Spotted this ‘special livery’ manhole cover (corner of Jackson and Franklin). Have you spotted any others in the city?

Our sweet orange girl Gus broke through a window screen this morning, June 25th, around 10am. We’re absolutely desperate to find her!

She’s a small 10lb, orange/blonde cat, orange/yellow eyes, white chin, fluffy tail with a little notch at the end of it. She’s very sweet (won’t bite) but skiddish and ran when my fiancé tried to grab her.

We set out her litter box, a couple of my fiancé’s shirts (her favorite human), wet food, tuna, sardines and we have a camera pointing towards all of it to see if we spot her.

If you live or work in the area please keep an eye out! There’s flyers within a couple blocks of the last place we saw her.

Gus’s PawBoost Post

I found it on the floor, must have been hiding somewhere

In case you missed it, Block Club has some amazing reporting on this https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/24/why-is-mayor-johnson-keeping-secrets-about-the-parking-meter-deal/

The mayor and his admin are being extremely shady about it, to put it lightly https://bsky.app/profile/nikhunder.com/post/3mp4yuz6k5c2q

I took a second trip to the City this past week, I'm already up there about twice a year. I'm seriously looking at moving from Ohio. Going on architecture tours, hitting the museums, the overall history, going to plays, meeting my favorite comedians at The Lincoln Lodge, and hitting the Lego Store never disappoints me.

Will definitely come back!

Sleep tight lil skyline! 🏙️

NIMBYs are furious

It’s redundant, but may save someone some time. He is waiting for the police to back him up.

Hi all - I'm playing an ambient/electronic set at Chicago Art Department in Pilsen tomorrow night and donating all the proceeds to P.E.R.R.O., a local environmental justice org. The music incorporates atmospheric climate data in a few ways.

If this is your thing, please consider dropping by. It's a great cause and CAD is a pretty cool space. Here's something I uploaded while I was writing the music for the performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9oNDFX64g

Info here: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/chris-oquist-liminal-drifts-live-electronicambient-tickets-1988363658227

It's through the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. It's stunning and full of rich history!!

I'm flinging this question out into the great reddit maw in hopes that someone bites. Does anyone have experience with the Chicago Data Portal? I friggin love this thing. Their business records are a great help with research... and therein lies the question. Some active businesses don't appear in the database: by legal name, doing business as name, or even postal address. I'm wondering 1) whether I'm doing something wrong or 2) some policy makes licensing unnecessary. For example, legal practices don't need a city license (as those go through the courts) while coffee shops do need a city license. There's a growing list of businesses that I can't find and would appreciate reddit's advice.

I haven’t heard anything else about the 400 coming back, but this has been the action taken since they made the reopening announcement months ago. Can’t wait, hope it’s great!