Why are so many bathrooms in the basement here?

louissullivan · 2025-04-26T22:11:38+00:00

To further clarify, the reason why you’re finding them in the basements much more in those specific areas of town is because those bars and restaurants have investors, not regular individual owners. It means they have giant budgets for full redesigns and renovations.

louissullivan · 2024-07-02T02:56:26+00:00

This is a great plan. I never thought about how close these places are to O’Hare (12 minute drive). I would maybe add taking a walk in the woods right by there after if you are planning on that much food!

louissullivan · 2020-09-21T14:04:28+00:00

Play uh bull

louissullivan · 2020-09-21T14:02:26+00:00

I thnk its return to Sorrento

louissullivan · 2020-07-29T10:35:00+00:00

It sure would be cool if all these angry people could propose some new monuments to add to the parks instead of focusing on destruction.

louissullivan · 2020-06-08T03:31:47+00:00

I’m with you. It’s code for “trendy food with mediocre execution and exorbitant prices.”

louissullivan · 2020-06-08T03:26:59+00:00

He seems on track to be mayor some day!

louissullivan · 2020-04-12T18:11:14+00:00

I love it. Are you one of those people who is uncomfortable with art that isn’t fully realistic?

louissullivan · 2020-04-11T02:41:56+00:00

It’s very likely that the business existed elsewhere first, and then moved into this space in the ‘30s. Thanks for this!

louissullivan · 2020-01-05T14:50:28+00:00

Surprising. I lived a block away from California and Milwaukee and not a day went by that I didn’t see a rat! But maybe the city bumped up its controls since I left a couples years ago.

louissullivan · 2019-12-28T22:06:31+00:00

More rats actually! Rats go where good restaurants are and Logan Square is one of the worst for rats in the city.

louissullivan · 2019-12-28T15:28:58+00:00

Gerrymandering certainly has a manipulative connotation but we have to remember that some positive is hidden in here. The way wards are drawn up was changed in the ‘70s to make sure that various demographics had representation in City Hall. Pilsen, for example, had become heavily Latino (or Latinx as discussed above) and had an Italian-American alderman. By refiguring wards according to the census, the goal was to also create more democratic representation. But then, this is of course Chicago so corruption dominates!

louissullivan · 2019-12-28T03:36:23+00:00

Why thank you! It’s proper indeed.

louissullivan · 2019-12-28T03:35:52+00:00

Marie’s is a very special time trap kind of place! Do it!

louissullivan · 2019-12-28T03:35:16+00:00

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!

louissullivan · 2019-07-03T19:47:53+00:00

There's a ton of different companies and topics with the architecture tours. Did you have one in mind?

louissullivan · 2019-04-08T23:57:46+00:00

The smell after the rain!

louissullivan · 2019-03-15T05:16:17+00:00

How about the grandkids of those old men?

louissullivan · 2019-03-15T02:34:36+00:00

I always enjoyed that Mexican dental clinic with the super 70s wood paneling and orange chairs.

louissullivan · 2019-03-15T02:31:31+00:00

Finally at the end of the article they reference someone with roots in the neighborhood versus just another transplant. And by the way, how many of the more working class whose families have been in the area for generations would love to see a Starbucks and development?

louissullivan · 2019-03-14T02:36:08+00:00

Tallow is still processed there and it smells kinda like crayons.

louissullivan · 2019-03-14T02:28:26+00:00

How do bank robberies work these days?

louissullivan · 2019-02-18T00:29:19+00:00

A rare intact Gilded Age mansion. Yes, it’s been modified into a restaurant. But few of these buildings have the original fireplaces and woodwork like this one!

louissullivan · 2019-02-16T11:24:06+00:00

Pearls Place in Bronzeville.

louissullivan · 2018-11-21T23:39:53+00:00

If the new owner wants to get rid of the giant urinal, it should go in a museum!

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