Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social PhD candidate, modern German architecture | religion, preservation, environment | he/him views mine | New Orleans (for now)
With jazz and conversation
From the foot of Mount Belzoni
Zane Davis @ztdavis.bsky.social Father, husband, reader, traveler. Launching new tech into eldercare. He/him.
Josh J Architect @jjarchitect.bsky.social Architecture and built stuff that I find I interesting, amusement park stuff, pro wrestling. Occasionally chicken parm photos.
madopal @madopal.bsky.social Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Midway, et al), cat lover, data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox, Gen X, music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
John Lillig @jclillig2.bsky.social English Teacher, Loyola Academy
Advisory Board, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
A.B., English (Georgetown), M.A., English (DePaul), J.D. (DePaul Law)
Visiting Student (University of East Anglia)
Sport & Athletics Bluesky: @jclillig.bsky.social
Chicago Collections @chicollections.bsky.social A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
Sophie @sophiama.bsky.social Chicago!! & Notre Dame ‘23 🥹
I like taking pics of the built and natural environments in Chicago. Big fan of rust belt / midwest architecture & history. Old stuff is cool. Rooting for da bears & Notre dame football, & Blackhawks hockey. leftist.
Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social Double dumb-ass on you. (And so fourth)
#AltText enthusiast. Also on mastodon, formerly on twitter. Other similar accounts are not me.
Charlie Zone @zonecharlie.bsky.social Photos, Chicago, Politics.
Eric Erins @ericerins.bsky.social Eric_Erins on Twitter
Usually I’m out here posting buildings and real estate listings I think are interesting.
Chicago
Juliana Stratton @julianastratton.bsky.social Mom of four, Illinois Lt. Governor, Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate.
Giving the people what they want.
https://linktr.ee/julianaforillinois
@brigidmania.bsky.social @brigidmania.bsky.social 
Michael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com 🚲 🚇 🏙️ 🏳️🌈
Urban Planner from Chicago
Medill/Northwestern and UIC MUPP
Patrick Sisson @patrickcsisson.bsky.social Writer. Trends, tech, economics & policy shaping cities. Bylines: New York Times, Bloomberg CityLab, MIT Tech Review, Bisnow, Fast Company. patsisson at gmail dot com. 
Nicolas Kemper @ntok.bsky.social Publisher at New York Review of Architecture
Teacher at School of Visual Arts and Kean University
Writer all over the place
@nyreviewofarch.bsky.social
Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social Watch your noggins, everyone.
Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social Trans Giantess. 
Christine Cipriani @christinecipriani.bsky.social Architecture and history / Biography of Ada Louise Huxtable forthcoming (Norton, Mar. '27) / Coauthor, CAPE COD MODERN (Metropolis)
thechicagoneighborhoods.com @chgohoods.bsky.social One designer's take on the neighborhoods in his city, and other things too. Neighborhood prints and Chicago-inspired fonts available on the website: https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/links
Urban Omnibus @urbanomnibus.bsky.social An online publication of the Architectural League dedicated to observing, understanding, and shaping the city.
Elizabeth Greenspan @lizgreenspan.bsky.social writer | in process: cultural history of cities & '70s, Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi (W.W. Norton; Pushkin Press) | board member @ Blue Stoop | Philadelphia https://elizabethgreenspan.com/
Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social Climate journalist at Bloomberg and chronicler of weird suburbs. Opinions mine and not my bosses’ 
Amy @plitter.bsky.social cats, transit, cities, other cool stuff like that. I work at the MTA; my opinions are mine. she/her/🏳️🌈
Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social ✶✶✶✶ devout Chicagoan || a blog called SILLY PRIZES || AudHD socialist rabble-rouser || doesn't have much plot significance but that doesn't stop him from chilling || "an account" per Chicago Sun-Times
Denali @denali.bsky.social Early childhood and public systems researcher.
Rich inner life. No inside voice. I live in Chicago.
Photo by https://www.greginda.com/
Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social I'm a writer and a walker in LA. Tracking the city's megaevent progress at Torched. LA Podcast co-host, new episodes drop every Monday. LAUSD mom. @awalkerinla everywhere else. Sign up for my newsletter at torched.la 🔥
Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
Jeremy C. Wells, Ph.D. @magic-old-places.bsky.social Author and expert in human-centered public historic preservation policy, the psychological value of place, and collaborative governance.
Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social Chicago Tribune reporter, 2026 Pulitzer team, author "The City is Up for Grabs." Little Village raised. I'm just trying to make my city a better place
John Hill @archidose.bsky.social Architect, editor in chief at World-Architects, architectural tour guide, author of 7 books including "Buildings in Print," and I have a weekly newsletter about architecture books: https://archidose.substack.com/
Matt ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ @mattweiss.me Chicago is home ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
[ cities are for people ]
Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social ✶ State investigations editor at https://illinoisanswers.org/ ✶ https://www.jim-daley.com/ ✶ DM for Signal ✶ He/him
B Haley @ghastlyfop.bsky.social architectural historian, preservation planner, university lecturer
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist • anthony.moser@gmail.com • N4EJ • http://www.BetterDataPortal.com • baker in The FOIA Bakery • http://publicdatatools.com • http://deseguys.com • #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" • anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social Squid biologist
Science communicator
Artist
Philadelphian
I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social
Creator of the SquidMobile
https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social “The Gar Guy” Fish Scientist & Prof | 🌎Freshwater Conservation | SciComm • GarLab | Views mine | he/him | #GarWeek
📍Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wherever you go, there you gar
https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social
D Fletcher Dunham @dfdunham.bsky.social architecture, social housing, & posts about bldgs 🏢📚🌈 Los Angeles
Geraint Franklin @geraintfranklin.bsky.social Architectural historian with Historic England (opinions own). British architecture after 1945. Post-Modern Buildings in Britain, HKPA, John Outram. High-Tech Britain out March 2026!
Philip Montoro @pmontoro.bsky.social Chicago Reader music editor and unionist, amateur drummer, persistent cook. Signal: pmontoro.04
he/him/y'all
pmontoro@chicagoreader.com
◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social Writer and editor for @Bloomberg @CityLab. Texan. Chili purist.
📸: @kriston_capps
💌: kcapps3@bloomberg.net
🔒: @kristoncapps.33
📰: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/citylab-design-edition
Benjamin Flowers @benjy-flowers.bsky.social Professor of Architecture, Knowlton School, The Ohio State University. Research and write about stadiums, sport architecture, and skyscrapers. Fmr. Exec. Board member IAKS. Arsenal supporter/sufferer. Opinions mine.
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Meg @prayingmantis.bsky.social Anticapitalist, abolitionist, 🏴, queer. She/her. Chicago. #WearAMask + #BlackLivesMatter + #FreePalestine + #ProtectTransKids + #FuckICE
Martha Bayne @marthabayne.bsky.social Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Coeditor of NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU: WHAT SINEAD O'CONNOR MEANS TO US. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com. .
Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social "Elegante y muy cabrona."
I labor at the word factory for Bloomberg Citylab, NYRB, The Atlantic, Alta, Fresh Air, KCRW, NYT and others.
https://c-monster.org
https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
Tom McGrath @tcmcg.photo Just another dipshit from Chicago. Bits and jokes and jokes and bits. Photos, sometimes acting, mostly nonsense.
Banner image thanks to @chgohoods.bsky.social
xyzmaybe @xyzmayb.bsky.social like fish in the water tearing the net
like fire not going back to what's burnt
MAKE NOISE
BE THERE
FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
tṛ́ṣṇā... pratigha... avidyā...
Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social Personal account. Housing Director at Impact for Equity, a law and policy center in Chicago. Former policy director, Chicago Dept of Housing. Book "The Battle of Lincoln Park" on the origins of gentrification in Chicago.
danielkayhertz.com
Pokey @junkyardcrawler.bsky.social architecture, dead mall, train, car enthusiast
Chicago-based
takes too many photos
non-binary
Blog: https://whatusedtobethere.blogspot.com/
Website: https://etaoin-shrdlu.net/
RIP COHOST - EGGBUG FOREVER - KEEP EM POSTING IN OUR HEARTS
Jordan Ryan @jordanryan.bsky.social archives + archaeology + architecture
Chenoe Hart @chenoehart.bsky.social Architectural designer and researcher exploring the intersection of the internet and physical space.
https://chenoehart.com/
Alexandra Lange @langealexandra.bsky.social Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social Chicago blueystorian, UIC ABD
jeffnicholshistory.com
Fred Scharmen @sevensixfive.bsky.social Nearsighted Optimist.
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social prairie-style socialism and postcards
https://www.postcard-past.com/
Bob Schaefer @bobszilla.bsky.social A cool sarsaparilla on a hot summer's day. Chicagoan, architect, listener, reader, traveler, time waster
Beautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social great lakes secessionist | ask your therapist about me (she/her)
Brian Goldstein @bgoldst.bsky.social Urban & architectural historian at Swarthmore. Coming Sept. 2026: Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect. Wrote: The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem. Architecture & race, baseball, jazz. DC resident.
Antonio Pacheco @pantonio.bsky.social Doctoral Candidate at MIT Architecture, researching spatial practices of US government entities; New Deal, Art Deco, Water, and Sewage | he / him
https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/03/art-deco-ourselves
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social features writer, Chicago Reader: harm reduction, homelessness, and chicago/rust belt history.
proud member, Reader Union
kprout@chicagoreader.com; signal katie.507
https://www.katieprout.com/
Damien C-C @dccc-phd.bsky.social Human geneticist 🧬, bioinformagician 🧙🏻♂️, choral musician 🎼, and unrepentant city slicker 🏙️. Amplifying interesting signals (like #ScienceWin)! [he/him]
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3466-1846
Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social 🍉 • art • architecture • historic preservation • urbanism • ecology • advocacy • NYC Landmarks whisperer • wit wry and champagne dry
Distractedly commencing a dilatory relocation from that other place.
David Schalliol @metroblossom.bsky.social David Schalliol is a visual sociologist living in the Midwestern United States. Co-author of The City Creative, director of The Area, Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Olaf College.
http://davidschalliol.com
http://theareafilm.com
Zach Mortice @zachmortice.bsky.social Chicago design journalist and critic, @bloomberg.com and elsewhere. In one of those phases where I can’t decide whether it matters what buildings look like or not.
https://zachmortice.com
@jmasengarb.bsky.social @jmasengarb.bsky.social 
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy @savewrightflwbc.bsky.social We facilitate the preservation and maintenance of the remaining structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright through education, advocacy and technical services.
Susannah Ribstein @susannahribs.bsky.social Realtor at Compass. Specializing in the communities of the South Side. South Shore resident. Real estate, architecture, preservation, parks advocacy 🔗 https://www.susannahribsteinrealty.com/
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
Blair Paddock @blairpaddock.bsky.social prisons + investigations for @wttw.bsky.social
bpaddock@wttw.com
mouseartsandletters.org
Anjulie Rao @anjulierao.bsky.social I write about the built environment. Bylines in a lot of places.
Anjulierao.info
Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer
John Morris @john-morris.bsky.social block prints
Chicago
http://tinycitypress.com
Zac Bleicher @zacbleicher.bsky.social Edgar Miller Legacy
www.edgarmiller.org 
mads @nomadiso.bsky.social chi | she/they
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/
Kathryn Holliday @kehcalling.bsky.social Architecture and landscape history, Historic preservation, museums, and cultural heritage. Biallas Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Transplant from Texas and New Orleans. Working on Telephone City 📞
are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social chicago common brick lying in a tallgrass prairie | he/they
kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net Unheil-bringer. lithium prince. architecture critic @thenation.com
my blogs are https://late-review.com, https://wehwalt.net and mcmansionhell.com
she/they
McKie's Disc Jockey Show Lounge @mckiesdjlounge.bsky.social Started as updates from an artifact from a significant South Side club that has been spared the scrap heap. Now mostly other Woodlawn/Chgo history. Jazz & minutia. Infrequent posts.
Marin R. Sullivan @sculpturalthings.bsky.social Art Historian. Curator. Consultant. Writer. Sculpture Obsessive. Proud Chicagoan.
sculpturalthings.com
Elise Misao Hunchuck @elisehunchuck.bsky.social plants, animals, minerals, and clouds
curator, editor, writer, educator
@transmediale @scapegoatjrnl @columbiagsapp
fellow @akademiesolitude
Berlin, Milan
Lora Teagarden @l2designllc.bsky.social Architect. #ARESketches ™ & #TheLittleArchitectsAlphabet author.
@aiaofficial.bsky.social Fellow. RATIO Design Senior Associate. 🏳️🌈
gabriel x. michael @g-x-m.bsky.social Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Guardian of the city’s oldest buildings. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
Larry Shure @ultralocal1.bsky.social Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
mark lamster @mlamster.bsky.social architecture critic of the dallas morning news. author of “the man in the glass house.” www.marklamster.com
DJ Alderman @mareralph.bsky.social 🏳️⚧️ they/them
Urban planner. Organizer. Writer. Musician.
I probably argued with you at a party.
Chicago over everything.
Opinions are my own.
linktr.ee/mareliam
◤◢◤ tmhector, AIA ◢◤◢ @tmhector.bsky.social architecture & giant robots
he/him
Joshua Mellin @joshuamellin.bsky.social Writer / Photographer | Published @cnn.com, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, etc. | Covering #travel #music #art #sports | http://instagram.com/joshuamellin joshuamellin.com
A. Bean @abeanchi.bsky.social One-time applicant for Chicago Alderman. Love books, history, movies, & architecture. Sometimes Too Online, but working to never be Terminally Online.
Cross-laminated Tinder @nickhasthoughts.com handle kind of gives it away. architect + procrastinator. transmitting from beautiful Indianapolis, Indiana. sometimes i complain for fun. i enjoy cool breezes and rainy mornings, separately. my other bike is a bike. is that bad?
Taylor Emrey Glascock @tayloremrey.bsky.social freelance photographer in chicago, proudly (?) midwestern
Amy Elliott Bragg @amyelliottbragg.bsky.social I work at a cemetery, I write about Detroit history, I’m in it for the quips. littledetroithistoryletter.substack.com
Lydia @lydiabeeyoobee.bsky.social Public policy student. For fun: culture, linguistics, old houses and fashion, walkable cities, cats. Arlington, VA. Hoya Saxa
A Self-Respecting Fish @fishhat.bsky.social 
rich jones @richjonesmusic.bsky.social Critically acclaimed life enthusiast - music, food, pot #MikalForever
https://linktr.ee/richjonesmusic
David Rotenstein, Curator, Shrouded in Secrecy Archives @davidrotenstein.bsky.social Historian. Writer. Folklorist. | History is my hustle. Opinions here are my own.