#city of chicago

[whilereadingandwalking]

I am so in love with this city??

#chicago #city of chicago #chicago love #bookstagram #bookworm

[chicago-lakegeneva]

#chicago fire department #city of chicago

[venusinorbit]

When the City of Chicago entrusted a 15,625-square-foot vacant lot into the hands of urban Native youth and their head auntie Janie Pochel, she feared that their goal to open the city’s first Indigenous garden might never take root.

The land they steward, still in the city’s custody, on the corner of North Pulaski Road and West Wilson Avenue in the northwestern Chicago neighborhood of Albany Park, was an eyesore before they arrived.

Members of the Chi-Nations Youth Council (CNYC) worked tirelessly to clear the property of debris in the fall of 2018, months before the First Nations Garden’s grand opening by next spring. They believed it was an obligation to pass on tribal and inter-tribal knowledge and traditions to the next generation — and to heal the land that their ancestors thrived on a few centuries ago.

“It’s still a fight,” says Pochel, who is First Nations Oji-Cree and serves as CNYC’s lead advisor. “People tried to take the land from us.”

Eventually, they were able to transform the empty, standard five-city lot into more than just a garden. It’s now a safe space, a new home for Chicago’s urban Native youth who feel lost and alienated.

#indigenous youth #native youth #chicago #illinois #indigenous #native american #land restoration #city of chicago #janie pochel #albany park #chi-nations youth council #cnyc #first nations garden #first nations #oji-cree #urban garden #youth empowerment

[thirsttv]

Car jacking on Chicago's north side 👀

#chicago #city of chicago #chicago crime #car jacking #criminals #SomeColdWater

[aryburn-trains]

1965 City of Chicago Buffalo to Chicago Norfolk & Western (All equipment used is former Nickel Plate Road unless noted) The consist includes an RS36, a heavyweight baggage RPO, two 52-seat coaches, a 5 DBR lounge, a 10 Rmt - 6 DBR sleeper and a CRI&P express boxcar. The gifs used were made by Ken and myself. They can be found at the link below. My gifs have my name in the description. http://kenstransitgifs.com/gifindex.html

#city of chicago #n&w #norfolk & western #nyc&stl #nickel plate road #1965 #buffalo #chicago #trains #passenger train

[artistmacposts]

City of Chicago Auto Pounds 3N and 6, January 2, 2024

#youtube #city of chicago #auto pound #parking wars #ticketed and towed #abandoned vehicles #Metra #Metra train #cars #trucks #buses #boats #city auto pound #ticketed #towed

[nextcinemastudios]

Mayor Brandon Johnson hints at return of guaranteed income program

A program that provided direct cash assistance to 5,000 Chicago residents in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic could return to City Hall. In recent remarks to reporters, Mayor Brandon Johnson said he would like to bring back a version of the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot, though he did not provide figures for how much it would cost or how the program would work. Johnson’s office…

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#$500 #CHICAGO RESILIENT COMMUNITIES PILOT #CITY OF CHICAGO #MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON

[thehoppost]

Chicago is a major city located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is the third most populous city in the country, with a population of over 2.7 million people. Known for its iconic skyline, deep dish pizza, and famous sports teams, Chicago is a popular destination for visitors from around the world.

Chicago is a hub for finance, commerce, transportation, and culture. It is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including McDonald's, Boeing, and United Airlines. The city's economy is diverse, with a mix of manufacturing, technology, and service industries.

Chicago is also renowned for its architecture, with iconic buildings such as the Willis Tower (formerly known as the Sears Tower) and the John Hancock Center. The city is home to several world-class museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of Science and Industry.

One of the city's most popular attractions is Navy Pier, a 3,300-foot-long pier on Lake Michigan that features an amusement park, restaurants, shops, and a large Ferris wheel. Chicago is also home to several major sports teams, including the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bears, and Chicago Bulls.

Overall, Chicago is a bustling, dynamic city that offers a wide range of activities and experiences for visitors and residents alike.

#City of Chicago #Chicago Travel #Unites States Travel #Chicago Cubs Tickets #Travel Tickets

[reasonsforhope]

"Chicago’s 82-story Aqua Tower appears to flutter with the wind. Its unusual, undulating facade has made it one of the most unique features of Chicago’s skyline, distinct from the many right-angled glass towers that surround it.

In designing it, the architect Jeanne Gang thought not only about how humans would see it, dancing against the sky, but also how it would look to the birds who fly past. The irregularity of the building’s face allows birds to see it more clearly and avoid fatal collisions. “It’s kind of designed to work for both humans and birds,” she said.

As many as 1 billion birds in the US die in building collisions each year. And Chicago, which sits along the Mississippi Flyway, one of the four major north-south migration routes, is among the riskiest places for birds. This year, at least 1,000 birds died in one day from colliding with a single glass-covered building. In New York, which lies along the Atlantic Flyway, hundreds of species traverse the skyline and tens of thousands die each year.

As awareness grows of the dangers posed by glistening towers and bright lights, architects are starting to reimagine city skylines to design buildings that are both aesthetically daring and bird-safe.

Pictured: Chicago's Aqua Tower was designed with birds in mind.

Some are experimenting with new types of patterned or coated glass that birds can see. Others are rethinking glass towers entirely, experimenting with exteriors that use wood, concrete or steel rods. Blurring lines between the indoors and outdoors, some architects are creating green roofs and facades, inviting birds to nest within the building.

“Many people think about bird-friendly design as yet another limitation on buildings, yet another requirement,” said Dan Piselli, director of sustainability at the New York-based architecture firm FXCollaborative. “But there are so many design-forward buildings that perfectly exemplify that this doesn’t have to limit your design, your freedom.”

How modern buildings put birds in danger

For Deborah Laurel, principal in the firm Prendergast Laurel Architects, the realization came a couple of decades ago. She was up for an award for her firm’s renovation of the Staten Island Children’s Museum when the museum’s director mentioned to her that a number of birds had been crashing into the new addition. “I was horrified,” she said.

She embarked on a frenzy of research to learn more about bird collisions. After several years of investigation, she found there was little in the way of practical tips for architects, and she teamed up with the conservation group NYC Audubon, to develop a bird-safe building guide.

The issue, she discovered, was that technological and architectural advancements over the last half-century had in some ways transformed New York City – and most other US skylines and suburbs – into death traps for birds...

At certain times of day, tall glass towers almost blend into the sky. At other times, windows appear so pristinely clear that they are imperceptible to birds, who might try to fly though them. During the day, trees and greenery reflected on shiny building facades can trick birds, whereas at night, brightly lit buildings can confuse and bewilder them...

Pictured: A green roof on the Javits Convention Center serves as a sanctuary for birds.

The changes that could save avian lives

About a decade ago, Piselli’s firm worked on a half-billion-dollar renovation of New York’s Jacob K Javits Convention Center, a gleaming glass-clad space frame structure that was killing 4,000-5,000 birds a year. “The building was this black Death Star in the urban landscape,” Piselli said.

To make it more bird friendly, FXCollaborative (which was then called FXFowle) reduced the amount of glass and replaced the rest of it with fritted glass, which has a ceramic pattern baked into it. Tiny, textured dots on the glass are barely perceptible to people – but birds can see them. The fritted glass can also help reduce heat from the sun, keeping the building cooler and lowering air conditioning costs. “This became kind of the poster child for bird-friendly design in the last decade,” Piselli said.

The renovation also included a green roof, monitored by the NYC Audubon. The roof now serves as a sanctuary for several species of birds, including a colony of herring gulls. Living roofs have since become popular in New York and other major cities, in an inversion of the decades-long practice of fortifying buildings with anti-bird spikes. In the Netherlands, the facade of the World Wildlife Fund headquarters, a futuristic structure that looks like an undulating blob of mercury, contains nest boxes and spaces for birds and bats to live.

The use of fritted glass has also become more common as a way to save the birds and energy.

Earlier this year, Azadeh Omidfar Sawyer, an assistant professor in building technology in the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture, working with student researchers, used open-source software to help designers create bespoke, bird-friendly glass patterns. A book of 50 patterns that Sawyer published recently includes intricate geometric lattices and abstract arrays of lines and blobs. “Any architect can pick up this book and choose a pattern they like, or they can customize it,” she said.

Pictured: The fritted glass used in Studio Gang’s expansion of Kresge College at the University of California, Santa Cruz, depicts the animals in the local ecosystem.

Builders have also been experimenting with UV-printed patterns, which are invisible to humans but perceptible to most birds. At night, conservationists and architects are encouraging buildings turn off lights, especially during migration season, when the bright glow of a city skyline can disorient birds.

And architects are increasingly integrating screens or grates that provide shade as well as visibility for birds. The 52-floor New York Times building, for example, uses fritted glass clad with ceramic rods. The spacing between the rods increases toward the top of the building, to give the impression that the building is dissolving into the sky.

Gang’s work has incorporated structures that can also serve as blinds for birders, or perches from which to observe nature. A theater she designed in Glencoe, Illinois, for example, is surrounded by a walking path made of a wood lattice, where visitors can feel like they’re up in the canopy of trees.

Pictured: The Writers Theatre, designed by Studio Gang, includes a walking path encased in wood lattice.

Rejecting the idea of the iridescent, entirely mirrored-glass building, “where you can’t tell the difference between the habitat and the sky”, Gang aims for the opposite. “I always tried to make the buildings more visible with light and shadow and geometry, to have more of a solid presence,” she said.

Gang has been experimenting with adding bird feeders around her own home in an effort to reduce collisions with windows, and she encourages other homeowners to do the same.

“I’ve found that birds slow down and stop at feeders instead of trying to fly through the glass,” she said.

While high-rise buildings and massive urban projects receive the most attention, homes and low-rise buildings account for most bird collision deaths. “The huge challenge is that glass is everywhere.” said Christine Sheppard, who directs the glass collisions program at the American Bird Conservancy (ABC). “It’s hard to know what I know and not cringe when I look at it.”

Tips for improving your own home include using stained glass or patterned decals that can help birds see a window, she said. ABC has compiled a list of window treatments and materials, ranked by how bird-safe they are.

Whether they’re large or small, the challenge of designing buildings that are safe for birds can be “liberating”, said Gang, who has become an avid birdwatcher and now carries a pair of binoculars on her morning jogs. “It gives you another dimension to try to imagine.”"

-via The Guardian, December 27, 2023

#conservation #birds #avian #ornithology #new york city #chicago #united states #architecture #green architecture #conservation biology #construction #sustainability #glass #glass windows #skyscraper #cityscape #buildings #bird conservation #birdwatching #good news #hope #“hey mc why is this post so in depth and full of pics compared to what you usually post” you ask #great question #the answer is bc I like architecture a lot #...well I like the kinds of architecture I like a lot lol #bauhaus can fight me tbh #but sustainable architecture is awesome #also this article actually came with a bunch of pics #which yknow most of them don't #cw animal death

[ecoharbor]

📍Chicago, USA 🇺🇸

#video #paradise #view #paraiso #explore #travel #trip #vacation #landscape #adventure #buildings #city #usa #eua #chicago #modern architecture #day #morning #music #train #tecnology

[whilereadingandwalking]

This city! I mean…imagine living anywhere else.

#bookstagram #bookish #bookworm #open book #city of chicago #chicago

[chicago-lakegeneva]

Chicago fire Department Strike February 14, 1980

#city of chicago #Chicago fire #chicago fire department

[aryburn-trains]

5 Photos of the Nickel Plate "City of Chicago" in 1965 by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: Departing

These photographs were made the morning of April 21, 1965 as the Nickel Plate's Train #5, the overnight from Buffalo "City of Chicago", made its station stop at Englewood Union Station on the south side of Chicago. The train had connections (through coaches) at Buffalo to New York City via the Erie-Lackawanna.

The locomotive was NKP 875 an Alco RS36 built July 1962 in an order of three RS36s with steam generators. She became N&W 2875.

Let's not forget the NKP was merged into the N&W on October 16, 1964, six months before I took these pictures.

#city of chicago #n&w #norfolk & western #nyc&stl #nickel plate road #1965 #buffalo #chicago #trains #passenger train #history #englewood #illinois

[artistmacposts]

Chicago Auto Pounds 3N and 6, from the Metra MD-W Train -- Pay Those Fines! Oh, and back child support.

#youtube #Chicago #IL #Illinois #City of Chicago #Tow Yard #Auto Pound #Snow Route #No parking #fines #illegal parking #moving violations #back child support #full parking lot #parking wars #ride public transportation

[vvnnie]

Chicago // Instagram / Website

#photoset #chicago #city #downtown #landscape #nature #travel #original photography #original photographers #photographer on tumblr #photography #lensblr #foggy

[where-is-zoro-one-piece]

Today Zoro is: getting to know The Bean!

#one piece #roronoa zoro #chicago might be the only city that could handle zoro