hospital. We're moving again.

According to the Uptown Update post 46th Ward Math, the renovated Leland Hotel will offer 107 units to low income residents (down from the current count of 137). The cost?  A cool $59,200,000. 

To break that down, the renovation cost is:

Total cost ($59,200,000) / 107 units = $553,271 per unit.

https://www.uptownupdate.com/2026/10/46th-ward-math.html

This is a massive improvement from Brandon Johnson's annnouncement over a year ago that he approved new affordable housing that cost over $1M per unit.

[edit: for anyone struggling... yes, this is sarcasm. Above the link is copy/paste from the post.]

Fun event this weekend!

77th Annual Mum Bowl Championship this Saturday, October 31st at Soldier Field

Free Admission (at Gate 0, 1410 Special Olympics Dr.)
Free Parking (in the Waldron Lot, 458 E. 18th Dr.)

Join us at Soldier Field to celebrate the hard work and dedication of our athletes all season long. It’s a special tradition and one of the most exciting moments of the Junior Bear program. Bring your family, friends, and plenty of energy to cheer on these great athletes —we can’t wait to see you there!

I love these mornings.

his name is rex, he escaped from our backyard on 47th and campbell early this morning. please share this with folks and DM me if you've seen him/found him so we can arrange a meetup! :( he's 8 pounds, very affectionate, and loves cold cuts. he has a little dryness on his left eye from an infecftion. he has no collar!

They had microphones that connected to a loud speaker and were harassing passerby about abortion and ‘boys wanting to become girls and girls wanting to become boys’. Public property, so not much anyone can like. Legally do? They were following people onto the crosswalk to try and get them to say something though. Stay clear ig?

I have a slight preference between my top 2 choices but I really don’t want my third choice to win so if it’s close I’ll vote for my second choice if my top choice is out of it.

For all the money in this race I’m surprised there’s not more data out there

Edit- should have been clear I meant the race for School Board President

Even as the race for school board president race has claimed the spotlight, district-level competitions are seeing an influx of cash and intense campaigning, including a wave of attack ads.