Ghost Bike Installation tomorrow night in Jefferson Park: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/ghost-bike-installation-sunday-july-8th-8pm-jefferson-park
Dedication of ghost bike for Lisa Kuivinen on Saturday September 3rd at 4pm, Milwaukee and Racine:
http://thechainlink.org/events/lisa-kuivinen-ghost-bike-dedication
Update on Ghost Bike installation:
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2017/11/20/family-and-supporters-honored-lisa-schalk-yesterday-with-a-ghost-bike-memorial/
ulti-racks for cyclists to use. Unsurprisingly, I like my own idea better.
I think that "ghost racks"--functional bike racks for everyday use, painted white in place of a ghost bike--don't really serve the purpose of a ghost bike. They don't have the impact and their utility changes the nature of the memorial. This "ghost rack" concept is more akin to benches with "in memory of" plaques than they are to the stark reminder that is ghost bike. A ghost bike requires you to think about what happened there; it doesn't sound like the ghost rack would have the same impact. I would also feel weird locking my bike to one.Cynicism aside, I don't mind publicity masquerading as public service, where it actually accomplishes a public service, but I dislike publicity masquerading as public service when it disrupts the culture it's claiming to assist. I think the law firm should leave the memorials alone and donate functional bike racks near the ghost bikes, with permanent in memoriam placards, if the family approves.…
112th and Kedzie at 3pm; the ghost bike placement will take place at 4pm.
http://www.thechainlink.org/events/ghost-bike-placement-at-135th-and-ridgeland
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