#chicagomag

[ofishel]

Here’s something I made for @chicagomag for a piece titled “How the Remap Could Impact Chicago’s Three Black Congressional Districts: After the 2020 census, the city can no longer maintain all its Black legislative districts.” • Swipe through to see a selection of sketches. Many thanks to @kbshady for the assignment. • #illustration #editorialillustration #art #editorialillustrator #drawingwhileblack #chicago #ofishelillo (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjYIWIhywh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[strollingshuttereyes]

Good luck to all the #runners today at Chicago Marathon!! Absolutely perfect #weather we are having here!! Having completed this one twice, it is an absolute favorite of mine! Congratulations to all runners, spectators and supporters!! . . . @chimarathon @wbezchicago @chicago @chicagomag @weatherchannel @midwestlivingmag . . . #chicago #marathon #october #cityscape #midwest #lakemichigan (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjgDUs5LeOm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artrepnyc]

Another illustration by Jens Magnusson for Chicago Magazine

[sunnybiggyfitness]

Thank you @chicagorealproducers Magazine for sharing a snapshot of my story in the January , 2021 issue! Always a pleasure working with your team. Thanks @andyburtonbungalow for the wonderful opportunity and @katewaddellgroup for this wonderful introduction few years a ago. #ChicagoRealProducers #ChicagoMag #actor @sunnybiggyfitness . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #muscle #instafit #gymlife #fitness #fitnessmotivation #fitnessaddict #cardio #exercise #weightloss #shredded #strong #gains #fitlife #nutrition #aesthetics #body #fitspiration #physique #getfit #dedication #cleaneating #muscles #yoga #nopainnogain #strength #bodybuilder (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJtN0eynnXu/?igshid=j3kfe18bw0iw

[kurmanpr]

Amazing dinner tonight at Aboyer in Winnetka. The room was buzzing with happy diners. Tonight's special, delicately dusted battered walleyed pike, shrimp and vegetable medley. Perfect! The house made tartar and cole slaw were the best I've had. Our decadent starters, escargot served with goat Ricotta, black garlic, micro basil and beurre monte; roasted beets with walnut Romesco sauce, shaved fennel, and a house favorite reminiscent of the former Restaurant Michael, the gougeres, we couldn't resist. Lee had the try the Aboyer Burger, griddle smashed burger, Wagyu beef short rib, beef chuck, and Kobe-a-5 trimmings, seared pork belly, Lacy fried egg, on a Brioche bun. Oh yah. Simply amazing. Yes, we had to sample the dessert, Olive Oil Cake with coffee banana panna cotta and spiced chocolate glacage. I kid you not, omg! It is understandable why Chef Michael Lachowicz is among this country's best and the restaurants are certainly worthy of their high praise and national recognition. Aboyer is a winner in all respects, great service, food and surprisingly reasonable pricing. #aboyer #georgetrois #chicagofoodies #chicagrammers #kurmanpr #chefmichaellachowicz #winnetka #chicagonorthshore #michelinguide #infatuationchi #timeoutchicago #chicagomag #chicagoreader #chicagosbest (at AboyerSilencieux) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ItSqblVTg/?igshid=wjqwy0e0jscy

[idkmybff-dennis]

Work of art; should be in the Louvre. #swillburger 👍🏽💯😛 . . . #swillinn #riverwest #chicago #gastropub #bestnewrestaurant #chicagomag #bestnewrestaurants2019 #burger #bacon #egg #pimientocheese #cheeseburger #fries #nomnom #nomnomnom #chicagoeats #tasteofchicago (at The Swill Inn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxyOVIbgpdh/?igshid=sai1085w93fp

[hendricksonphoto-blog]

Harris Theater for Music and Dance at @millennium_park is such a beautiful place to be at night. . . . . #Chicago #chicagoshots #chicagoshot #chicagomag #chicagomagazine #milleniumdancecomplex #milleniumpark #harristheater #chicagoproud #architecture_view #archdigest #illinois #enjoyillinois #onlyinillinois #nightshooters #creativeoptic #eyecandy_collective #night_shooterz #artofchi #shotsdelight #thehub_architecture #canon #canon6dmarkii #millenniumpark #themagmile #canonphotography #exploreillinois #illinois_shots #nightphotography #chitown (at Harris Theater for Music and Dance) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu1zPvsBHxu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h8qy12wq2wh9

[mastersonmagic]

Celebrate Thanksgiving Monday with Magic Monday. November 25th at O'Rourke's Office. showtimes: 7:00 and 8:30 p.m.

[citymaus]

protestors rallying in philadelphia, 06.06.2020. flickr/joepiette

“First, we must consider the legacy of “placemaking” — and what the word “place” truly means for Black Americans.

Place as routes designed to confine the movement of Black people being treated as cargo and goods, not as human beings

Place as watchtowers to track and police the movement of enslaved people

Place as town square for spectatorship of Black trauma and lynching

Place as slave quarters for forced laborers that are not seen as worthy of decent living conditions

Place as an agent of bondage

Place as home to three-fifths of a human

Place as the severing of kinship ties

Everywhere we look, urbanist practices and our built environment itself continue to be place-based manifestations of racist ideology and the institutions of slavery.

a home owners’ loan corporation map of chicago. “redlined” areas were “undesirable” because “colored” people lived there. redlining increased segregation and decreased housing equity for black people. read more: chicagomag, 22.08.17. and see: mapping inequality.

“While many call for the arrest of the officers that murdered Breonna Taylor, I am calling for the arrest of every system, structure, and policy that engendered her death—starting with urbanism.

Here are just some of the ways that the fields of urban planning, transportation planning, architecture, and civil engineering can meet this moment and answer the call for collective design-centric reparations in the built environment. 

Cargo/Freight Prohibition and Revenue Tax. Prohibition of transit storage/maintenance facilities and cargo/freight movement through communities with high concentrations of Black residents, coupled with the redistribution of a percentage of all revenues deriving from freight/rail, rideshare and gas stations to Black American descendants of slavery

Wayfinding Recall and Mobility Fine Reversal. Removal of hostile wayfinding, directional signage and pavement markings that impose Eurocentric superiority through forced movement patterns and travel behaviors in the built environment; coupled with the cancellation of all mobility and transportation-related fees/fines imposed on Black people

Deep Planning and No/Low-Cost Freedom of Movement. Comprehensive, long-range network and public works planning that honors freedom of movement and mode choice through design elements, coupled with free and subsidized transportation, regardless of mode

Divest from Policing and Invest in Service Provisions. Divest from enforcement and policing as a programmatic component of urban planning, coupled with direct investments in Black service providers that meet the behavioral health and resource navigation needs of Black communities

Public Works Prioritization and Universal Basic Income. Moratorium on quick-build transportation and land-use elements in communities that need roadway reconstruction, signal enhancements, accessible pedestrian infrastructure, drainage and floodplain planning/development, and the removal of toxic industry and public works infrastructure. Because extensive reconstruction and repairs are so disruptive and have such long construction timelines, this intervention must be coupled with a universal basic income in neighborhoods undergoing extensive repair and upgrades to prevent displacement of existing residents

Community Planning and Workforce Reclassification. Implementation of a community planning model that reclassifies civil service planning roles by removing academic and background requirements that privilege technical training over lived experience; coupled with a direct low-barrier pathway to civil service for planners/engineers from or living directly in the proposed project areas

Transit Enhancements and Neighborhood Network Connectivity. Enhanced transit amenities, heated/cooling shelter at stops, benches, and boarding docks in communities with high concentrations of Black residents, coupled with prioritizing comprehensive investments in neighborhood transit networks over commuter and Bus Rapid Transit routes that move non-Black commuters through Black communities at the expense of community connectivity and neighborhood network planning

oakland community land trust 

Land Trusts, Cooperatives, and Civil Fee Waivers. Fund and subsidize land trusts and cooperatives granting Black communities autonomy in project development; coupled with no-cost access to permits and technical services throughout every phase of project development (including maintenance) in perpetuity

Land Use Reparations Boards and Redevelopment Revenue Distribution. Implementation of local and state-level land-use reparations boards to oversee funding proposals, exclusionary zoning, renewal, and revitalization practices and to establish guidelines for restorative land use measures for all zoning, capital and redevelopment projects; coupled with the allocation of a percentage of all redevelopment revenues to Black residents in the project area

Restorative Zoning and Right-of-Return. Ban speculation and rapid re-development in Black communities. Rezone all predominantly white and high income neighborhoods to allow multi-family unit development, coupled with right-of-return programs, lien dismissals, and payouts as a direct act of atonement for the legacy and impacts of unjust sharecropper arrangements, restrictive covenants, redlining, predatory lending, and rapid redevelopment

Impose Moratorium on Prison Development and Enact Fair Chance Housing. Impose a moratorium on the construction of new prisons and divert funds to housing stabilization, public health, education, and direct services for Black people, coupled with policies that prohibit the consideration of criminal records during housing eligibility determination processes

Homeowner Subsidies and Real Estate Revenue Redistribution. Subsidize downpayment and revitalization costs for Black homeowners/buyers; coupled with easement/eminent domain protections and redirecting a percentage of revenues from real estate transactions to Black communities

Surveillance Prohibition and Tech Tax. Prohibition on the use of technology affixed to infrastructure for the purposes of tracking, surveillance, and enforcement in Black communities; coupled with a redistribution of tech and data industry, rideshare, and micro-mobility revenues to Black-owned businesses and service providers

Anti-Displacement and Racial Composition as Factors in Environmental Protections. Incorporate anti-displacement and prevention of cultural erasure as environmental protections within regulatory environmental review processes (like the National Environmental Policy Act); coupled with the removal of categorical exemptions from environmental review processes where the project footprint is in an area with high concentrations of Black residents. Limit the number of times (and the duration of time) an environmental review process can be used to authorize development in a project area

I suggest the above structural solutions for one reason: because I am not willing to wait for a personal transformation to happen in the hearts and minds of every American, and I can’t commit my life to convincing people that I am worthy of decency and retribution. 

a mural dedicated to breonna taylor. flickr/mtumesoul

“Reparations and structural change are necessary, non-negotiable next steps for every industry. Breonna Taylor should be alive and her neighborhood should not have to grapple with literal displacement while mourning her death. While our elected officials convene research boards and advisory councils, cities, agencies, and organizations can act — and begin a process of true atonement today.”

read more by dr. destiny thomas: streetsblog, 27.07.2020.

[ofishel]

Here’s something new for @chicagomag . This is for a story titled “Notes of a North-Side Census Taker.” Chicago’s response rate in the 2020 survey was decent — except among the people who would benefit the most from a full count. • Swipe through to see a selection of sketches. Many thanks to @kbryja for the assignment. • #illustration #art #editorialillustration #ofishelillo #drawingwhileblack #design #artdirection #editorialdesign #chicago (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKV87kPhpW3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artrepnyc]

Illustration for Chicago Magazine by Jens Magnussen

[tenfifteenthirteen]

Ahhh on chicagomag's insta you can see a pic of Jonny and his mom's in the background :):):)

[sunnybiggyfitness]

Total of 72 miles #bike #chicago Happy Sunday 🏋️‍♂️🚴‍♀️❤️🦸‍♂️💰 @sunnybiggy @aboyandhisdream @refreshalliance . . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #muscle #instafit #gymlife #fitness #fitnessmotivation #fitnessaddict #cardio #exercise #weightloss #shredded #strong #gains #fitlife #nutrition #aesthetics #body #fitspiration #physique #getfit #cleaneating #muscles #yoga #strength #bodybuilder #healthychoices #healthyliving #personaltrainer @chicago @chicagomag @emilyvuk13 @strava #strava (at Lake Michigan, Chicago Lakefront) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSCzxaXnkq1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[idkmybff-dennis]

PSA: Creme Brulee can NEVER be Jello #crembruleepie 👍🏽💯😍😛💁🏻‍♀️ . . . #cremebrulee #aba #westloop #fultonmarket #chicago #chicagorestaurants #bestnewrestaurants #chicagomag #wbw #birthdaydinner (at Aba Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYAJmcAnxV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i97s038cu0ov

[cozy-rugs-blog]

Rejuvenate your home decor with a glamorous rug. There is still time to impress your holiday guests with a new rug. Shop for rugs at our store: www.cozyrugs.com 👍 #cozyrugs #getinspired #shop and #save on #rugs Thanks to #jacintafisher for the beautiful photo and her stunning work! #arearug #newcollection #newrugs #sale #chicago #illinois #homedecor #homedecoration #interiordesign #interiors #interiorstyling #instahome #apartmenttherapy #CSChicagoSocial #chicagomag #chicagomagazine #houzz #thatsgoodhousekeeping #MyBHG #myhousebeautiful #mymodern #BloglovinHome #jmfinteriordesign #homeadore_decor (at Cozy Rugs)

[mastersonmagic]

Experience close-up magic next Monday, November 25th at O'Rourke's Office. showtimes: 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. Pictured in photo is the audience of the long running "Frunchroom" reading series which originated at O'Rourke's. A cozy venue perfect for close-up magic.