@smalldogsteffy.bsky.social @smalldogsteffy.bsky.social trying to make the world a better place, but hopefully we all are here
That Person @that-person.bsky.social Your local asexual urbanist architecture student
Officially now a Chicagoan
Loren Johnson @lorenjohnson.bsky.social architect, urbanist, organizer, tabletop gamer, and essayist https://medium.com/@lorenordeanjohnson
President @ Heart of Lincoln Square
Ariel Parrella @arielparrella.bsky.social Logan Square/Avondale/Humboldt Park reporter/periodista
@BlockClubCHI | ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น y espaรฑol. tips + dog photos: ariel@blockclubchi.org
Connections for the Homeless @connect2home.bsky.social Since 1984, Connections meets the needs of our neighbors who are unstably housed and works to address the systematic causes of homelessness. https://www.connect2home.org/
Oak Park Nerd @oakparknerd.bsky.social I hope something good happens to you today.
Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social Sidewalk enthusiast and adopted midwesterner. I write and research about housing policy and urban economics. Formerly Twin Cities, nowadays an economic research assistant in Chicago, soon to be PhD student at UW-Madison
https://pencillingout.substack.com/
Adrian Martinez-De La Cruz @amartinez99.bsky.social Reporter for EvanstonNow.com // send tips, questions, etc to adrian@evanstonnow.com or 224-307-6253.
Aggregate Studio @aggregate-studio.com Aggregate Studio is a mission-aligned architecture partner that specializes in dignified, community-centered affordable housing and civic projects.
https://www.aggregate-studio.com
https://linktr.ee/aggregatestudio
Wayne Beals GREEN Realtor @waynebeals.bsky.social
More Neighbors Ann Arbor @moreneighborsa2.org We stand for secure, abundant homes for everyone in Ann Arbor.
Strong Towns Chicago @strongtownschicago.bsky.social Have fun and make a difference with an active urbanist community. Join us!
Housing ๐ก Transit ๐ Finance ๐ค
Website: strongtownschicago.org
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/strongtownschicago
Donald @rabbitoh.bsky.social Chicagoan, Hollander, dog dad, husband, teacher, grant writer, and mutual-aid doer. Hyphen enthusiast.
Fritz Kaegi @fritzforassessor.bsky.social Cook County Assessor. Running to make the property tax code work for working families.
Sierra Club Chicago @sierraclubchicago.bsky.social Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet ๐๐๐ดโโ๏ธ๐๐ณ๐
like/follow โ endorsement
Chicago Mayor's Press Office @chicagompo.bsky.social The official press office account for Mayor Brandon Johnson. https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases.html
john j. kim @jkimpictures.bsky.social ๐ท @ Chicago Tribune
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http://www.jkimpictures.net
Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social I post every lot in Chicago.
Picking up where Every Lot Chicago left off on Twitter.
๐จโ๐ป @michaelmclean.me
๐ค https://github.com/MisterClean/everylotbot-chicago
Tracy Baim @tracybaim.bsky.social lgbtq+ \ journalist \ advocate \ chicago
lesbian \ feminist\ she\her ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฆ
Windy City Times cofounder 1985 \ author
Skeets my own.
Lee Bey @leebey1.bsky.social Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic and formerly ABC7 Chicago. Author/photographer of Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side. I dig vintage TV/movies and 20th century funk, soul and jazz.
Molly Fleck @mollyfleck.bsky.social The best goddamn dancer at the American Ballet Academy
express bus stan account @urbanistbarbie.bsky.social chicagoposter extraordinaire
Housing Action Illinois @housingactionil.bsky.social
Holsten Human Capital Development, NFP @hhcd-nfp.bsky.social Chicago NFP strengthening at-risk populations, expanding their access to viable resources promoting self-sufficiency, wellness & stability through comprehensive service provision, developing low-income & affordable housing, & fostering economic dev.
Caitlyn Rosen @rosencaitlyn.bsky.social Typically covering the Cook County courts and all things Chicago for @courthousenews.bsky.social. Running marathons (sometimes). She/her. Email me: chicagostate@courthousenews.com
Daniel Tobon @dtobon.bsky.social Humanist, Inmigrante, aspiring Urbanist, Army Vet, ex-Esq., serial founder, CPS LSC member, VFW Service Officer, candidate for 35th Ward Alderman. Chicago until the wheels fall off.
Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.
Leigh Giangreco @leighgiangreco.bsky.social Buffalonian. Freelance journalist in Chicago. Words in The Washington Post, Block Club Chicago, The Guardian and Politico Magazine.
Find my work at LeighGiangreco.com
Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social Chicago. Transportation law, policy, and technology mostly. Senior Advisor, Metropolitan Planning Council. Views my own. One ticket, one timetable, one network....
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
Electrify Chicago @electrifychicago.net We find Chicago's most polluting buildings, so you don't have to! Powered by public energy benchmarking data. ๐ ElectrifyChicago.net
Meets weekly @chihacknight.org
Jesse Orr @jessezorr.bsky.social Once a development consultant abroad, now a Chicago civil servant.
Housing / transportation / politics / etc. opinions my own, but restrained.
Ryan @rthompto.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐He/him. Principal Policy Analyst @ Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and Board Chair of chipride.org. (Re)posts reflect my personal opinions. Longer thoughts live here: https://substack.com/@rthompto
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth @leniann.bsky.social She/her. Personal account. ๐ต๐ญ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ป๐
For official aldermanic services and response go to the48thward.org
Charlie Meyerson @charliemeyerson.com Chicago news guy, itinerant flutist
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative @chiworkerscottage.bsky.social The Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative celebrates this housing style, seeking to preserve the unique features of these houses, protect them from demolition, and continue their use and reuse for the next century โ https://workerscottage.org/
PFCBleachy @pfcbleachy.vip
Sam Kovnar @srkovnar.bsky.social Engineer, urbanist, gardener
Michael McCarthy @michaelmcc.com ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๏ธ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Urban Planner from Chicago
Medill/Northwestern and UIC MUPP
Municipal Corporation @nikhunder.com (hire me policy professionals) Lighter of people, policy person, @CHIRPRadio DJ. Bike guy. Chicago Dog stan. Doesn't proofread. Chicago by way of Cleveland | ๐ณ๐ด
Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) @chicagohousing.bsky.social The Chicago Housing Authority provides homes to more than 65,000 households while championing vibrant, healthy communities across the city.
www.theCHA.org
Richard Day @rsday.bsky.social
Justin Myers @justinmyers.net Journalist, tinkerer, crocheter, parent.
Married to @juliajrh.bsky.social.
Graphics editor, @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org.
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธโง๐จโฌ๐ชโฌ, any pronouns.
Also active on fediverse/Mastodon:
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@myersjustinc
Jordan Grimes @cafedujord.bsky.social Housing ๐ + transit ๐ + climate ๐
President: Peninsula Young Democrats
Lead Member: Peninsula for Everyone
Work: Greenbelt Alliance
Good opinions mine, bad opinions someone else's. YIMBY.
chelsea ๐๐๐งฟ @ct-jg.bsky.social Scorpio. Designer. Planner. Abolitionist. Cat mom. Sci-fi enthusiast. Everyone should read Parable of the Sower. Mostly reposts.๐Chicago
Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
๐Hyde Park, Chicago
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social climate adaptive social housing developer
architect for car-light climate forward cities w/ low carbon + passivhaus buildings, social housing
Author, 'Building for People' (Island Press, 12/2024: https://islandpress.org/books/building-people)
Chicago Public Square @chicagopublicsquare.com Chicagoโs new front page: ChicagoPublicSquare.com
Subscribe free here: sub.ChicagoPublicSquare.com
Tracey Ryniec @traceyryniec.bsky.social Senior Stock Strategist at Zacks Investment Research. Hosts 2 podcasts. Writer. Loves housing. Chicago.
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
Nick Ulivieri @nuphoto.com I'm an architecture photographer and Chicago is my backdrop. I post about weather, science, and urbanism issues, too. โถ โถ โถ โถ
๐ฉ: nick@nuphoto.com
https://linktr.ee/nick_ulivieri
Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about zoning?
Tonia Hill @toniahill.bsky.social Award-winning journalist. I'm passionate about elevating the voices of Black Chicagoans and showcasing their resilience and joy.
Gary Scott @gscottjr.bsky.social Michigander turned Chicagoan.
Co-Lead of CNUChicago. Co-Founder and Board Member, ENU. Board Member, CNU. Co-Lead, BigTentUrbanistCoalition. MassTransit40Under40 - 2022 Honoree. ChaddickScholar. Views expressed are my own.
A.D. Quig @adquig.bsky.social Cook County, Chicago City Hall and Obama Presidential Center reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Hoosier. aquig@chicagotribune.com
Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
Chris Kanich @kaytwo.org I get unreasonably excited about Chicago, cybersecurity, education, and local impact.
https://kaytwo.org
Robin Bartram @robinbartram.bsky.social Sociologist of housing and related things
@UChicagoCrown
Center for Neighborhood Technology @cnt.org Center for Neighborhood Technology delivers innovative analysis and solutions that support community-based organizations and local governments to create neighborhoods that are equitable, sustainable, and resilient
Neighbors For Environmental Justice (N4EJ) @n4ej.org N4EJ is a grassroots, 501(c)3 nonprofit fighting for environmental justice on Chicago's Southwest Side #NoMatAsphalt
We already know enough to act.
๐ https://linktr.ee/n4ej
๐ง info@n4ej.org
bit.ly/IneffectiveByChoice
bit.ly/ChicagoPaidToPollute
Building Up Chicago @buildingupchicago.bsky.social Inconsistently posting Chicago construction photos since 2016 at buildingupchicago.com. Consistently posting them at chicagoyimby.com.
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 ๐ https://www.susannahribsteinrealty.com/
Jacob E. Peters @archijake.bsky.social Lifelong Chicagoan, lived other places, & it just reinforced my desire to live here. My opinions are mine alone. Find me on the other sites, w/ the same handle.
Edgewater Chamber @edgewaterchamber.bsky.social Chicago, IL
Supporting, promoting, and connecting the Edgewater business community since 1984
Conrail Twitty @grenadine.bsky.social Is that urban planner yelling into the Internet again?
Detroiter from St. Louis
Posting about city services & urban planning from a justice perspective, the Rust Belt, community outreach, transportation, historic preservation, and cats.
Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flรขneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
@chigeek.bsky.social @chigeek.bsky.social Architecture geek
https://chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/
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
Eric Erins @ericerins.bsky.social Eric_Erins on Twitter
Usually Iโm out here posting buildings and real estate listings I think are interesting.
Chicago
Quinn Kasal @quinnkasal.bsky.social transit & livable cities
transit planner ๐๐
Chicago supremacist
Reema Saleh โจ @reemasabrina.bsky.social journo, producer & comms whiz kid. she/her โจ www.reemasaleh.com
๐ผ @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social
๐๏ธ @chicagoreader.com @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and elsewhere
๐ policy trained at uchicago
Mr. Brutalism @jmings.bsky.social Official account of Mr. Brutalism. Architect/Founder of @aggregate-studio.com. Views are my own, yโall should love Brutalism and never skip Leg Day. He/Him/His
https://aggregate-studio.com
gabriel x. michael @g-x-m.bsky.social Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Guardian of the cityโs oldest buildings. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Brian Harrington @bharr.bsky.social
Audrey Henderson @audreyhenderson.bsky.social Journalist, writer, and researcher. Chicagoland by way of Upper East Tennessee (i.e. a genuine hillbilly). Pronouns: She/her/hers
Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social Active transportation ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ โข Climate and land use ๐ณ๐ โข Chicago politics ๐ฌ๏ธ โข Dad x2 โข Tweets and opinions my own โข he/him
Cassidy @cassidoo.co Making memes, dreams, & software!
Sr. Director of Dev Advocacy at GitHub. Married to a dweeb and mom to a nerdy toddler + baby combo. She/Her โ๏ธ CHI ๐
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cta @chicagocta.bsky.social Official account of the Chicago Transit Authority.
Delivering quality, affordable transit services that link people, jobs and communities.
For customer support head to transitchicago.com/contact
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 ๐
chicagoreader.com
Daniel @daytoviz.bsky.social Urbanism, freshwater ecology, data analysis and health/exercise are my topics of interest. I am not good at social media
sean w mcguire @seanmcguire.bsky.social architect, chicago
Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com (He/Him) Folk Technologist โข anthony.moser@gmail.com โข N4EJ โข http://www.BetterDataPortal.com โข baker in The FOIA Bakery โข http://publicdatatools.com โข http://deseguys.com โข #1 on hackernews when you search for "hater" โข anthonymoser.github.io/writing/
ยกmatt! โถโถโถโถ @mattfromchicago.bsky.social just an idiot
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he/him- C Cat Sharp (she/her) @cdsssss.bsky.social
whet moser @whetmoser.com newsletters @ nyt. ex qz, chicago mag, chicago reader. i'm not a miracle worker, i'm a janitor
Joseph Miscimarra ๐บ๐ธ @jmisci.bsky.social Energy efficiency industry employee and former ADU resident. Here to stay updated on climate, energy, urbanism, and weather. I post frequently about Chicago!
Bill Savage @rogersparkman.bsky.social Watch your noggins, everyone.
Alex Armlovich @aarmlovi.bsky.social Housing Program Officer, Abundance & Growth Fund @ CG | Sr. Fellow @niskanencenter๐๏ธ | Urban Econ ๐๐ฐ๐ | @worksinprogress contributor | @opennyforall member | @yimbytown alum | former @cbcny |
Legalize housing. Tax land. End poverty with cash
Star:Line Chicago @starlinechicago.bsky.social Suburbanite. Sustainable transportation advocacy, for Chicago and Chicagoland. #BuildTheTunnel
โThe smart, transit-oriented [social media] accountโ -Chicago Tribune
Planning, building, breaking, rebuilding.
Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me Ideal city: โ๏ธ nuclear-powered, ๐๏ธ dense housing, ๐ฐ affordable, ๐ transit. Aka Chicago.
Posting about those things here, and trying to make them better IRL.
Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com Executive director of the Center for Building in North America (centerforbuilding.org), stephen@centerforbuilding.org. Personal account. Brooklyn, NY.- C Chasimir Pulaski @chasimirpulaski.bsky.social Vernacular architecture enthusiast. Personal accountโall opinions mine alone.
AJ LaTrace @latrace.bsky.social Senior reporter at Inman
Previously: Business Insider, Chicago magazine, Curbed
aj at inman dot com
Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social Chicago. Interested in how places are shaped. Friend to alley cats. I don't speak on behalf of my affiliations. he/him
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be."
Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com Architecture, interesting & historic places, Chicago, exploring cities by bike & transit. Mostly photos. Views my own. He/him. ๐ฒ ๐๏ธ ๐ ๐ฑ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ท
Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net Chicago, zoning, ADUs, transportation, maps
my blog: http://stevencanplan.com
my business: http://chicagocityscape.com
BUILD: https://buildforil.org/