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Home » potholes

Tag: potholes

Posted inNews & Politics

Why isn’t that pothole getting fixed?

by Maya Dukmasova June 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Inspector general tells Chicago to rethink aldermanic control over street resurfacing

Posted inBlogs

Aldermania is just around the corner

by Ben Joravsky September 10, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago-style democracy is alive and well as aldermanic candidates start lining up for February’s election.

A stretch of potholes along Wacker
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The politics of Chicago’s potholes

by Ben Joravsky August 13, 2014August 18, 2021

City Council lapdogs aren’t getting their streets fixed any faster than independents.

Minimal’s conceptual sketches for load-carrying and integrated-lighting systems
Posted inArts & Culture

‘This is the bike for Chicago’

by Patrick Sisson July 23, 2014August 18, 2021

The worst winter in decades inspired a design firm and frame builder to fashion a bike tough enough for this town.

Expect Mayor Rahm Emanuel to try attaching himself to the hip of Congressman Luis Gutierrez as he searches for support among Hispanic voters.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Rahm reels toward his reelection bid

by Ben Joravsky May 13, 2014August 18, 2021

A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.

Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . pothole art

by Patrick Sisson May 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Northwest-side artist Jim Bachor repairs Chicago potholes with mosaic murals.

Lantern slide of the street and boulevard system, "present and proposed," from the Plan of Chicago
Posted inNews & Politics

Daniel Burnham Told Us to Fill the Potholes Too

by Bill Savage July 16, 2009August 19, 2021

Daniel Burnham probably never said his most famous words, and if he did, he didn’t really mean them.

Posted inBlogs

The Olympic-size sinkhole

by Ben Joravsky May 14, 2009August 19, 2021

A sinkhole on 49th Street shows that Chicago’s just not ready to host the Olympics.

Posted inBlogs

Where we’re going, we don’t need… roads

by Whet Moser March 19, 2009August 19, 2021

The Paving of Washington Park probably won’t destroy the mayor’s plans for the 2016 Olympics, but if you find more traction on that fresh asphalt than in tax-increment financing: have at it.

Posted inNews & Politics

Birth of a Pothole

by Jill Riddell February 18, 1999August 19, 2021

The Natural History of a Winter Wonder

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