#evanston graffiti

[radicalgraff]

"Justice for Tyre"

Graffiti seen around Evanston, Illinois for Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man who was savagely beaten to death by five Memphis cops following a traffic stop on January 10, 2023.

[ashtrayfloors]

A was for Anarchy // Evanston, IL // summer 2000

[pedestrianlens]

[fairest]

The strums

I love summer tourist season. Especially when it’s hot and muggy. The suburban vibrates through my grid like ancient black holes compose music for the universe. The husband and wife in matching Cubs gear or sacrifices to St. Louis. In the lobby of the Willis I watch the foreign families place orders. The men take care of the children, the women take care of themselves. The stateless hide here, the fallen, while on the skydeck you buy tickets and pretend to fall. When I leave the lobby I greet the smell of human sweat in the wedge of revolving door. I go around again, I do it all before, my contribution to our stench. On Michigan Avenue I am the gray urban man. Oohing and aahing the climate control on my way into your experience. I embrace my role as a Karen. Stop riding your Divvy on the sidewalk! I am the cop, the trembling Russian soldier, the notetaker, the lookout. In the median strips of Mag Mile the state troopers idle. They protect not you, not me, they protect Neimans and its mormon products. “If the message of western civilization is I am alone,” you won’t find any notifications here. One thing I love about originality is doing the same thing all over again. Like dropping a thirty dollar bill in the beggar’s cup. This man is older than my arrhythmia. Mein herz gets medicine but his is still beat. It doesn’t give me the blues so much as the strums.

I am the body in joy. My happiness complete. It’s hard not to get sentimental about vinyl records, when you pull out a Nonesuch and hear, the first movement of Horenstein’s Mahler 3. Last week I streamed it three times after the barista made me the Purple Eye. He wanted to prove to me it was a real thing, three shots of espresso and drip, he showed me the listing in his training manual, a binder of three rings. On Monday morning I found the Horenstein vinyl. Gregg told me he’s not so into these slower tempo interpretations. Gregg pauses when I talk about my love for Tinter’s Bruckner 2. Tinter even got mad when people killed cockroaches, and you know those Europeans have seen a lot of vermin, and you know to be a vegetarian you must take things as they come. I watched All Quiet on the Western Front. I wasn’t moved, like the war’s advance. You can just read current events if you must be moved by World War I. An exhibit in progress.

Every June, happy intern parade, we love you Miss Hannigan. My conservative girls are poetry stars from eight years ago, frescos up their quads and down their hammies. With Uptown girls you need to talk, find out what they’re interested in, quote Pennymaker, quote Badioo. You’ve got to say things about boygenius like, Phoebe is the waitress wearing a mask, Lucy is the waitress not wearing the mask, Julian Baker is the waitress in the back on her smoke break, and then Uptown girls have to call you a romantic or a misogynist. You talk the same time they talk, like Iris and Nate in Dimes Square.

Downtown my girls are different. You can say um or for sure and not feel like an idiot. What are they carrying in those shoulder bags? Mischievous and tight and testing the sexual patience of the men on this commuter train. Even I can’t concentrate on my cancer while she does her eyebrows. The Evanston of the Mind. The Digestive System of Lake Bluff. She sees my hard chest in a Performance polo, licks her lips. Maybe I’m not like every other award-winning dentist who chose the quiet car. We’re back at her hotel and when I go to leave I see Nordstrom Rack price stickers in the heels of her heels.

Back at home they’re all asleep. I sink my feet into the bowl we use for salads. After seeing the home runs I put on California Split. Elliott Gould once said “blogging is not writing it is graffiti with punctuation.” That’s more Monica’s Dad on Friends than Charlie Waters, his character in Split. I want to write Patrick back about all the thrilling stuff he said about Succession and tell him it has the word success in it. He made this typo for “like” as “lips” and he corrected it and I said, don’t correct your typos, don’t bother writing, just keep typing, because when I’d read “lips” I’d thought it correct. The topic made you wanna open your trap, loosen your jaw, and let the spit that gathers at the collective corners of our mouth water the lawns of our brains with meanings. I want a creamy white sweater like George Segal wears in Split but it won’t look the same on my frame.

Yeah, I will write Patrick, all cunty poetry a footnote to Ginsberg’s “I won’t write my poem till I’m in my right mind.” I think there’s a lot of cunty poetry out there but it’s still very academic. We’re using cunty in a good way. I feel like I heard a lot of cunty stuff in Seattle this year with Charles, who manages to find the cool things. When I go to those creative writing events I always end up applauding a White guy who lives up to his capitalization. But all the freakazoids Charles finds, they’re working through interesting stuff, as those types usually are. Yeah, it was the best stuff about Succession. Better than my sentencing mind. Dad had to die early in the season, “an absence that needed to be felt in order to feel the full force of Kendall’s ecstatic embrace of fascism in his eulogy at the funeral, a funeral that he transforms into a black mass, baptizing himself as one of the True Killers…” we all want big fat letters like this stringing a zither across our navel, not “the hostile shafts of paid critics.” What I really need to tell Patrick is I wouldn’t have California Split without him, the two-toned credits my safe space, the absence of music but the engorging sound just like an OG Columbo episode, the murderer money, the finest example the elevator thrumming at the beginning of La Notte. Have you ever noticed the sign outside the titty bar. When Gould’s just walking up. Licking his likes. Lipping his money. The sign that says the titty bar has “the worst piano player on earth.”

My son says Daddy, what do you call the lines you string, do you call them the plucks, and I say you call them the strings, and on the strings you strum, but you can call them whatever you want because I will never forget the things you used to say. I wake up just after midnight and reorder the flow of the deck. In the morning I carry my son’s bike up the street and ride him around the track. Tears come to my eyes when I say the thing you need to do is look straight ahead, tighten your tummy, and think about what this will feel like when you don’t need Daddy’s help. He says that won’t be today. I say it could be today. He says it will probably be in, like, 200 days. I say it could be in 50 days. He says it won’t be tomorrow. I say, well, it could be today. The lesson of western civilization is that our children grow up. I’m sweating and overusing an underutilized part of my shoulder, the name of the part I forget, my masseuse says it helps with the initial lift. Helping with the initial lift is my business.

[dj-johnny-price]

WHAT R WE ACTUALLY CELEBRATING?? With all the fireworks noise, racism in my town of Evanston, Illinois (heard about the BLACK LIVES MATTER street art being graffitied by some racist coward- FUCKING WRONG on SO MANY LEVELS), police violence against innocent & unarmed fellow black people & trump being still in office, along with the idiotic logic of his supporters thus, adding to the embarrassment of the people in this country, why are we celebrating independence? We’re STILL trapped. Next year, if trump is re-elected, in solidarity, NO ONE should shoot off any fireworks. Therefore, I share the same sentiments in the following message. (at Evanston, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRNTAzlCeZ/?igshid=euofuia21iw4

[isansworld]

Don’t ask me about those words but it does make cool foreground for the majestic Chicago skyline. This point in Northwestern University is pretty place with best views and graffiti. #northwesternuniversity #evanston #visitillinois #chicagoskyline #igerschicago #choosechicago #prettyskies #lifeinchicago #northshore #shoreviews #graffiti #skyline #shotoniPhone #lightroommobile #lightroomedit #coolskyline #artofchi #chicagophotographer #chiart #chicagosuburbs #suburbviews #lakemichigan #viewpoint #trails #sunnyday #iSANsjourney https://instagr.am/p/CAwNFkwBPDD/

[megg88]

A street art find in Evanston. #streetart #evanston #parrot #graffiti #alley (at Evanston, Illinois)

[feminismyall]

Graffiti found in alleys, on a <b>garage</b>

Three graffiti incidents, including two in alleys and one on a garage, constituted today's entire daily crime bulletin from Evanston police. from Google Alert - the garage http://ift.tt/2zt3GVd

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The Driver’s Side” – News From The Motorist’s Perspective

Compiled by Otto Mobile

Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

PLEASE HELP: Police Trying To Identify Elderly ‘John Doe’ Found Near Lake In Uptown – CWB Chicago

The Total Taxpayer Bill For Pointless Dan Ryan, Lake Shore Drive, And Kennedy Expressway/O’Hare ‘Protest’ Marches/Con-Artist-Conga-Lines Is Over $500,000 – Chicago Sun-Times

Parking Ticket Writing Stabilizes; Vehicles Getting Booted Drops By 10.5 Percent – Chicago Sun-Times

Surge-Pricing Ends For Meters Near Wrigley; Experiment Didn’t Meet Revenue Goals – Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Clerk To Establish 4-Month Vehicle City Sticker To Try To Get More Compliance – Chicago Tribune

Protecting Parking Spots For The Handicapped: Every Police Force Needs An Officer Hill – Chicago Tribune

The 9 Illinois Cities With The Fastest Commute – Chicago Now

A Warning For Chicago — How Road Diets Are Starving Small Businesses – Press-Enterprise

Crooked Rahm Blames Everyone Else For His Miserable Failures On Biking, Transit — Wants To Tax Drivers To Pay For More Poorly Planned Pet Projects – Chicago Tribune

DuPage County Voters To Weigh In On Per-Mile Driving Tax – Illinois Policy Institute

In Transit: Road Test Failure Raises Questions For Suburban Senior. Here Are Some Answers – Chicago Daily Herald

Hotel Worker Union Sues City For Allegedly Prohibiting Strikers From Making Obnoxious, Loud Street Noise – Chicago Tribune

While Working On O’Hare Tunnel Project, Musk Announces Opening Date For California Hyperloop Test Tunnel – Crain’s Chicago Business

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle And States Attorney Kim Foxx’s ‘COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA’ — Teens Charged After North Side Carjacking – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago, CWB Chicago; Pilsen Carjacking Leads To Man, 29, Getting Shot, Police Say – Block Club Chicago; New Cameras, License Plate Readers Will Combat North Side Carjackings – Loop North News; Letter: Time To Get Tough On Carjackers – Chicago Sun-Times

Cops Getting Closer To North Side Catalytic Converter Thieves, But No Arrests Yet – CWB Chicago

Edgewater: College Student Charged With Running Over, Killing 93-Year-Old Woman – CWB Chicago

Another Uber Fake: Convicted Murderer Charged With His Second Armed Robbery, Kidnapping In River North – CWB Chicago

Street Crime Surges In River North, Mag Mile, Streeterville, Downtown – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago

Chicago Police Recover Stolen Car, But Then It’s Stolen Again In Front Of District Station – Chicago Tribune

Cars Broken Into 3 Times On West Loop Block – Block Club Chicago

Fire Scorches Three Cars In West Town Alley: This Is A Loss For Us – Chicago Tribune

Series Of Vehicles Damaged, Ransacked Throughout West Garfield Park This Month – Chicago Sun-Times

Robber Targeting Taxi Drivers In Park Manor – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Police: Series Of Garage Burglaries Reported In Hegewisch – Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Based Truck Maker Caterpillar Gets In Electric-Car Business With Fisker Investment – L.A. Biz

Alderman Rejects Two-Tower Plan For Chicago Spire Site Over Traffic Access, Other Issues – Crain’s Chicago Business

Tone Deaf Taxpayer Leeches At Active Transportation Alliance Think They Have Public Support For More Taxpayer Funded Bike Boondoggles, Even Though Only 1 Percent Of Chicagoans Commute By Bike – Active Transportation Alliance

Once Again, Transit Boondoggle Supporters Use Misguided Arguments About ‘Racism,’ To Justify Throwing Taxpayer Dollars At Foolish Projects – Chicago Streetsblog

Hearing Today On Lawsuit Seeking To Block Obama Center From Jackson Park, Along With The $200M Taxpayer Funded Road Destruction For The Obama Sledding Hill – CBS 2 Chicago; Judge Says He Won’t Let Suit Against Obama Presidential Center Drag On – Chicago Tribune; As Hurdles Mount For Obama Presidential Center, Worry And Anxiety Grow On South Side – Chicago Tribune; South Side Residents Push For Community Benefits Agreement In Fear Of Gentrification After Obama Center Opening – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Woodlawn Residents Push For Anti-Displacement Ordinance Amid Fears Over Obama Library – Block Club Chicago; Alternative Obama Center Designs Revealed Ahead Of Court Hearing – Curbed Chicago; Double Standard For Protecting Park Land On North Side Versus South Side – Chicago Now; City Controls Key Land For Redevelopment Near Obama Presidential Center – Chicago Tribune

Logan Square Anti-Gentrification March Draws 500 People: Fight Today, Vote Tomorrow – Block Club Chicago

Chicago Rent Control On The Ballot – Chicago Reader; Why It Will Be A Disaster For Illinois

The City Says There Are 5,540 Homeless People In Chicago. Advocates Disagree – Chicago Tribune

An Event Venue Proposal Near The 606 In Bucktown Draws Concern From Neighbors Over Parking, Litter, Noise – Block Club Chicago

Amazon Go Store To Open In Illinois Center – Chicago Tribune

CWB Chicago Reports On Ongoing Divvy Bike Theft Problem – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago

Scooter Company Bird Has Eye On Chicago – Crain’s Chicago Business; A Warning For Chicago — Bird Scooters Pose Hazard For Pedestrians – National Motorists Association Blog

Chicago Needs Counter-Drone Program, Top Mayoral Aide Tells Aldermen – Chicago Sun-Times

Man’s Leg Amputated After He’s Run Over By CTA Bus – Chicago Sun-Times

Rahm Wants More Traffic Clogging CTA Bus Lanes, Like The Loop Link Lanes That Have Been An Utter Traffic Flow Failure – Block Club Chicago

Rahm Wants To Let Even More Connected Developers Dump Parking Problems Along Streets With CTA Bus Service – Block Club Chicago

CTA Will Test Transit Information Screens On Buses – Chicago Sun-Times

CTA-Owned Parking Lot Near Logan Square Monument Could See Huge New Development – Block Club Chicago

How Wheelchair-Friendly Is Chicago – CBS 2 Chicago

Woman Sexually Assaulted While Walking From Bus Stop: Police – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Armed Robberies Reported Aboard CTA Red Line At Belmont Early Wednesday – CWB Chicago

CTA Cancels Vintage Train Cars For Anniversary Of City’s First Transit Line – Chicago Tribune

How Did The Red Line Get Under The Chicago River – Block Club Chicago

Intersex Activists Plan L Train Takeover For Intersex Awareness Day – Block Club Chicago

Big Construction Weekend Coming On Metra BNSF Line – Chicago Daily Herald

Person Struck By Metra Train In Downers Grove – Chicago Sun-Times

Naperville Residents Are Waiting 7 Years For A Metra Parking Permit As Officials Brainstorm Fix – Chicago Tribune

The Grid: Exploring The Greektown Neighborhood – Chicago Sun-Times

19th Century Superior Street Row Houses Threatened With Demolition – Loop North News

On Second Try, Committee Oks Registry To Protect Murals From City Graffiti Crews – Chicago Sun-Times

Arts In The Dark Parade Celebrates Halloween, Chicago-Style On State Street – Chicago Sun-Times

New Group Targets Overlooked Stretch Of Chicago River – Chicago Tonight

We Don’t Need Additional Barriers To Stop Asian Carp From Reaching Great Lakes – Chicago Sun-Times

Evanston Street Cleaning Parking Fines May More Than Double – Evanston Now

Evanston Plans To Revamp Free Holiday Parking Deal – Evanston Now

Preservation Panel Rejects Demolition For Historic Sheridan Road Mansion – Evanston Now

How Arlington Heights Is Hoping To Make Downtown Parking Better – Chicago Daily Herald

Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner’s Salt Order Violates State Code – Northwest Herald

Algonquin Township Trustees Reject Road District’s Request To Transfer Money For Legal Fees – Northwest Herald

Letter — Route 53 Workzone Near Woodfield Mall Is Tragedy In Waiting – Chicago Daily Herald

Is It Time To Lift Flossmoor’s Notorious Parking Ban On Pickup Trucks? Voters Weigh In Next Month – Chicago Tribune

For Some Wisconsin Voters, Road Quality Is A Major Concern – Wisconsin Public Radio

Teen At Wheel Of SUV Before Mag Mile Crash: Officials – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

School District Hires Alleged Shooter In Road-Rage Incident – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Driver Runs Into Knife-Wielding Man, Killing Him: Police – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Tried To Lure Boy With Candy Near Logan Square School During Recess, Police Say – Block Club Chicago

Man Gets 12 Years For Robbing Rideshare Driver At Gunpoint In Glen Ellyn – Chicago Sun-Times

Algonquin Police Search For 2 Suspects In Store Robbery, Carjacking – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Mom Who Crashed Into Aurora Pond, Left Child In Car Considers Plea Deal – Chicago Daily Herald

CHIRAQ REPORT — 2 Killed, 1 Hurt In Shooting, Crash On I-57 – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; River North: Two Vehicle Related Shootings In 30 Minutes Overnight – CWB Chicago

Vehicle Crashes Into Hyde Park Produce, Injures Customer – Chicago Sun-Times

Truck Catches On Fire On Dan Ryan; Expressway Briefly Shut Down – Chicago Sun-Times

NATIONAL AND WORLD HEADLINES

Opinion — How Drunk Is Too Drunk to Drive – Governing

No Front License Plate? Fix It Or Face A Hefty Fine – Orange County Register

Why The Vision Zero War On Cars Ignores The History Of Failure With Efforts To Control Transportation Choice – National Motorists Association Blog

Red Light Camera Financial Information Goes Public – The Newspaper

Texas School Bus Chief Busted In Photo Enforcement Scandal – The Newspaper

Gas Price National Average Down Two Weeks In A Row – Gas Buddy Blog

Will Californians Strike A Blow For Lower Taxes And Gasoline Prices – The Hill

New York AG Sues Exxon Mobil, Says Company Downplayed Climate Change Risks – The Hill

Trump Admin Approves Arctic Offshore Oil Drilling Project Off Alaska’s Coast – The Hill

The Saudi Oil Weapon And The Energy Market: What Investors Need To Know – Nightly Business Report; Saudi Energy Minister: No Intention Of 1973-Style Oil Embargo – The Hill; Saudi Arabia Shows Need To End Addiction To Middle Eastern Oil – The Hill; Dem Senator Calls For Ban On Saudi Arabian Oil Imports – The Hill

Why Not To Bet On A $1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal – Politico

Report: One-Third Of Major U.S. Urban Roads Deteriorated, Work Backlog Growing As Traffic Increases – Equipment World

With Colorado Fracking Measure, Battle Over Oil And Gas Comes To A Head – Governing

In Governors’ Races, Potholes and Pipes Become Major Issues – Governing

NADA Study: No Sign of the Personal Vehicle Ownership Apocalypse – NADA

Dealers Hopeful New Mobility Options Mean New Revenue Streams, Study Shows – Forbes

How Car Subscription App Fair Wants To Disrupt The Market For Car Loans Using Subscriptions – CNBC

Car Owners Want Full Access To Their Data – Auto Connected Car

What Your Car Knows About You — And Who It’s Telling – WTOP 103.5 FM Washington DC

Bring Out Your Dead: Sedans, Ford Dominate Discontinued Vehicles Of 2019 – Chicago Tribune — Photo Gallery

Is Auto Safety All About Profit – National Motorists Association Blog

How Technology Has Shifted The Way We Buy Cars – National Motorists Association Blog

Ford Starts Us Production Of The Ranger Pickup For The First Time In Years – Nightly Business Report

Ford Hires New China Chief To Tackle Daunting Turnaround Task – Reuters

Ford Seeks A Different Kind Of Green In Reusing Michigan Plant – Auto Blog

Ford To Use New Miracle Material To Make Cars Quieter – Motor Authority

Ford Expects Us To Trust Its V-to-V Communication With Life And Death Decisions – Top Speed

Prices For Used Harley Bikes Are Near Historic Lows, But Not For Long – Nightly Business Report; Harley-Davidson Sales Plunge After Trump Said He Would Back Boycott – The Hill

University: Truck Pollution Research Cited By EPA Was Not Accurate – The Hill

California: Tougher Rules To Curb Vehicle Pollution – Capitol Weekly

GM Recalls Raft Of Cadillac, Chevy, And GMC Vehicles Over Noncompliant Seatbelts – The Car Connection

BMW To Recall 1.6 Million Vehicles Worldwide Over Fire Risk – CNBC

156,000 Mazda Cars And Crossover Suvs Added To Takata Airbag Recall – The Car Connection

Tesla Slips Several Spots In Consumer Reports Reliability Ranking – CNBC

Twitter Locks Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Account After Bizarre Posts – Telegraph

Are We Really Ready For RoboCars – National Motorists Association Blog

Autonomous Vehicles Have Some Regulatory Roadblocks To Navigate – Gov Tech

Self-Driving Car Industry Needs Better Metrics, USDOT’s Kan Says – Bloomberg

Safety Is No Argument for Robocars – Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers

Cities Have Taken The Lead In Regulating Driverless Vehicles – City Lab

Latest Intel Study Finds People Expect Self-Driving Cars To Be Common In 50 Years – Business Wire

Mobileye Opens Up Driverless Tech As Tie-Up With Intel Deepens – Yahoo Finance

Nvidia Delivers Its Self-Driving Car Safety Report To The Feds – The Verge

Federal Regulator Halts Florida Tests Of Self-Driving School Shuttle – The Hill

Ford’s Self-Driving Cars Are First To Hit D.C. Roads – Mashable

GM’s Self-Driving Car Reportedly Has Trouble Recognizing Pedestrians – Engadget

Uber And Toyota Team Up In Race For Driverless Cars – Hermann Herald

Lyft Acquires Blue Vision Labs To Elevate Its Moves In Self-Driving – Crunchbase

Nissan Digging Deep Into Human Behavior For Autonomy – Ward’s Auto

Mapping Every Driverless Car Crash In California So Far – Tech

New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Rules, Urge Task Force For Driverless Cars – Law

Ohio Leaders Want To Be At The Forefront Of Driverless Tech. Here’s What They’re Doing – Dayton Daily News; Autonomous Shuttle Tech Gets Test Run In Ohio – Curbed

If You’re In Arlington, Texas, Then You’ll Want To Catch A Ride From One Of Drive.Ai’s Self-Driving Vans – The Sitch

University Of Minnesota Research Shows How Roads Can Be Greener With Driverless Vehicles – Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Mazda To Accelerate Electrification – The Japan News

VW’s Electrify America To Install EV Chargers Along The Ohio Turnpike – Engadget

Truck Makers Rev Up For Rollout Of Electric Big Rigs – Reuters

Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Safe – Hybrid Cars

Uber Planning Fleet Of Food Delivery Drones – The Hill

Uber Plans To Go All-Electric By 2025 In London – The Hill

Uber Eats To Reach 70 Percent Of U.S. Population By Year’s End – Chicago Tribune

Uber’s Revolutionary Software May Be A Double-Edged Sword – The Hill

Uber Sees Itself As The Next Potential Amazon But Others See It As The Next Yahoo – Vanity Fair

Is Uber The Enemy Or Ally Of Public Transit – City Lab

Uber To Offer $10 Off Ride To The Polls On Election Day – The Hill

Lyft Partnering With Latino Activist Group To Take Voters To Polls After Only Polling Station Moved – The Hill

Meet Lyft’s First Head Of Social Impact And Its First Sustainability Director – Green Biz

Lyft Has a New $300 Monthly Subscription Plan — Here’s How It Works – Travel And Leisure

Skip Over Traffic? Soon This Personal Helicopter Could Come To Crowded Cities – USA TODAY

In Swipe At Amazon, Target To Offer Free Two-Day Shipping For Holiday Season – The Hill; Walmart, Battling Amazon, Extends Free Two-Day Shipping Offer To Third-Party Items – Chicago Tribune

Christmas Wish For UPS: A Better Holiday Shipping Season – Chicago Tribune

Vintage Plane Crashes Onto Cal. Freeway – CBS 2 Los Angeles

North Carolina Police Officer Fatally Shoots Black Motorist – TIME

Kitten Found Glued To Oregon Road, Rescued By Man Driving To Work – Fox News

What Are Replacement Engines and When to Buy One – National Motorists Association Blog

Wife Uses Parking Brake, Husband Gets Mad, Motormouth Suggests Second Opinion – Chicago Tribune

Skip Scooters Get A Latch So They Don’t Junk Up The Sidewalks – WIRED

Electric Scooters Are Fun, But Nobody Knows What To Do With Them Yet – Vice

Is The NYC Subway Headed For Doom – Commune

China Opens World’s Longest Sea Bridge And Tunnel To Connect Hong And Macau To Mainland China – ABC News

France OKs Congestion Pricing To Reduce Traffic Jams – Automotive News

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The Driver’s Side” – News From The Motorist’s Perspective

Compiled by Otto Mobile

Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

PLEASE HELP: Police Trying To Identify Elderly ‘John Doe’ Found Near Lake In Uptown – CWB Chicago

The Total Taxpayer Bill For Pointless Dan Ryan, Lake Shore Drive, And Kennedy Expressway/O’Hare ‘Protest’ Marches/Con-Artist-Conga-Lines Is Over $500,000 – Chicago Sun-Times

Parking Ticket Writing Stabilizes; Vehicles Getting Booted Drops By 10.5 Percent – Chicago Sun-Times

Surge-Pricing Ends For Meters Near Wrigley; Experiment Didn’t Meet Revenue Goals – Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Clerk To Establish 4-Month Vehicle City Sticker To Try To Get More Compliance – Chicago Tribune

Protecting Parking Spots For The Handicapped: Every Police Force Needs An Officer Hill – Chicago Tribune

The 9 Illinois Cities With The Fastest Commute – Chicago Now

A Warning For Chicago — How Road Diets Are Starving Small Businesses – Press-Enterprise

Crooked Rahm Blames Everyone Else For His Miserable Failures On Biking, Transit — Wants To Tax Drivers To Pay For More Poorly Planned Pet Projects – Chicago Tribune

DuPage County Voters To Weigh In On Per-Mile Driving Tax – Illinois Policy Institute

In Transit: Road Test Failure Raises Questions For Suburban Senior. Here Are Some Answers – Chicago Daily Herald

Hotel Worker Union Sues City For Allegedly Prohibiting Strikers From Making Obnoxious, Loud Street Noise – Chicago Tribune

While Working On O’Hare Tunnel Project, Musk Announces Opening Date For California Hyperloop Test Tunnel – Crain’s Chicago Business

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle And States Attorney Kim Foxx’s ‘COOK COUNTY CARJACKAPALOOZA’ — Teens Charged After North Side Carjacking – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago, CWB Chicago; Pilsen Carjacking Leads To Man, 29, Getting Shot, Police Say – Block Club Chicago; New Cameras, License Plate Readers Will Combat North Side Carjackings – Loop North News; Letter: Time To Get Tough On Carjackers – Chicago Sun-Times

Cops Getting Closer To North Side Catalytic Converter Thieves, But No Arrests Yet – CWB Chicago

Edgewater: College Student Charged With Running Over, Killing 93-Year-Old Woman – CWB Chicago

Another Uber Fake: Convicted Murderer Charged With His Second Armed Robbery, Kidnapping In River North – CWB Chicago

Street Crime Surges In River North, Mag Mile, Streeterville, Downtown – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago

Chicago Police Recover Stolen Car, But Then It’s Stolen Again In Front Of District Station – Chicago Tribune

Cars Broken Into 3 Times On West Loop Block – Block Club Chicago

Fire Scorches Three Cars In West Town Alley: This Is A Loss For Us – Chicago Tribune

Series Of Vehicles Damaged, Ransacked Throughout West Garfield Park This Month – Chicago Sun-Times

Robber Targeting Taxi Drivers In Park Manor – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Police: Series Of Garage Burglaries Reported In Hegewisch – Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Based Truck Maker Caterpillar Gets In Electric-Car Business With Fisker Investment – L.A. Biz

Alderman Rejects Two-Tower Plan For Chicago Spire Site Over Traffic Access, Other Issues – Crain’s Chicago Business

Tone Deaf Taxpayer Leeches At Active Transportation Alliance Think They Have Public Support For More Taxpayer Funded Bike Boondoggles, Even Though Only 1 Percent Of Chicagoans Commute By Bike – Active Transportation Alliance

Once Again, Transit Boondoggle Supporters Use Misguided Arguments About ‘Racism,’ To Justify Throwing Taxpayer Dollars At Foolish Projects – Chicago Streetsblog

Hearing Today On Lawsuit Seeking To Block Obama Center From Jackson Park, Along With The $200M Taxpayer Funded Road Destruction For The Obama Sledding Hill – CBS 2 Chicago; Judge Says He Won’t Let Suit Against Obama Presidential Center Drag On – Chicago Tribune; As Hurdles Mount For Obama Presidential Center, Worry And Anxiety Grow On South Side – Chicago Tribune; South Side Residents Push For Community Benefits Agreement In Fear Of Gentrification After Obama Center Opening – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Woodlawn Residents Push For Anti-Displacement Ordinance Amid Fears Over Obama Library – Block Club Chicago; Alternative Obama Center Designs Revealed Ahead Of Court Hearing – Curbed Chicago; Double Standard For Protecting Park Land On North Side Versus South Side – Chicago Now; City Controls Key Land For Redevelopment Near Obama Presidential Center – Chicago Tribune

Logan Square Anti-Gentrification March Draws 500 People: Fight Today, Vote Tomorrow – Block Club Chicago

Chicago Rent Control On The Ballot – Chicago Reader; Why It Will Be A Disaster For Illinois

The City Says There Are 5,540 Homeless People In Chicago. Advocates Disagree – Chicago Tribune

An Event Venue Proposal Near The 606 In Bucktown Draws Concern From Neighbors Over Parking, Litter, Noise – Block Club Chicago

Amazon Go Store To Open In Illinois Center – Chicago Tribune

CWB Chicago Reports On Ongoing Divvy Bike Theft Problem – CWB Chicago, CWB Chicago

Scooter Company Bird Has Eye On Chicago – Crain’s Chicago Business; A Warning For Chicago — Bird Scooters Pose Hazard For Pedestrians – National Motorists Association Blog

Chicago Needs Counter-Drone Program, Top Mayoral Aide Tells Aldermen – Chicago Sun-Times

Man’s Leg Amputated After He’s Run Over By CTA Bus – Chicago Sun-Times

Rahm Wants More Traffic Clogging CTA Bus Lanes, Like The Loop Link Lanes That Have Been An Utter Traffic Flow Failure – Block Club Chicago

Rahm Wants To Let Even More Connected Developers Dump Parking Problems Along Streets With CTA Bus Service – Block Club Chicago

CTA Will Test Transit Information Screens On Buses – Chicago Sun-Times

CTA-Owned Parking Lot Near Logan Square Monument Could See Huge New Development – Block Club Chicago

How Wheelchair-Friendly Is Chicago – CBS 2 Chicago

Woman Sexually Assaulted While Walking From Bus Stop: Police – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Armed Robberies Reported Aboard CTA Red Line At Belmont Early Wednesday – CWB Chicago

CTA Cancels Vintage Train Cars For Anniversary Of City’s First Transit Line – Chicago Tribune

How Did The Red Line Get Under The Chicago River – Block Club Chicago

Intersex Activists Plan L Train Takeover For Intersex Awareness Day – Block Club Chicago

Big Construction Weekend Coming On Metra BNSF Line – Chicago Daily Herald

Person Struck By Metra Train In Downers Grove – Chicago Sun-Times

Naperville Residents Are Waiting 7 Years For A Metra Parking Permit As Officials Brainstorm Fix – Chicago Tribune

The Grid: Exploring The Greektown Neighborhood – Chicago Sun-Times

19th Century Superior Street Row Houses Threatened With Demolition – Loop North News

On Second Try, Committee Oks Registry To Protect Murals From City Graffiti Crews – Chicago Sun-Times

Arts In The Dark Parade Celebrates Halloween, Chicago-Style On State Street – Chicago Sun-Times

New Group Targets Overlooked Stretch Of Chicago River – Chicago Tonight

We Don’t Need Additional Barriers To Stop Asian Carp From Reaching Great Lakes – Chicago Sun-Times

Evanston Street Cleaning Parking Fines May More Than Double – Evanston Now

Evanston Plans To Revamp Free Holiday Parking Deal – Evanston Now

Preservation Panel Rejects Demolition For Historic Sheridan Road Mansion – Evanston Now

How Arlington Heights Is Hoping To Make Downtown Parking Better – Chicago Daily Herald

Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner’s Salt Order Violates State Code – Northwest Herald

Algonquin Township Trustees Reject Road District’s Request To Transfer Money For Legal Fees – Northwest Herald

Letter — Route 53 Workzone Near Woodfield Mall Is Tragedy In Waiting – Chicago Daily Herald

Is It Time To Lift Flossmoor’s Notorious Parking Ban On Pickup Trucks? Voters Weigh In Next Month – Chicago Tribune

For Some Wisconsin Voters, Road Quality Is A Major Concern – Wisconsin Public Radio

Teen At Wheel Of SUV Before Mag Mile Crash: Officials – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

School District Hires Alleged Shooter In Road-Rage Incident – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Driver Runs Into Knife-Wielding Man, Killing Him: Police – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Tried To Lure Boy With Candy Near Logan Square School During Recess, Police Say – Block Club Chicago

Man Gets 12 Years For Robbing Rideshare Driver At Gunpoint In Glen Ellyn – Chicago Sun-Times

Algonquin Police Search For 2 Suspects In Store Robbery, Carjacking – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Mom Who Crashed Into Aurora Pond, Left Child In Car Considers Plea Deal – Chicago Daily Herald

CHIRAQ REPORT — 2 Killed, 1 Hurt In Shooting, Crash On I-57 – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; River North: Two Vehicle Related Shootings In 30 Minutes Overnight – CWB Chicago

Vehicle Crashes Into Hyde Park Produce, Injures Customer – Chicago Sun-Times

Truck Catches On Fire On Dan Ryan; Expressway Briefly Shut Down – Chicago Sun-Times

NATIONAL AND WORLD HEADLINES

Opinion — How Drunk Is Too Drunk to Drive – Governing

No Front License Plate? Fix It Or Face A Hefty Fine – Orange County Register

Why The Vision Zero War On Cars Ignores The History Of Failure With Efforts To Control Transportation Choice – National Motorists Association Blog

Red Light Camera Financial Information Goes Public – The Newspaper

Texas School Bus Chief Busted In Photo Enforcement Scandal – The Newspaper

Gas Price National Average Down Two Weeks In A Row – Gas Buddy Blog

Will Californians Strike A Blow For Lower Taxes And Gasoline Prices – The Hill

New York AG Sues Exxon Mobil, Says Company Downplayed Climate Change Risks – The Hill

Trump Admin Approves Arctic Offshore Oil Drilling Project Off Alaska’s Coast – The Hill

The Saudi Oil Weapon And The Energy Market: What Investors Need To Know – Nightly Business Report; Saudi Energy Minister: No Intention Of 1973-Style Oil Embargo – The Hill; Saudi Arabia Shows Need To End Addiction To Middle Eastern Oil – The Hill; Dem Senator Calls For Ban On Saudi Arabian Oil Imports – The Hill

Why Not To Bet On A $1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal – Politico

Report: One-Third Of Major U.S. Urban Roads Deteriorated, Work Backlog Growing As Traffic Increases – Equipment World

With Colorado Fracking Measure, Battle Over Oil And Gas Comes To A Head – Governing

In Governors’ Races, Potholes and Pipes Become Major Issues – Governing

NADA Study: No Sign of the Personal Vehicle Ownership Apocalypse – NADA

Dealers Hopeful New Mobility Options Mean New Revenue Streams, Study Shows – Forbes

How Car Subscription App Fair Wants To Disrupt The Market For Car Loans Using Subscriptions – CNBC

Car Owners Want Full Access To Their Data – Auto Connected Car

What Your Car Knows About You — And Who It’s Telling – WTOP 103.5 FM Washington DC

Bring Out Your Dead: Sedans, Ford Dominate Discontinued Vehicles Of 2019 – Chicago Tribune — Photo Gallery

Is Auto Safety All About Profit – National Motorists Association Blog

How Technology Has Shifted The Way We Buy Cars – National Motorists Association Blog

Ford Starts Us Production Of The Ranger Pickup For The First Time In Years – Nightly Business Report

Ford Hires New China Chief To Tackle Daunting Turnaround Task – Reuters

Ford Seeks A Different Kind Of Green In Reusing Michigan Plant – Auto Blog

Ford To Use New Miracle Material To Make Cars Quieter – Motor Authority

Ford Expects Us To Trust Its V-to-V Communication With Life And Death Decisions – Top Speed

Prices For Used Harley Bikes Are Near Historic Lows, But Not For Long – Nightly Business Report; Harley-Davidson Sales Plunge After Trump Said He Would Back Boycott – The Hill

University: Truck Pollution Research Cited By EPA Was Not Accurate – The Hill

California: Tougher Rules To Curb Vehicle Pollution – Capitol Weekly

GM Recalls Raft Of Cadillac, Chevy, And GMC Vehicles Over Noncompliant Seatbelts – The Car Connection

BMW To Recall 1.6 Million Vehicles Worldwide Over Fire Risk – CNBC

156,000 Mazda Cars And Crossover Suvs Added To Takata Airbag Recall – The Car Connection

Tesla Slips Several Spots In Consumer Reports Reliability Ranking – CNBC

Twitter Locks Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Account After Bizarre Posts – Telegraph

Are We Really Ready For RoboCars – National Motorists Association Blog

Autonomous Vehicles Have Some Regulatory Roadblocks To Navigate – Gov Tech

Self-Driving Car Industry Needs Better Metrics, USDOT’s Kan Says – Bloomberg

Safety Is No Argument for Robocars – Institute Of Electrical And Electronics Engineers

Cities Have Taken The Lead In Regulating Driverless Vehicles – City Lab

Latest Intel Study Finds People Expect Self-Driving Cars To Be Common In 50 Years – Business Wire

Mobileye Opens Up Driverless Tech As Tie-Up With Intel Deepens – Yahoo Finance

Nvidia Delivers Its Self-Driving Car Safety Report To The Feds – The Verge

Federal Regulator Halts Florida Tests Of Self-Driving School Shuttle – The Hill

Ford’s Self-Driving Cars Are First To Hit D.C. Roads – Mashable

GM’s Self-Driving Car Reportedly Has Trouble Recognizing Pedestrians – Engadget

Uber And Toyota Team Up In Race For Driverless Cars – Hermann Herald

Lyft Acquires Blue Vision Labs To Elevate Its Moves In Self-Driving – Crunchbase

Nissan Digging Deep Into Human Behavior For Autonomy – Ward’s Auto

Mapping Every Driverless Car Crash In California So Far – Tech

New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Rules, Urge Task Force For Driverless Cars – Law

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Mazda To Accelerate Electrification – The Japan News

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Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Safe – Hybrid Cars

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Uber Plans To Go All-Electric By 2025 In London – The Hill

Uber Eats To Reach 70 Percent Of U.S. Population By Year’s End – Chicago Tribune

Uber’s Revolutionary Software May Be A Double-Edged Sword – The Hill

Uber Sees Itself As The Next Potential Amazon But Others See It As The Next Yahoo – Vanity Fair

Is Uber The Enemy Or Ally Of Public Transit – City Lab

Uber To Offer $10 Off Ride To The Polls On Election Day – The Hill

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Radical graffiti following a protest in Evanston, Illinois

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Viva Pilsen!!! Until it’s gone

IPilsen.  Along with Little Village and Back of the Yards, houses one of the most concentrated population of Latinos and Hispanics.  From Mexicans to Guatemalans, and Hondurans to Salvadorians, Pilsen is full of aspects from south of the border.  Quaint little shops and delicious ethnic reasturants dot the whole area, and the abundance of color from street murals make the neighborhood, at least what we were able to view, look full of life.  As with any neighborhood with such beauty, outsiders are attracted to the area, and slowly gentrification begins to occur.  Whether it be a new Dunkin Donuts or McDonalds on the corner, or out of place residential buildings,  there is plenty of evidence of this slow forceful change happening in Pilsen.  Along with those signs there is also hints of the population pushing back on this movement.  As we walked through the neighboorhood we saw so many interesting ideas that it was evident a couple hours trip could not capture the full feeling of Pilsen, but we tried.

Mural of Virgen de Guadalupe on the corner of 18th Pl and Paulina

Our sightseeing trip began on the train, before we were even able to hit the streets.  The stop right before 18th street was Polk, and at first glance you could probably miss the Latino influence.  I didn’t take a picture, but the poles at the station were wrapped with advertisement for what seemed to be Mexican beer.  There were also some murals of Mayan Calendars, that could be seen from the train cart at the Polk train stop.

Once we got to the 18th street stop, there was quite a few murals and paintings at the station.  Each just as unique as the next, and all with beautiful, bright, and lively colors.

This mural was interesting because of what I thought it symbolized.  I see a European man on horseback bringing death to the natives.  Why?  The man is European because of the fact he is wearing a top hat, something that was introduced by non-natives.  And since he’s also riding a horse, an animal that was introduced into the Americas by the old world into the new world, I would say he is European.  The man is chasing already dead humans, in essence trying to kill people that are already on the verge of dying from sickness that has come from the white colonists and crusaders.

Even more evidence towards the idea that the ones being chased are Native Americans is the fact that they have deformed skulls different from the skull of the horseback rider, in other words the skulls of savages and barbaric people.

That was one of the murals in which I found deeper meaning, which was pretty cool that I was able to catch onto that.

Murals in the 18th St train stop for Pink Line

Some more paintings of humanoid figures that are full of bright reds and pinks, and rich blues and greens.  So beautiful and colorful!

On the steps for the 18th St train station

We absolutely love the stairs, with every single step having a unique design.  It’s amazing to think that someone was able to do all the steps in it’s own special way.

My cousin lives about 5 houses away from the pink line stop at which we got off at, and never had I noticed the large mural on the side of the building that is visible from the street.  I usually go to the backyard, through the alley behind the gas station that is on the opposite side of the street from the mural, oblivious to the fact that it was there.  After going on this mini adventure, my eyes were opened to the world that exist around me.

Mural on the Northwest corner of 18th St and Paulina

As we walked east on 18th street we saw plenty of unique and detailed murals.  From an Avengers scene to a graffiti-esque painting on a wall in the alleyway.

What really caught me off guard from the murals that we saw was the one pictured below.

What seemed to be Arabic(I assumed it was Arabic) writing was on a wall in a predominately Latino neighbor.  What was that about? A little more research into the poem and turns out that the mural was a homage to James Foley, the photographic journalists that was the first American citizen killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant(ISIL).  Foley was from Evanston Illinois, near Chicago, and had strong roots in the Pilsen area going back to the 90′s when he was a teacher.

After our trip, I researched a little bit more about James Foley.  He was a teacher in the area until the mid 2000′s when he changed career paths and began doing free lance photography for some news outlets.  In 2012 Foley was kidnapped and held for ransom.  2 years later his beheading was video recorded and sent to the US to be brodcast on news outlets.  This marked the first American citizen death at the hands of the ISIL.

As we walked down 18th street we also saw plenty of signs of gentrification slowly happening.

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How One Couple Hatched a Deal to Build a Dream House

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

For years on her twice-a-week walks, architect Elissa Morgante would pass a rundown little shack on a wooded lot with a Jeep halfway buried in mud out front. The property sat next to a path to a beach right on Lake Michigan in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Ill. In time she worked up the courage to knock on the door, telling the elderly woman who answered that she’d buy the house in a heartbeat. The woman said she’d put Ms. Morgante’s name on the list.

Then, one day seven years ago, Ms. Morgante walked by again, only to see the house torn down, trees cleared and a lawn put in. “Someone bought my house,” she dejectedly told her husband, Fred Wilson, also an architect.

Elissa Morgante and Fred Wilson, both architects, finished building their dream house this year on Lake Michigan in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, IL. Above, the back of the home.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

Three years later, Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson struck up a conversation with a couple who had come to their home as part of an architectural tour of the neighborhood. The couple, Peter and Robin Baugher, invited them over to their house, which was also on the tour. Lo and behold, they were the people who had bought Ms. Morgante’s dream property—in order to protect the views at their home next door.

The Baughers weren’t looking to sell the land next door. “We thought only a horror would result from that,” says Mrs. Baugher, a 66-year-old artist. But they liked Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson so much, they suggested a meeting: Both couples should come prepared with the price they thought it was worth. Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson thought it was worth several million dollars, but they couldn’t afford that, so they decided to offer $1.5 million. At the meeting, the other couple went first: They suggested $1.5 million.

The family room, at one end of the main floor, has traditional molding, white painted steel beams, white oak floors and a clean, open, airy aesthetic.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

“We were like, ‘Oh my god, oh my god. This could actually happen.’ We were flipping out,” says Ms. Morgante.

It did actually happen. After months of meetings, the future neighbors agreed on legal covenants that protect each other’s views, and last year Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson finished construction on a $1.3 million, five-bedroom, five-bathroom house on the ½-acre lot, which has a sweeping lawn that leads down to the lake and a private white sand beach shared by three neighbors.

The couple, who own Evanston, Ill.-based Morgante Wilson Architects, consider this their dream house. It incorporates both the traditional style preferred by Mr. Wilson, 56, and the more organic modernist style of Ms. Morgante, 58. The front of the home is formal, made of red brick and white stucco, while the back has floor-to-ceiling windows to take advantage of the water views.

It’s also the first house they designed just for themselves, not around their three children, who are now in their 20s and not living at home. They didn’t hesitate to put in lots of glass because they weren’t worried about fingerprints.

The curving, sculptural stairway is made from white plaster, a look inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. A sculptural light fixture extends 30 feet from the second-floor ceiling down a stairwell to the basement.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

They took chances with unusual, rich, textured materials, like kitchen cabinets upholstered in woven vinyl and leather wall panels. The curving, sculptural stairway is made from white plaster, a look inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. A sculptural light fixture extends 30 feet from the second-floor ceiling down a stairwell to the basement.

Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson met in grad school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They were both art students who gravitated to architecture. They’ve funded their increasingly expensive homes through buying low-value houses, fixing them up and then selling them at a profit. “People always ask us how we can afford to live here since we are architects and architects don’t make any money,” says Mr. Wilson.

In the kitchen, cabinets are upholstered in woven vinyl and the white stone on the wall behind the stove is polished to allow a reflection of the lake.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

Their first joint home-flipping project was in 1986, when they did a low-budget renovation to a tiny bungalow purchased for $100,000 in Lakeview, Ill. At the time it was a rough neighborhood—their car was stolen and their garage tagged with graffiti. They sold it two years later for $180,000 and bought their second home, a larger, two-family house in a safer part of the neighborhood for $100,000. They then spent $140,000 gutting that and turning it into a single-family home.

In 1994 they sold the second house for $386,000 and moved to Wilmette, where the schools were better, buying a 1,400-square-foot rundown house for $294,000 and putting it through a $300,000 renovation that added another 1,400 square feet. In 2006, they sold it for $1.2 million and bought the house across the street for $600,000, putting in $800,000 to renovate it. That house—the one on the house tour—was sold for $1.8 million. They plan to live in their dream home for the long term.

On the other side of the main floor is the living room, with an open office area on one end. The 11 1/2-foot-high ceilings are painted three different shade and include beams to make the space feel less vast.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

During the design process, the couple didn’t tell a soul, not even their families, what they were up to because they were afraid the lot owners would change their minds. One of the architects at their firm remarked on how the design was an unbelievable combination of both Ms. Morgante’s and Mr. Wilson’s styles. They just smiled and stayed quiet.

“It was such a fantasy. We didn’t want it to be too real in case it didn’t work out,” says Mr. Wilson.

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How One Couple Hatched a Deal to Build a Dream House

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

For years on her twice-a-week walks, architect Elissa Morgante would pass a rundown little shack on a wooded lot with a Jeep halfway buried in mud out front. The property sat next to a path to a beach right on Lake Michigan in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Ill. In time she worked up the courage to knock on the door, telling the elderly woman who answered that she’d buy the house in a heartbeat. The woman said she’d put Ms. Morgante’s name on the list.

Then, one day seven years ago, Ms. Morgante walked by again, only to see the house torn down, trees cleared and a lawn put in. “Someone bought my house,” she dejectedly told her husband, Fred Wilson, also an architect.

Elissa Morgante and Fred Wilson, both architects, finished building their dream house this year on Lake Michigan in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, IL. Above, the back of the home.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

Three years later, Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson struck up a conversation with a couple who had come to their home as part of an architectural tour of the neighborhood. The couple, Peter and Robin Baugher, invited them over to their house, which was also on the tour. Lo and behold, they were the people who had bought Ms. Morgante’s dream property—in order to protect the views at their home next door.

The Baughers weren’t looking to sell the land next door. “We thought only a horror would result from that,” says Mrs. Baugher, a 66-year-old artist. But they liked Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson so much, they suggested a meeting: Both couples should come prepared with the price they thought it was worth. Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson thought it was worth several million dollars, but they couldn’t afford that, so they decided to offer $1.5 million. At the meeting, the other couple went first: They suggested $1.5 million.

The family room, at one end of the main floor, has traditional molding, white painted steel beams, white oak floors and a clean, open, airy aesthetic.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

“We were like, ‘Oh my god, oh my god. This could actually happen.’ We were flipping out,” says Ms. Morgante.

It did actually happen. After months of meetings, the future neighbors agreed on legal covenants that protect each other’s views, and last year Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson finished construction on a $1.3 million, five-bedroom, five-bathroom house on the ½-acre lot, which has a sweeping lawn that leads down to the lake and a private white sand beach shared by three neighbors.

The couple, who own Evanston, Ill.-based Morgante Wilson Architects, consider this their dream house. It incorporates both the traditional style preferred by Mr. Wilson, 56, and the more organic modernist style of Ms. Morgante, 58. The front of the home is formal, made of red brick and white stucco, while the back has floor-to-ceiling windows to take advantage of the water views.

It’s also the first house they designed just for themselves, not around their three children, who are now in their 20s and not living at home. They didn’t hesitate to put in lots of glass because they weren’t worried about fingerprints.

The curving, sculptural stairway is made from white plaster, a look inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. A sculptural light fixture extends 30 feet from the second-floor ceiling down a stairwell to the basement.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

They took chances with unusual, rich, textured materials, like kitchen cabinets upholstered in woven vinyl and leather wall panels. The curving, sculptural stairway is made from white plaster, a look inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. A sculptural light fixture extends 30 feet from the second-floor ceiling down a stairwell to the basement.

Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson met in grad school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They were both art students who gravitated to architecture. They’ve funded their increasingly expensive homes through buying low-value houses, fixing them up and then selling them at a profit. “People always ask us how we can afford to live here since we are architects and architects don’t make any money,” says Mr. Wilson.

In the kitchen, cabinets are upholstered in woven vinyl and the white stone on the wall behind the stove is polished to allow a reflection of the lake.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

Their first joint home-flipping project was in 1986, when they did a low-budget renovation to a tiny bungalow purchased for $100,000 in Lakeview, Ill. At the time it was a rough neighborhood—their car was stolen and their garage tagged with graffiti. They sold it two years later for $180,000 and bought their second home, a larger, two-family house in a safer part of the neighborhood for $100,000. They then spent $140,000 gutting that and turning it into a single-family home.

In 1994 they sold the second house for $386,000 and moved to Wilmette, where the schools were better, buying a 1,400-square-foot rundown house for $294,000 and putting it through a $300,000 renovation that added another 1,400 square feet. In 2006, they sold it for $1.2 million and bought the house across the street for $600,000, putting in $800,000 to renovate it. That house—the one on the house tour—was sold for $1.8 million. They plan to live in their dream home for the long term.

On the other side of the main floor is the living room, with an open office area on one end. The 11 1/2-foot-high ceilings are painted three different shade and include beams to make the space feel less vast.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

During the design process, the couple didn’t tell a soul, not even their families, what they were up to because they were afraid the lot owners would change their minds. One of the architects at their firm remarked on how the design was an unbelievable combination of both Ms. Morgante’s and Mr. Wilson’s styles. They just smiled and stayed quiet.

“It was such a fantasy. We didn’t want it to be too real in case it didn’t work out,” says Mr. Wilson.

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How One Couple Hatched a Deal to Build a Dream House

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

For years on her twice-a-week walks, architect Elissa Morgante would pass a rundown little shack on a wooded lot with a Jeep halfway buried in mud out front. The property sat next to a path to a beach right on Lake Michigan in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Ill. In time she worked up the courage to knock on the door, telling the elderly woman who answered that she’d buy the house in a heartbeat. The woman said she’d put Ms. Morgante’s name on the list.

Then, one day seven years ago, Ms. Morgante walked by again, only to see the house torn down, trees cleared and a lawn put in. “Someone bought my house,” she dejectedly told her husband, Fred Wilson, also an architect.

Elissa Morgante and Fred Wilson, both architects, finished building their dream house this year on Lake Michigan in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, IL. Above, the back of the home.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

Three years later, Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson struck up a conversation with a couple who had come to their home as part of an architectural tour of the neighborhood. The couple, Peter and Robin Baugher, invited them over to their house, which was also on the tour. Lo and behold, they were the people who had bought Ms. Morgante’s dream property—in order to protect the views at their home next door.

The Baughers weren’t looking to sell the land next door. “We thought only a horror would result from that,” says Mrs. Baugher, a 66-year-old artist. But they liked Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson so much, they suggested a meeting: Both couples should come prepared with the price they thought it was worth. Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson thought it was worth several million dollars, but they couldn’t afford that, so they decided to offer $1.5 million. At the meeting, the other couple went first: They suggested $1.5 million.

The family room, at one end of the main floor, has traditional molding, white painted steel beams, white oak floors and a clean, open, airy aesthetic.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

“We were like, ‘Oh my god, oh my god. This could actually happen.’ We were flipping out,” says Ms. Morgante.

It did actually happen. After months of meetings, the future neighbors agreed on legal covenants that protect each other’s views, and last year Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson finished construction on a $1.3 million, five-bedroom, five-bathroom house on the ½-acre lot, which has a sweeping lawn that leads down to the lake and a private white sand beach shared by three neighbors.

The couple, who own Evanston, Ill.-based Morgante Wilson Architects, consider this their dream house. It incorporates both the traditional style preferred by Mr. Wilson, 56, and the more organic modernist style of Ms. Morgante, 58. The front of the home is formal, made of red brick and white stucco, while the back has floor-to-ceiling windows to take advantage of the water views.

It’s also the first house they designed just for themselves, not around their three children, who are now in their 20s and not living at home. They didn’t hesitate to put in lots of glass because they weren’t worried about fingerprints.

The curving, sculptural stairway is made from white plaster, a look inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. A sculptural light fixture extends 30 feet from the second-floor ceiling down a stairwell to the basement.

Bob Stefko for The Wall Street Journal

They took chances with unusual, rich, textured materials, like kitchen cabinets upholstered in woven vinyl and leather wall panels. The curving, sculptural stairway is made from white plaster, a look inspired by New York’s Guggenheim Museum. A sculptural light fixture extends 30 feet from the second-floor ceiling down a stairwell to the basement.

Ms. Morgante and Mr. Wilson met in grad school at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They were both art students who gravitated to architecture. They’ve funded their increasingly expensive homes through buying low-value houses, fixing them up and then selling them at a profit. “People always ask us how we can afford to live here since we are architects and architects don’t make any money,” says Mr. Wilson.

In the kitchen, cabinets are upholstered in woven vinyl and the white stone on the wall behind the stove is polished to allow a reflection of the lake.

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Their first joint home-flipping project was in 1986, when they did a low-budget renovation to a tiny bungalow purchased for $100,000 in Lakeview, Ill. At the time it was a rough neighborhood—their car was stolen and their garage tagged with graffiti. They sold it two years later for $180,000 and bought their second home, a larger, two-family house in a safer part of the neighborhood for $100,000. They then spent $140,000 gutting that and turning it into a single-family home.

In 1994 they sold the second house for $386,000 and moved to Wilmette, where the schools were better, buying a 1,400-square-foot rundown house for $294,000 and putting it through a $300,000 renovation that added another 1,400 square feet. In 2006, they sold it for $1.2 million and bought the house across the street for $600,000, putting in $800,000 to renovate it. That house—the one on the house tour—was sold for $1.8 million. They plan to live in their dream home for the long term.

On the other side of the main floor is the living room, with an open office area on one end. The 11 1/2-foot-high ceilings are painted three different shade and include beams to make the space feel less vast.

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During the design process, the couple didn’t tell a soul, not even their families, what they were up to because they were afraid the lot owners would change their minds. One of the architects at their firm remarked on how the design was an unbelievable combination of both Ms. Morgante’s and Mr. Wilson’s styles. They just smiled and stayed quiet.

“It was such a fantasy. We didn’t want it to be too real in case it didn’t work out,” says Mr. Wilson.

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