#wabash avenue bridge

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A Chicago history fact I was unaware of. Another poster put up this picture, stating it was before the "great fire", and I had to look it up. CPL started on donated books after the Chicago Fire.

Per Wiki "The first thing the new Library committee did was to secure an abandoned iron water supply reservoir as a temporary store room for the books from the English book donation for the recently burned city. The "Tank" stood on a thirty-five-foot high masonry base in the rear of the temporary city hall hastily erected at LaSalle and Adams streets, and locally known because of nesting birds as "The Rookery," which present-day citizens will recognize as the name of the stately office building now occupying that site. Circular in shape, with a diameter of sixty and a height of thirty feet, and having but recently demonstrated that it was superlatively fire-proof, the Tank was regarded as a happy find, and the gift books were stored in it, as they arrived, pending developments. On March 18th, 1872, an ordinance of the City Council established the Public Library under the new law, and on April 8th Mayor Medill appointed the the first Board of Directors. Failing more suitable quarters, the Directors proceeded to convert the Tank into a book room by lining its walls with shelves, having a capacity of 18,000 volumes, and cutting a skylight in the roof. A temporary new story was added to the City Hall connecting with the book room by a bridge, and here, on New Year's Day, 1873, a library reading room was opened to the public with 3,157 volumes upon the shelves. Circulation of books for home use was not begun until May, 1874, after removal to more commodious and accessible space at Wabash avenue and Madison street."

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“Under the stars, we find peace and clarity. Let the night guide you to your dreams. Remember, even in the darkest times, the stars shine the brightest. Keep your light glowing.”

📍 Wabash Avenue Bridge, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Bridges, Chicago (No. 1)

The Wabash Avenue Bridge (officially, Irv Kupcinet Bridge) over the Chicago River was built in 1930.  Standing west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and east of Marina City, the bascule bridge connects the Near North Side with "The Loop" area.

The single-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge was designed by Thomas Pihlfeldt and built by the Ketler and Elliot Company. The American Institute of Steel Construction awarded it the "Most Beautiful" bridge in 1930. 

The control houses for controlling bridge operations are on the northwest and southwest corners of the bridge. The control houses are identical in design. In 1961 the control houses were upgraded to allow single man operation. Electrical modernization also accompanied this upgrade. While the northern control house is no longer in use, it still stands.

Source: Wikipedia

The Clark Street Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, connecting the Near North Side with The Loop.

The current bridge, which was completed in 1929, is the eighth bridge to span the river at this point. In 1853 the bridge was struck by a steamer, called the London, and collapsed, blocking traffic on the river. The bridge was dredged and river traffic resumed on September 8, 1853. In 1854, the city approved an expenditure of $12,000 to replace the bridge with a pivot bridge.During the Lager Beer Riot in 1855, the bridge was pivoted to help contain the rioters. 

On June 26, 1907, the steamer Atlas collided with the south abutment of the bridge and sank. She was declared a total loss. 

The passenger ship SS Eastland was scheduled to sail from the dock at the Clark Street Bridge when she capsized on July 24, 1915, killing 844 people.

Source: Wikipedia

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The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) Wabash Avenue Bridge / Irv Kupcinet Bridge Chicago, Illinois (USA) Bridge over the Main Branch Chicago river Type: bascule bridge.

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COVID-19 Daily Update 11-2-2020

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., November 2, 2020, there have been 792,475 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 25,235 total cases and 458 deaths.

DHHR has confirmed the death of a 71-year old female from Grant County. “We are deeply saddened by this news, a loss to both the family and our state,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.

CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (188), Berkeley (1,709), Boone (415), Braxton (76), Brooke (253), Cabell (1,559), Calhoun (36), Clay (65), Doddridge (72), Fayette (799), Gilmer (65), Grant (200), Greenbrier (215), Hampshire (146), Hancock (244), Hardy (109), Harrison (688), Jackson (420), Jefferson (634), Kanawha (3,894), Lewis (115), Lincoln (268), Logan (805), Marion (425), Marshall (451), Mason (183), McDowell (132), Mercer (816), Mineral (250), Mingo (669), Monongalia (2,378), Monroe (267), Morgan (161), Nicholas (193), Ohio (649), Pendleton (79), Pleasants (36), Pocahontas (73), Preston (227), Putnam (1,001), Raleigh (880), Randolph (431), Ritchie (56), Roane (115), Summers (142), Taylor (174), Tucker (67), Tyler (58), Upshur (279), Wayne (630), Webster (38), Wetzel (232), Wirt (56), Wood (748), Wyoming (364).

Please note that delays may be experienced with the reporting of information from the local health department to DHHR. As case surveillance continues at the local health department level, it may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested. Such is the case of Greenbrier and Roane counties in this report.

Please visit the dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.

Free COVID-19 testing is available today in Berkeley, Braxton, Cabell, Doddridge, Fayette, Hampshire, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Marshall, Mineral, Mingo, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wetzel, Wood, and Wyoming counties.

Berkeley/Morgan Counties, November 2, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Hedgesville High School, 109 Ridge Road N., Hedgesville, WV AND 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Musselman High School, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV AND 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Spring Mills High School, 409 Campus Drive, Martinsburg, WV

Braxton County, November 2, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, WV National Guard Armory, 1072 State Street, Gassaway, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department, 237A Kanawha Avenue, Burnsville, WV

Cabell County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Cabell County Health Department, 703 Seventh Avenue, Huntington, WV (flu shots offered)

Doddridge County, November 2, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional Health Center, West Union Location, 190 Marie Street, West Union, WV

Fayette County, November 2, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, J.W. and Hazel Ruby WV Welcome Center, 55 Hazel Ruby Lane, Mt. Hope, WV

Hampshire County, November 2, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Slanesville Ruritan, 6458 Bloomery Pike, Augusta, WV

Harrison County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Harrison County Health Department, 330 West Main Street, Clarksburg, WV (by appointment; call 304-623-9308)

Jackson County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Jackson County Health Department, 504 South Church Street, Ripley, WV AND 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Sandyville Senior Center, 29 Gilmore Drive, Sandyville, WV AND 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Ravenswood Senior Center, 511 Washington Street, Ravenswood, WV

Jefferson County, November 2, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Page Jackson Elementary School, 370 Page-Jackson School Road, Charles Town, WV AND 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Shepherd University, 301 N. King Street, Shepherdstown, WV AND 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Sam Michaels Park, 235 Sam Michael’s Lane, Harpers Ferry, WV

Kanawha County, November 2, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Kingdom Life Church, 405 First Avenue South, Nitro, WV (flu shots available)

Lincoln County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Lincoln County Health Department, 8008 Court Avenue, Hamlin, WV (Walk-in testing)

Logan County, November 2, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Man Fire Department, 110 North Bridge Street, Man, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Cora Volunteer Fire Department, 28 Aldrich Branch Road, Logan, WV

Marshall County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Marshall County Fairgrounds, 714 Myrtle Avenue, Moundsville, WV, *enter from 12th Street AND 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, 216 US Route 250, Moundsville, WV AND 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Sandhill Elementary School, 169 Sandhill Road, Dallas, WV

Mineral County, November 2, 1:00 PM– 5:00 PM, Mineral County Health Department, 541 Harley O Staggers Dr, Keyser, WV AND 2:00 PM– 6:00 PM, Mineral County Fairgrounds, Route 28, Fort Ashby, WV AND 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Mineral County Airport, 165 Terminal Loop, Wiley Ford, WV

Mingo County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Williamson Health & Wellness, 173 East 2nd Avenue, Williamson, WV (under the tent) AND 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Delorme Bible Church, 1876 Route 49, Edgarton, WV AND 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Beach Creek Volunteer Fire Department, 4198 Beach Creek, Matewan, WV AND 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Chattaroy Volunteer Fire Department, 1 Firefighter Lane, Williamson, WV

Monroe County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Monroe County Health Department, 200 Health Center Drive, Union, WV

Morgan County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Warm Springs Middle School, 271 Warm Springs Way, Berkeley Springs, WV

Ohio County, November 2, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, 355 Fire House Lane, Valley Grove, WV AND 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, West Liberty Volunteer Fire Department, 1333 Van Meter Way, West Liberty, WV AND 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Wheeling Island Fire Department, 11 North Wabash Street, Wheeling, WV

Ritchie County, November 2, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Ritchie Regional Health Center, 135 South Penn Avenue, Harrisville, WV

Roane County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Roane County Family Health Care, 146 Williams Drive, Spencer, WV (flu shots offered)

Taylor County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, First Baptist Church of Grafton, 2034 Webster Pike (US Rt. 119 South), Grafton, WV

Tyler County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Sistersville Volunteer Fire Department, 121 Maple Avenue, Sistersville, WV AND 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, Wetzel-Tyler Health Department, 425 S. 4th Avenue, Paden City, WV AND 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Tyler County Senior Center, 504 Cherry Street, Middlebourne, WV

Upshur County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Hodgesville Elementary School, 918 Teter Road, Buckhannon, WV AND 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Buckhannon Upshur High School, 270 BU Way, Buckhannon, WV AND 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Banks District Volunteer Fire Department, 206 Rock Cave Road, Rock Cave, WV

Wayne County, November 2, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Wayne County Health Department, 217 Kenova Avenue, Wayne, WV, Pre-registration: wv.getmycovidresult.com AND 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Prichard Volunteer Fire Department, 1255 Round Bottom Road, Prichard, WV AND 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Kenova Police Department, 1501 Pine Street, Kenova, WV

Wetzel County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Wetzel County 4H Grounds, 1821 Mountaineer Drive, New Martinsville, WV AND 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM, Hundred High School, 3490 Horney Highway, Hundred, WV AND 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Valley High School, 4 Lumber Jack Lane, Pine Grove, WV

Wood County, November 2, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Church of Christ Latter Day Saints, 2515 Capital Drive, Parkersburg, WV AND 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Parking Lot by Blennerhassett Hotel, 315 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, South Parkersburg Baptist Church, 1655 Blizzard Drive, Parkersburg, WV

Wyoming County, November 2, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Old Board of Education, 19 Park Street, Pineville, WV AND 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Herndon Consolidated School, Route 10, Bud, WV AND 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Huff Consolidated Schools, 374 Lizard Creek Road, Hanover, WV 

For more testing locations, please visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx. New sites are added every day.

https://www.covid19snews.com/2020/11/02/covid-19-daily-update-11-2-2020/

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The Wabash Avenue Bridge, Chicago, 2001

Photo by Dave Jordano

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Illinois Central Charter Line

Here we see the Decatur yard job moving some cars northward over a surviving portion of the charter line. In the first two images it is seen approaching, and then clattering over, the WABIC interlocking with the former Wabash. The third image shows the two four-axle units approaching the yard office, while crossing over Grand Avenue, on the near north side of Decatur. The bridge states that it is still Illinois Central property (ICRR).

Three images by Richard Koenig; taken April 15th 2018.

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transcript i did for my own convenience, cus it’s quite interesting, but if anyone’s curious:

Don’t try this at home

Following my service in the Korean War, I returned to work for my old employer, the Grand Trunk Western, as a fireman working out of the Milwaukee Junction roundhouse in Detroit, Mich.

One sweltering summer day I was called to fire an afternoon extra yard job for Charlie Heliker. We had engine 3521, a tired, hand-fired 0-8-2 locomotive built (as a 2-8-2) long before I was born. We took a drag from East Yard, on the east side of Detroit, across town through three major junctions and delivered it to the Detroit & Toledo Shore Line at its Dearoad Yard in the “downriver” suburb of River Rouge. After yarding our train, we moved to the roundhouse at the south end of the yard, took on a tank full of water and several tons of coal, and turned our engine on the turntable for the return trip. The yardmaster gave us a clear track to run through to the north end of the yard, where on track 2 we tied onto our train and began pumping the air. Then we took our allotted 20-minute break for beans.

I quickly finished my sandwiches, slice of pie, and bottle of coffee. I was young, ambitious, and anxious to learn.

While sitting on my seatbox in 3521’s cab, I noticed a hopper loaded with furnace coke was sitting on track 3, right beside our tender.

I asked Charlie what would happen if we tried to burn coke in our firebox. “I don’t know,” he shrugged. “Why don’t you give it a try?”

So, scoop shovel in hand, I climbed up that rusty old hopper and bailed about a half-ton of coke into the front of our tender. When I thought I had enough to make a decent test, I climbed back into the cab. I threw 30 shovels of coke down the left side of the firebox, 30 down the right side, and 25 more to the front, forming a perfect horseshoe of coke around the perimeter of the firebox. The coke, to my surprise, wasn’t yet burning, so I filled the center of the firebox with good Shore Line coal, hoping it would start the coke.

About this time, our head brakeman returned with instructions. In retracing our route, we were to cross over and run the northbound main to the Wabash bridge over the River Rouge, proceed under signal indication from the bridge to Delray Tower, a big junction with C&O and New York Central, and then use the old northward Wabash main line from Delray to West Detroit Tower, the crossing of NYC’s Michigan Central main line. From West Detroit, we were supposed to run the eastbound GTW main line to Beaubien Street Tower and follow the yardmaster’s instructions from there.

Now let me tell you, I was ready! I had my steam pressure up to 160 pounds and half a glass of water showing in the boiler. When we started to pull, I was sitting with my feet propped up on the backhead. With the first revolution of the drivers, I opened my Hancock Aspirator Injector.

At this time, it was standard practice that the Shore Line would not release us unless the Wabash bridge had us lined up. Otherwise, if our train was held at the bridge, we’d have two grade crossings blocked plus an uphill start. When we had a heavy train, the Shore Line would give us a shove as far as Fort Street, north of Delray.

We were on the move at about 5 mph, the Wabash had us lined up, and we were picking them up and putting them down. At Delray we met a restricting signal but just kept pulling. We rounded the curve at Dearborn Avenue by Delray Tower and started to climb Fort Street Hill.

By now, Charlie was really rapping that 3521, and the coke finally began to burn. I just could not believe it—the engine was working hard climbing the hill, but our steam pressure was rising! One of the safety valves opened with a roar—our boiler pressure had reached 175 psi.

Beyond Fort Street, we arrived at Dix Avenue, where we crossed the old Michigan Central cutoff line into South Receiving Yard. When we stopped to line the old, wooden, hand-thrown semaphore at the diamond, the second safety valve opened at 177 psi!

Charlie realized what was happening, and opened his injector wide.

By this time, our head brakeman had lined the semaphore and we were again on the move. Thankfully, we had a clear signal at West Detroit Tower and proceeded across the Michigan Central main line onto the GTW track.

We continued to do all right until we got to Beaubien Street Tower, where we encountered a red target. As we stopped, the third pop valve, set at 179 psi, let go! Now I was getting nervous—I’d seen pictures of boiler explosions.

Charlie opened the blow-off cock on his side, and I scrambled to open mine. In a state of panic, I grabbed the water hose in the cab and aimed it into the firebox, attempting to quench the coke.

What a sight we must have made, sitting there on the High Line in the early evening sunset with all three pops open, both blow-off cocks wide open, and both injectors on…the 1950’s equivalent of a space shuttle launch.

Somehow we finally got that old engine cooled down. We took our cars to East Yard and returned caboose-light to the Milwaukee Junction roundhouse. When I looked inside the firebox, the firebrick was glowing white hot and molten brick was dripping onto the grates. I quickly signed off duty and headed home.

I had the good fortune to fire many more steam locomotives after that day, but I learned a valuable lesson and thereafter always stuck with good old Grand Trunk bituminous coal.—Jack Riddle, as told to C.H. Geletzke Jr.

An old anecdote about firing a steam engine with coke came up in a discord server, so I tracked down the original source. (Trains Magazine, August 2001, pages 63-64. If you're curious.)

(I am sorry that there's no transcription, but this is a scan of the original magazine, so no text to go off of.)

Let's break this down for people

My man Jack gets bit on the ass by the Good Idea Fairy, and decides to see what happens if he puts coke into the firebox of a steam engine

Coke, by the way, isn't a drug but rather coal that's had all the impurities burned out of it. It's almost entirely carbon, so it takes a while to burn, but when it does, it burns hot

Jack, being an industrious chap, decides that he's going to not only going to do this, but is going to do this to the tune of half a ton of coke

This is an appropriate amount for an experiment - Jack being a man of science and all. Did I mention that he'd just had lunch, consisting of many things but most notably an entire bottle of coffee? I feel that these events may be linked.

90 shovels of coke into the firebox later... and nothing happens.

"The coke wouldn't start - so I shoveled in the best coal I could find to see if that would start it!" Jack. My dude. If you're using words like start when referring to external combustion your day can only go downhill from here.

And downhill it goes! The safety valves start popping one by one and you're not even halfway done with the day.

"Now I was getting nervous - I'd seen pictures of boiler explosions." GET OUT OF THE BLAST RADIUS THEN YOU MORON

"... the 1950's equivalent of a Space Shuttle launch." Is a hell of an image.

They melted bricks.

And then ran away. I'd love to know what the maintenance staff said when they looked inside the firebox and saw fucking brick stalactites in there.

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Bridges in Chicago (No. 4)

The Wabash Avenue Bridge (officially, Irv Kupcinet Bridge) over the Chicago River was built in 1930. Standing west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and east of Marina City, the bascule bridge connects the Near North Sidewith "The Loop" area.

The single-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge was designed by Thomas Pihlfeldt and built by the Ketler and Elliot Company. The American Institute of Steel Construction awarded it the "Most Beautiful" bridge in 1930.

The control houses for controlling bridge operations are on the northwest and southwest corners of the bridge. The control houses are identical in design. In 1961 the control houses were upgraded to allow single man operation. Electrical modernization also accompanied this upgrade. While the northern control house is no longer in use, it still stands.

The bridge was used in the opening sequence of Perfect Strangers from season 3 onwards, which the title card was shown at the beginning, as well as the opening sequence of the first three seasons of the Perfect Strangers spin-off series, Family Matters, where the Winslow family are riding bicycles over the bridge.

The bridge was also used in the opening credits of Siskel & Ebert.

A glimpse of the bridge was featured in the opening sequence to the first three seasons of The Bob Newhart Show.

The bridge was also used in Dhoom 3.

Source: Wikipedia

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Land (Robin Wright, 2021) Wabash Avenue Bridge / Irv Kupcinet Bridge Chicago, Illinois (USA) Bridge over the Main Branch Chicago river Type: bascule bridge.

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Over 63,000 rubber ducks dumped into Chicago River for charity Over 63,000 rubber ducks are dropped into the Chicago River to start the 14th Annual Ducky Derby, on August 8, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The charity event aims to raise money for the Special Olympics. The "splashdown" at the Wabash Avenue Bridge enthralls thousands of people of all ages who watch the event from above and cheer on their ducks as they make their way to the finish line. To participate in the race, competitors buy ducks, paying $5 for one or up to $1,000 for 240. After the race, the iconic bath toys are collected and reused for future races. https://www.instagram.com/p/B076zgZBTmO/?igshid=1pkcta3xtigsq

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Freewheelin' Zégut, épisode 1 : Chicago, la ville des chess et des Blues Brothers

C’est sur la Mother Road, la Route 66, que nous suivons l’animateur radio et journaliste rock traverser les États-Unis, de Windy City à Los Angeles, en suivant les étapes du célèbre tube composé en 1946 par Bobby Troup.

La mémoire collective connaît la mythique Route 66, en fredonnant “(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66”, en version originale, Nat King Cole, ou rock’n’roll, avec Chuck Berry ou The Rolling Stones, ou celle, sautillante, de Depeche Mode.

Chicago to L.A., je suis en face de l’institut d’Art de Chicago, là où se trouve le panneau “Historic Illinois US Route 66 Begin”. Avant le départ en direction du Pier de Santa Monica à plus de 3 600 kilomètres, je vais passer mes derniers instants posés à Lakefront Trail en face la magnifique skyline architecturale de “Windy City”, la ville des conditions me��téorologiques extrêmes, jusqu’à –40° C venus du pôle Nord cet hiver. Entre le ressac du lac Michigan et les cris des mouettes, j’entends les rafales des Tommy Gun’s du South Side régler leurs comptes au clan irlandais de Bugs Moran, sacrée Saint-Valentin ! Al Capone, fringué flamboyant à bord de sa Cadillac Town Sedan, est poursuivi par Eliot Ness et ses “Untouchables”, remember Les Incorruptibles avec Robert Stack, série télévisée en noir et blanc diffusée en France à partir de 1964 sur la RTF, et puis bien plus tard le film tourné à Chicago par Brian De Palma en 1987 avec Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro ou encore Andy Garcia.

J’entends également des pneus crisser du côté du East 95th Street Bridge, mais bien sûr, Elwood J. Blues (Aykroyd), Jake E Blues (Belushi), The Blues Brothers en dérapage tout juste contrôlé, nous font découvrir Chicago, le blues, le rhythm’n’blues, se succèdent à l’écran quelques figures mémorables, John Lee Hooker, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, et puis le rayonnant Ray Charles et son Ray’s Music Store sur South Prairie Avenue et East 47th Street.

Pendant qu’Harrison Ford court dans les rues de Chicago comme un “fugitif”, Ferris Bueller danse sur Lincoln Avenue, Leonard et Phil Chess enregistrent dans leurs studios Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy joue dans son club le Buddy Guy’s Legends au 700 S Wabash Avenue. Comme le disait Willie Dixon : “Le blues, c’est les racines, tout le reste, ce sont les fleurs.” Des histoires sur le blues, il y en a des célèbres et des presque anonymes dans Feel Like Going Home de Peter Guralnick, et plus récemment dans Blues Power, une histoire parallèle du blues, de Stéphane Deschamps.

Attaqué par des oiseaux qui en veulent à mon burger, je me débats tout en regardant l’eau dans laquelle on peut dorénavant se baigner. Ce n’était pas le cas quand la Chicago River déversait dans le lac Michigan rejets industriels, carcasses et tripailles d’animaux venus des abattoirs. Avec cette pollution, les odeurs nauséabondes, la fièvre typhoïde et le choléra faisaient partie du quotidien. Les ingénieurs américains imaginèrent un système d’écluses pour inverser le sens de la Chicago River, direction la Mississippi River là où les alligators sont depuis beaucoup plus gros. J’ai écrit ces quelques lignes en écoutant This Land, l’épatant nouvel album de Gary Clark Jr., je vais le mettre dans ma playlist pour la route, sur ma route.

La playlist Rolling’ ByZegut, à écouter ici ou sur Soundsgood :

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 29

Emanuel Talks Bikes, Transit, Gas Tax, O’Hare Express on a Bike Ride (Tribune)

Jesus Lopez, 72, Died 2 Weeks After Driver Struck Him in Chicago Lawn (Sun-Times)

Man Who Lost Part of His Leg After Chasing Bus Is Suing the CTA (CBS)

CTA Will Test Transit Information Screens on Buses (Sun-Times)

Washington-Wabash Stop Wins an American Institute of Architects Award (Tribune)

Lincoln Square Residents Say They Want Better Bike/Ped Facilities (Block Club)

Detour for Bikes and Buses During Chicago Avenue Bridge Reconstruction (Tribune)

Ribbon Cut on New Metra Platform in Willow Springs (Tribune)

7-Year Waiting List for Parking Permits for Naperville Metra Station (Tribune)

“Elevated: Art and Architecture on the CTA” Book Released (Sun-Times)

5 Ways Chicago Shaped Bike Culture (Curbed)

Mountain bikers Urge Dundee Township Not to Ban Cycling in Local Woods (Tribune)

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Fulton Market office tower among projects to clear key city vote

At Thursday’s monthly meeting of the Chicago Plan Commission, zoning changes for a number of notable development projects were approved. Although such projects typically require additional approvals from Chicago’s Committee on Zoning and the full City Council to move forward, a thumbs up from the Plan Commission represents a key hurdle in the process. Here’s a quick rundown of what was approved.

Slated for 800 W. Fulton Market, this 19-story project from New York-based developer Thor Equities will occupy a block-sized site just north of the neon Fulton Market neighborhood gateway sign. Designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the building features a stepped glass and brick exterior with metal cross-braces at its north and south elevations.

The 300-foot-tall project includes 25,000 square feet of retail space, widened sidewalks, and just 32 below-ground parking spaces. At a public meeting in March, the development team said it hopes to break ground on 800 W. Fulton Market later this summer and anticipates a 16-months construction timeline.

In River North, a 12-story, 188-foot-tall office building was OK’d for the surface parking lot at the southwest corner of Illinois and LaSalle. Designed by Chicago’s Lamar Johnson Collaborative, the plan calls for 7,500 square feet of ground-floor retail topped by 11 floors of office space and a rooftop deck. The project contains no parking and will wrap around the landmarked building at 444 N. LaSalle.

In Portage Park, a ten-story senior housing development will rise at the site of the long-delayed The Point at Six Corners project at the southeast corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Irving Park Road. The plan includes ground-floor commercial space topped by 101 independent senior living units and 146 assisted living and memory care units. It comes from the Ryan Companies and Chicago-based OKW Architects.

Meanwhile, developer MCZ’s previously approved 2016 plan to redevelop the former Edgewater Medical Center building at 5700 N. Ashland Avenue got permission from the Commission to makes some changes. Tweaks include bumping the overall number of residences from 141 to 155 units and scaling back parking from 78 to 74 spaces. While work on the North Side is already underway, it’s faced some unexpected demolition delays.

The commissioners approved zoning a five-story affordable housing development for veterans slated for at 2906 W. Roosevelt Road. Located across from Douglas Park in Lawndale, the project calls for 90 units, including 75 reserved for residents with Chicago Housing Authority vouchers. The Chicago Community Development Commission approved the sale of seven city-owned lots for $1 each to support the development in October.

In South Lawndale, a zoning amendment submitted by Peoples Gas was approved for a site near the company’s existing Crawford Station complex on Chicago’s West Side. It calls for the construction of a new 100,000-square-foot warehouse facility and a parking lot for 130 vehicles.

The Chicago Department of Transportation was granted approval to build a new 43rd Street bike and pedestrian bridge over Lake Shore Drive to connect the Oakwood and North Kenwood community to the lakefront. Designed by Cordogan, Clark & Associates, the serpentine pathway closely resembles the firm’s nearby 41st Street bridge which opened in December.

After putting its historic Medinah Temple building at 600 N. Wabash Avenue up for sale, Bloomingdale’s was granted a zoning change to bring new uses to the 1912 downtown landmark. Although the change would permit a variety of tenants including offices and restaurants, the amendment is likely to clear a path for “fitness center or lifestyle club,” reported Crain’s last month.

Two significant items listed on Thursday’s agenda were deferred to a later date. Both submitted by developer Related Midwest and located in the 25th Ward, they include a zoning change supporting a new 26-story, 351-unit rental tower at 1061 W. Van Buren Street and an amendment to “The 78” megadevelopment master plan to construct a new CTA Red Line subway station at 15th Street.

With former 25th Ward Alderman Danny Solis out of a job, the delay was likely made as a courtesy to newly elected representative Byron Sigcho-Lopez who has yet to take office. Typically development proposals don’t make it to the Chicago Plan Commission without the blessing of the local elected official.

Source: https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/4/18/18484951/fulton-market-office-tower-approved-plan-commission

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Today’s Headlines for Monday, October 29

Emanuel Talks Bikes, Transit, Gas Tax, O’Hare Express on a Bike Ride (Tribune)

Jesus Lopez, 72, Died 2 Weeks After Driver Struck Him in Chicago Lawn (Sun-Times)

Man Who Lost Part of His Leg After Chasing Bus Is Suing the CTA (CBS)

CTA Will Test Transit Information Screens on Buses (Sun-Times)

Washington-Wabash Stop Wins an American Institute of Architects Award (Tribune)

Lincoln Square Residents Say They Want Better Bike/Ped Facilities (Block Club)

Detour for Bikes and Buses During Chicago Avenue Bridge Reconstruction (Tribune)

Ribbon Cut on New Metra Platform in Willow Springs (Tribune)

7-Year Waiting List for Parking Permits for Naperville Metra Station (Tribune)

“Elevated: Art and Architecture on the CTA” Book Released (Sun-Times)

5 Ways Chicago Shaped Bike Culture (Curbed)

Mountain bikers Urge Dundee Township Not to Ban Cycling in Local Woods (Tribune)

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