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politics. technology. hockey. and good tunes. political science. Chicago / midwest & its whereabouts
Joined September 2012
RT @KCmolzer: After growing up in them, I almost despise suburbia.
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RT @trevoracorn: When I hit my FIRE number, I’m going to build a shop and spend my days experimenting with masonry, timber, concrete, and s….
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Every king needs a kingdom, right? Fortunately, Kansas City has a castle available for sale. The walls are 28 inch thick stone, love it.
apple.news
Explore a century-old Kansas City castle near Uptown Theater in midtown, brimming with literary history, ghost stories and charm now for sale at $825,000.
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RT @2024dion: The best explainer of the KC bus situation I've seen is this kshb story by @IsabellaLedonne
kshb.com
Public transit in Kansas City, Missouri, needs millions of dollars to keep the buses running. If the KCATA and the city can't agree on contract terms soon, funding for buses will end on August 15th.
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RT @trevoracorn: Just curious. If KC canceled all bus service (they shouldn’t!) and used the money to finance an e-bike rebate program…how….
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RT @KCStar: How highways decimated Kansas City’s West Side over decades of development
kansascity.com
The city is now attempting to knit the once-thriving community back together.
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RT @trevoracorn: This has been a fun one. 415 Delaware. Lateral structural retrofit. New elevators and stairs. New mechanical unit roo….
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RT @Nova__999999: Americans so obsessed with ice they went and gave it way too much power.
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RT @ChicagoMag: "Without even trying, Sterling Bay created a makeshift habitat that’s already attracting birds. All the developers had to d….
chicagomag.com
The discovery of grassland-loving dickcissels on the site of Sterling Bay's stalled megadevelopment suggests the value of preserving open land.
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"If you want to understand a place, you need to walk it."
strongtowns.org
While urban planning can sound boring, how we choose to live is as fundamental a question as exists.
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RT @kevinklink: Can't tell you how many of these I've met in my life:. "urban advocates" that don't live in cities."transit advocates" that….
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RT @2024dion: Something useful to consider here is that what we call the 'city' vs the 'suburbs' depends on political boundaries that are q….
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Thought about this mural I rode by in two of my Kansas City visits. I’m going to find the story behind it. The AQI in KC was half of the level in Chicago today.
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RT @KansasCity: Today, @BikeWalkKC joined our @kcstreetcar team as they performed a Multi-Modal and mobility test of the new Main Street Ex….
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RT @BuildKCSC: Building off of yesterday's test, today @kcstreetcar & @kansascity partnered with @bikewalkkc to test bike mobility at key #….
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