The Bungalow Association used to publish a set of "don'ts" about remodeling that used actual photos of altered bungalows. The one I recall most was a house where the front dormer was replaced with a larger one with no windows and a high vertical wall facing the street.

I prefer these to the current irregular Pentagon in northern Virginia.

How 9/11 and a cruise to Bermuda come together in ‘All the World Can Hold’ Baltimore-based author Jung Yun will discuss “All The World Can Hold,” her third and most personal novel, Thursday at 6 p.m for The Banner Book Club.

How 9/11 and a cruise to Bermuda come together in ‘All the World Can Hold’ www.thebanner.com/culture/book...

How much are they worth in the hand?

The building on the left appears to be 3415 W. Ainslie, which is still there.

Ben Creech and Michael Glover Smith Announce World Premiere of ‘Bob Dylan as Filmmaker’ Video Essay in NYC in May 2026 is shaping up to be a banner year for Chicago filmmaker and author Michael Glover Smith. His latest feature film, HEKLA, began its festival run

NYC friends: I’m taking part in a book event for BOB DYLAN AS FILMMAKER at Gallery 198 in Brooklyn on Sat, 5/16. This includes the World Premiere of Ben Creech’s video essay adaptation of the book, followed by a Q&A moderated by Brian Ratigan. FREE/open to the public: screenmag.com/ben-creech-a...

The world’s largest housing co-op— built to save New York City’s middle class— became the unlikely site of a resident revolt.

Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/3OWxPVb

I rember the first time I read it. I was 6 or 7, and it was in a book about prehistoric humans, referencing Piltdown Man.

Indeed!

Texas: Please don't execute James Broadnax for murders he didn't commit! The state of Texas plans to execute James Broadnax on April 30, 2026 for a double murder that he did not commit. The actual shooter, James's cousin, Demarius Cummings, was sentenced to life without pa...

I just signed a @uscedp.bsky.social petition urging Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles and Governor Abbott to stop the execution of James Broadnax, who didn't kill anyone. Join me and add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1612104006: 701 North Albany Avenue

701 North Albany Avenue

Come celebrate Allen Ginsberg's centennial with us on Monday evening May 11th, 7pm at The Chapel, in San Francisco!
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Hoax

What’s That Building? Mural from the old Daily News Building

A long-lost mural from the former Chicago Daily News Building has been has been found in storage.

A New Doc Looks Back at Park Forest’s Racial Integration Efforts “Revisiting Utopia” details the village’s unorthodox plan and its lasting effects on those who grew up there.

A new documentary, “Revisiting Utopia,” details the Park Forest’s unorthodox plan to racially integrate the village, and its lasting effects on those who grew up there. buff.ly/7vqoluB

PART I: Assyrian Chicago: How a Community Vanished Into Its Own Success—and What Comes Next Assyrian Chicago

I don't know this author, but his first writeup about Assyrian history in Chicago (one in a planned multi-part series) seems properly done and he refers to some related journal articles in progress.

"Chicago’s Assyrian population was . . . three times larger than that of any other American city."

Lectures on Tap - "The Blues Brothers: Dissecting a 1980 Chicago Classic" Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.

Mark your calendars! I’ll be part of Lectures on Tap on May 20—where professors, experts, and storytellers bringing thought-provoking talks to Chicago bars. Tickets go on sale Sunday, April 26 via Eventbrite. I’ll be diving into "The Blues Brothers" (1980) and its Chicago roots. 😎

Communists Helped Build the Mighty New York Hotel Union Before they faced fierce repression from the US government at the outbreak of the Cold War, early 20th-century Communist labor organizers helped build the New York hotel workers’ union into one of the...

Communists Helped Build the Mighty New York Hotel Union. Great stories, great history! An Interview with @shaunrichman.org by Jenny Hunter in @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/04/comm...

Support for a local guy.

An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements about "Generative AI" An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI” Image source: Bibliothèque nationale de France Dear students, As you know, in …

You can read her full letter here:

In response to Georgetown University’s recent decision to give students, faculty, and staff licenses for the Google chatbot, our Executive Director Emily Tucker wrote an open letter urging students to resist the co-optation of their education by the tech industry.

Squeeze closes the loop on songs they first started writing as teens : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast The English rock band's latest album, Trixies, consists of material Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook wrote when they were 19 and 16 years old.

52 years ago, the British band Squeeze wrote their first album about a fictional club called "Trixies." Except it never saw the light of day. Until now. Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook chat w/ the Cafe's @kallao.bsky.social about how they finally brought the songs to life.
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Today marks 50 years since our publication of Norman Maclean's modern classic A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. In celebration, the New York Times reflects on whether such a unique book would be as popular today: buff.ly/FJ3PHPl

If you love American music, this is monumental. The clarity on this discovered test pressing reveals Johnson's genius to an even greater degree than the '61 re-release of his 29 songs. You can hear the stabbing slide and delicate fingering on every string. Amazing.

Angelo's Pizzeria, home of a great cheesesteak.

Ralph Ellison is rolling over in his grave.

Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.

For the @newyorker.com Radio Hour, I spoke with David Remnick about LONDON FALLING, and for this segment we included some audio from recorded conversations the Brettlers had with Akbar Shamji and the gangster known as "Indian Dave." www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

Walked to the corner today to get the bus. Text alert said 18 minutes. Realized I forgot something at home, walked back and got it (1 min each way), returned to the corner just in time to see the bus pulling away.