Fight the Dickens Avenue Greenway NIMBYs! - The Chainlink2024-03-29T09:45:34Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/fight-the-dickens-avenue-greenway-nimbys?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1127689&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAnd John, your point of linki…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-06-12:2211490:Comment:11382032020-06-12T23:24:29.513Zcurt(is) lockehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/curtismyers
<p>And John, your point of linking to the Wikipedia entry AND re-posting your tweet from 9-10 months ago?? Is this furthering any understanding?? Echo, echo, echo...</p>
<p>And John, your point of linking to the Wikipedia entry AND re-posting your tweet from 9-10 months ago?? Is this furthering any understanding?? Echo, echo, echo...</p> Yes, I noticed that back in A…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-06-12:2211490:Comment:11382762020-06-12T19:50:35.504ZJohn Greenfieldhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JohnGreenfield
<p>Yes, I noticed that back in August. </p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/greenfieldjohn/status/1162853446292316165" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/greenfieldjohn/status/1162853446292316165</a></p>
<p>FWIW: "<span>By his own account, Epton became uncomfortable with the racially-oriented nature of his campaign because he had been an active participant in the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights…</a></p>
<p>Yes, I noticed that back in August. </p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/greenfieldjohn/status/1162853446292316165" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/greenfieldjohn/status/1162853446292316165</a></p>
<p>FWIW: "<span>By his own account, Epton became uncomfortable with the racially-oriented nature of his campaign because he had been an active participant in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a><span> of the 1960s. He would have become the city's first </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a><span> mayor</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Epton#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><span> (an accomplishment that eventually was claimed by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a><span> when he was elected in 2011) and its first </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><span> mayor since </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hale_Thompson" title="William Hale Thompson">William Hale Thompson</a><span> left office in 1931."</span></p>
<p><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Epton">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Epton</a></span></p> "Before It's Too Late" -- ech…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-06-12:2211490:Comment:11382732020-06-12T16:45:14.216Zcurt(is) lockehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/curtismyers
<p>"<strong><em>Before It's Too Late</em></strong>" -- echoes of Bernie Epton's near-miss mayoral run against Harold Washington in 1983. Bernie <em>would</em> have been Chicago's first Jewish mayor and first Republican since 1931.</p>
<p>"<strong><em>Before It's Too Late</em></strong>" -- echoes of Bernie Epton's near-miss mayoral run against Harold Washington in 1983. Bernie <em>would</em> have been Chicago's first Jewish mayor and first Republican since 1931.</p> The greenway was never approv…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-06-11:2211490:Comment:11381772020-06-11T23:04:08.738ZJohn Greenfieldhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JohnGreenfield
<p>The greenway was never approved, and nothing seems to be happening at the moment, but I'll check in with the alderman and CDOT.</p>
<p>The greenway was never approved, and nothing seems to be happening at the moment, but I'll check in with the alderman and CDOT.</p> Does anyone have info regardi…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-06-11:2211490:Comment:11379932020-06-11T19:45:36.385ZPhilip Iplixianhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PhilipIplixian
<p>Does anyone have info regarding whether the Dickens greenway has now been approved? To date, I have seen no planning or construction progress...</p>
<p>Does anyone have info regarding whether the Dickens greenway has now been approved? To date, I have seen no planning or construction progress...</p> Great, thanks.tag:thechainlink.org,2019-08-26:2211490:Comment:11274652019-08-26T16:51:01.664ZBen Grayhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/BenGray
<p>Great, thanks.</p>
<p>Great, thanks.</p> SBChi had a recap here:
https…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-08-26:2211490:Comment:11275162019-08-26T15:21:45.926ZTooscrappshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Tooscrapps
<p>SBChi had a recap here:</p>
<p><a href="https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/08/23/strong-support-from-residents-including-lots-of-kids-at-dickens-greenway-hearing/">https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/08/23/strong-support-from-residents-including-lots-of-kids-at-dickens-greenway-hearing/</a></p>
<p>SBChi had a recap here:</p>
<p><a href="https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/08/23/strong-support-from-residents-including-lots-of-kids-at-dickens-greenway-hearing/">https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/08/23/strong-support-from-residents-including-lots-of-kids-at-dickens-greenway-hearing/</a></p> Any word on how this meeting…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-08-26:2211490:Comment:11274432019-08-26T14:55:19.267ZBen Grayhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/BenGray
<p>Any word on how this meeting went?</p>
<p>Any word on how this meeting went?</p> No, that's not why... in term…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-08-25:2211490:Comment:11276152019-08-25T02:36:17.053Zketoguychicagohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ketoguychicago
<p>No, that's not why... in terms of objections, xenophobia isn't the basis of their concerns. Fortunately, the notion of xenophobia in this context is just a strawman. </p>
<p>Separately, many people on Dickens like cycling - especially with their children - and think some bike lanes and such would be nice. However, others don't want to endure additional hazing at crosswalks from additional cyclists who may not stop at stop signs, etc.</p>
<p>At issue is merely this - If we at large as…</p>
<p>No, that's not why... in terms of objections, xenophobia isn't the basis of their concerns. Fortunately, the notion of xenophobia in this context is just a strawman. </p>
<p>Separately, many people on Dickens like cycling - especially with their children - and think some bike lanes and such would be nice. However, others don't want to endure additional hazing at crosswalks from additional cyclists who may not stop at stop signs, etc.</p>
<p>At issue is merely this - If we at large as cyclists abided by the rules of the road, especially stop signs, and exhibited more roadway courtesy to others, especially pedestrians, the folks of Dickens and elsewhere wouldn't care as much about a new set of bike lanes and the bike traffic expected to come with it. CDOT's non-sequitur about 40,000 motor vehicle deaths that don't occur on Dickens offers no comfort nor relief from bad road behavior from cyclists elsewhere, and many people on Dickens just don't want to add to that where they walk, drive and cycle. </p>
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<p></p> Affect the property owners ho…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-08-21:2211490:Comment:11276892019-08-21T22:46:54.781Zmike w.https://thechainlink.org/profile/mikew
<p>Affect the property owners how, exactly? Will they lose the privilege of free on-street parking? What in their minds is dangerous about a bike lane? Wish i could be there to ask.</p>
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<p>Affect the property owners how, exactly? Will they lose the privilege of free on-street parking? What in their minds is dangerous about a bike lane? Wish i could be there to ask.</p>
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