Maxwell Evans
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south shore, woodlawn + hyde park for @blockclubchi.bsky.social. kalamazoo's child. what is it, where is it, how will it affect me
Reminder: You can get a Divvy Key that unlocks bikes at stations for FREE by using the code UNLOCKDIVVY. You have to add it to your account once it arrives, and then you are good to go.
Municipal Corporation@nikhunder.com · 3mo agoNo one has these because they're difficult to discover through the app. divvybikes.myshopify.com/products/div...
:'))))) I've been rooting for the Spurs all series but if NY has to have it... might as well be because of my buddy
understand I've really got this word thing locked. read closely and often butterman53.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/p...
p33j / peach
on self evidence.
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From volunteering at their local pantry to restocking a nearby Love Fridge and lobbying in Springfield for emergency SNAP relief, it's been an active year for Humanity Hyde Park as more of the teens' neighbors face food insecurity. blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/05/h...
How Hyde Park Teens Are Boosting Food Access For South Siders At A Critical Time
Humanity Hyde Park, led by two Lab School seniors, volunteers with a local food pantry and has lobbied lawmakers on behalf of people losing their SNAP benefits.
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IBM plans 750 new jobs at the South Side quantum campus in exchange for ~$19M in IL tax credits. All jobs are broadly related to quantum computing, Pritzker said after officials named fields like AI, cybersecurity and data science that aren't quantum-exclusive. blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/29/i...
IBM Promises 750 Full-Time Jobs At South Side Quantum Campus, Officials Say
The company agreed to create the jobs in exchange for an estimated $19 million in state tax credits to build a computing hub on the planned quantum campus. It also pledged to hire graduates of a new C...
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Raptors junking their way to an afternoon playoff win. Lowry and DeRozan are smiling somewhere.
Can't believe I wanted a LeBron game winner that bad. Who am I
I want Jamison Battle as our next miraculous development story
"From the Hood" !!! I have zero ties to Dolton and that last one makes me proud to be from Dolton
Lee Bey@leebey1.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe good folk at the village of Dolton asked me if I wanted a tour of Pope Leo's childhood home. Who could say no to that? So I checked it out today. Kids from one of the local high schools crafted the benches.
The Silver Room Block Party is back this July, with a return to the North Side. Tickets to the Salt Shed event are $95 and go on sale April 17. Lineup of performers and vendors is expected to drop early/mid-May. blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/s...
Silver Room Block Party Set To Return July 18 At The Salt Shed
The festival will move from the South Side, where it was held from 2015 through its last iteration in 2023. General admission tickets are $95 and go on sale April 17.
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Busy week for maternal health on the South Side where — The Chicago South Side Birth Center broke ground ahead of next year's opening: blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/07/s... UChicago now has a 24/7 doula team for patients with eligible insurance, incl. Medicaid: blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/09/a...
South Side Birth Center Breaks Ground, Bringing Equitable Maternal Health Care To Area
The center is expected to assist in about 225 births annually while offering reproductive, preventive and gender-affirming care. It has a planned opening in early 2027.
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From @franciagarciah.bsky.social, who found ~29% of crashes in the past year were hit+runs on 63rd (Western-Pulaski) and Kedzie (Archer-73rd). That aligns with what I found on South Shore's main roads, which had ~33% hit+run rates this year. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/30/h...
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Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 4mo agoAs a family mourns a teen killed in a hit-and-run, Southwest Siders are sounding the alarm over reckless driving. blockclubchi.co/3Q1zvgi
A Hyde Park church's solar array is online, and is expected to meet or exceed their energy needs. A $250K city grant helped build the array — and became a quagmire when city officials said the church owed thousands in fees from the '80s on UChicago properties. blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/06/a...
Augustana Lutheran Church Is Now Solar-Powered — But It Was 'A Long Road' To Get There
After errant, decades-old fees on University of Chicago properties put $250,000 in city funding at risk, Augustana opted to pay the disputed debt to secure the grant. Two years later, the city is open...
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I think one of the things about bluesky is that for a lot of its users, it represents a kind of retirement from social media. Like I’m tired and I want to get out of the game
In 248 crashes along South Shore's main roads this year, 1 in 3 drivers has taken off after. One killed 15-year-old Violet Harris + injured another teen. 2 hours later, 2 miles away, a man died and critically injured another driver after he ignored a stoplight. blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/30/h...
Teen On Scooter Was Killed In 1 Of 83 Hit-And-Runs On South Shore's Main Roads This Year
Police have been notified about 248 crashes along the neighborhood's main roads since Jan. 1, according to city data. That means one out of every three drivers who crashed fled the scene.
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Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, 📸 by @tiltoncreative
Took a break from architecture today to write a column about the Rev Jackson as a presence in pop culture, from Sesame Street to SNL. "The combination of politician and preacher just made him a magnetic force," Charles Whitaker, dean of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism said.
Lights, camera, Jackson: Civil Rights leader also became a pop culture presence
Jackson's decades of civil rights efforts and running for president in 1984 and 1988 are his most important and lasting work. But that he did this while also forging a position in the nation's pop cul...
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