John Greenfield
Streetsblog Chicago editor. Creator of the Mellow Chicago Bike Map and the Iconic Chicago Restaurants Map. He/him/yinz. jgreenfield (at) streetsblog (dot) org.
- @realeric4real.bsky.social @thomcote.bsky.social @nikhunder.com I hear you! It's clearly best that I'm a reporter/editor not a graphic designer! I've fixed that image (based on one of my own pics.) Let's count that as a failed experiment, and I'll avoid using AI pix on SBC in the future. Thanks!
- Fellow reporters, here's a mnemonic for spelling the last name of CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen (L), shown here at the retirement party for CA Janet Martin. Leerhsen's name has an "rh" in it, like "Rhode Island." Writeup of the party: chi.streetsblog.org/2025/02/28/a... @chicagocta.bsky.social
- Reposted by John GreenfieldEquiticity and SBC discuss traffic crash death prevention, part 1: Can automated enforcement, 25 mph speed limit be done equitably? - chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e... via @chi.streetsblog.org and @johngreenfield.bsky.social
- Reposted by John GreenfieldCould a new Illinois bill help create a cohesive train and bus system in the Land of Lincoln, and encourage other states to follow suit? - chi.streetsblog.org/2025/05/06/c... via @chi.streetsblog.org, @cameronbolton.bsky.social, @johngreenfield.bsky.social, and @hsrail.bsky.social
- "The Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park will be loaned to an Italian American group, and the park will get a monument to a Chicagoan with Italian roots." blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/01/c... Can we give them Mussolini's Balbo Pillar too? chicagoreader.com/columns-opin... @chicagoreader.com
- Sure, building protected bike lanes on Bryn Mawr Avenue would be good for people on foot, bikes, and transit, as well as motorists. But what impact would it have on the Chicago Korean Festival's Bryn Mawr/Spaulding sand wrestling pit? chi.streetsblog.org/2025/04/30/d...
- Holy mackerel! I'd nominate Midori, 3310 W. Bryn Mawr in North Center, as the best old-school Japanese restaurant in Chicago. Their sushi chef used to work downtown at Japanese-owned Hotel Niko (now Westin) in the '90s. www.yelp.com/biz/midori-j...
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- This is much ADU about something! bsky.app/profile/stev...
- American Planning Association Illinois Chapter (APA-IL) just came out in favor of statewide ADUs this morning www.ilapa.org/aws/APAIL/pt... 🎉💯🥰
- I just got a reminder that I still have a webpage for my book about biking from Portland to Portland in the late 2000s, stopping and drinking at bars along the way. I wrote the whole thing via blog posts at public libraries each day. pintsizepress.info
- Instead of taking DLSD, cyclists are invited to Bicycle Day Ride to Destigmatize, Saturday 4/19 noon at Palmer Square. My advice: Please don't pedal while intoxicated – any psychedelic trips should be take *after* the bike trip. @bikegridnow.org @chicritmass.bsky.social
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- Terrific Chicago Critical Mass last Friday! (Can't complain about the weather or the turnout.) Here are a few photos I snapped. (1/X) @chicritmass.bsky.social
- "Nothing good ever happens after midnight." SUV driver, 31, will be cited after crashing in Mary’s Hot Nails 2, 3955 N. Ashland Ave. in Lkeview, while making a turn, Saturday around 2:30 AM. blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/30/l...
- Don't dream it, be it. (But proofread.) bsky.app/profile/john...
- Someone should follow the lead of non-right-wing Tesla owners and make t-shirts that say, "I liked The Smiths before Morrisey went crazy." bsky.app/profile/john...
- Someone should follow the lead of non-right-wing Tesla owners and make t-shirts that say, "I liked The Smiths before Morrisey went crazy." bsky.app/profile/john...
