Worst Street in Chicago Contest?

This afternoon I was getting bored of my Westside commute home from the shop and decided to find a new route.

I took a few turns through the residential streets  West of Pulaski.

Then I rode into an old vacant industrial strip north of 290.

I am in awe of the 4600 block of Congress!

I have been riding Chicagoland since '84 and have never seen such a chaos of asphalt ...ever........

Practically impassable, "the Street that Chicago Forgot", it literally looks like it took a Bombing from a B 52 air strike .

I just got home to grab my camera and roll back there.

More photos here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27128485@N04/8666217481/in/set-7215763...

 

Please post what you think is the worst street in Chicago and document it for all to share and ride.

 

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on April 26, 2013 at 5:04am

I like the booby prize idea.  ;)

Chris Weber said:

This a great thread. Maybe we should make this an official contest--present a certificate to the alderman of the "winning" street, etc. I am a freelance journalist and could write an article about it. Might shame the city into doing something.

Just an idea.

Chris 

christopherweberjournalist at gmail

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on April 26, 2013 at 7:28am

The contest is a great idea.  That being said, I think it has at least three classes.

1.  Worst Street (irrespective of use or utility)

2.  Worst Minor Street (one with some use or utility, but not necessarily a main road.. like Bryn Mawr West of Pulaski)

3.  Worst Important Street (Milwaukee, Cumberland)

4.  Worst Pavement -- Minor

5.  Worst Pavement - Important

Permalink Reply by Nancy L. Fagin on April 26, 2013 at 4:31pm

There's a book called, Big Time: American Tall-Tale Postcards (by Hal Morgan).  Cowboys riding jackrabbits, giant tomatoes on flat cars, etc.  But my favorite is the Volkwagen beetle (toy) in a pothole.  Potholes can be an art form with depth indicators:

yellow rubber duckies (shallow)

plastic dinosaurs (down to the gravel)

cardboard cutouts of the Titanic (instant death),

Many thanks - Nancy Fagin

Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on April 27, 2013 at 2:29am

Worst Pavement - In Which We're All Losers!

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