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✖️Design / Build ✖️Modular / Modern ✖️Commercial / Residential ✖️Chicago / National

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#chicagoscanner folks -
Think someone is trapped in the clothing donation box at Wabash and 11th. Prank gone wrong. May your night be as interesting!

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@TheTRiiBE $1.5M raised to make this incredible space. More goes into these transformations than people think. Kudos to the team!

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@TheTRiiBE When Pritzker was running for Gov back in 2018, his team set up an outreach storefront office across the street from our Boombox Austin location on Chicago and Mayfield. They were gone within a week after he won. Only back on the west side because of the votes.

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@thewayoftheid We had a client whose LLC was "Melanin and Ovaries, LLC" so it seems possible.

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Feel like there are going to be a lot of VIP refund requests for #BUG2022 if people spend the entire time waiting in line to get in. Don’t get between people and their beer!

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Missed opportunity to name it “Chicagwa Wawa” to capture the critical toddler demographic

[ABC 7 Chicago @ABC7Chicago]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's Office plans to tie the city's brand to the lake by putting Chicago's tap water in cans under the name "Chicagwa." https://t.co/4baFmEvZqS

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@EliAbramowitz Applause to whoever made that perfect donut hole in the center of the intersection

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Unreal reality activists have to face. Full thread below for breakdown of what happened. Damn! Take care.

[May 30th Alliance @M30Alliance]

On August 31st, the 332nd day of the occupation of City Hall in Rockford, Illinois while filming a live Facebook video at the Justice Center commentating a bench trial of a protester, members of the May 30th Alliance had 7 gun shots fired at them at approximately 5:30 P.M.

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@RLopez15thWard "The Original Search Engine"

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Man. Remember when this was just a quiet street full of animal blood and naked guys on meth. Rented a 2,000sf "live/work" space for $1,200/month with skyline views and a leaky roof.

[Chicago Bars @chicagobars]

Chicago real estate slide of the week, maybe of the month. The last decade in Fulton Market's been unreal.

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Go Brice! We remember you when. Still one of our favorite displays at the Bronzeville Boombox.

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

After years of selling Negro League-inspired clothes, a Bronzeville businessman is opening his first store thanks to a city grant. https://t.co/2vcWiQ0OOK

[#DefundCPD Campaign @defundcpdchi]

1/ ShotSpotter is useless, expensive, and racist. It can’t distinguish a firework from a gunshot but still leads to over 20,000 dead end deployments a year, and a heightened, even fatal police presence in Chicago’s Black & Latinx neighborhoods. https://t.co/zJCqgpf7rv

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Insane crash in the loop just now. Fortunately doesn’t look like anyone hurt. #ChicagoScanner

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@RLopez15thWard Where are the progressing alders on this? Generally not signing on because it is police related?

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

///BREAKING/// A Chicago police officer has been charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. Officer Karol Chwiesiuk was attested this morning and will appear in federal court momentarily.

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Modular company that raised $2B (!!) closing. Meanwhile, when we tried to raise funds for modular construction in Chicago we got crickets and head pats. Still building our shop slowly and surely. Man, feel for the employees.

[Cory Weinberg @coryweinberg]

NEWS:

Katerra has told employees it plans to shut down.

It had raised more than $2 billion from investors including SoftBank.

It now says it doesn't have enough money to pay employee severance or PTO.

https://t.co/e95nYep9pp

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Our country dropped bomb on Philly in 1985 and we are still dropping bombs on Palestinians in 2021. Same motive, different decade. #untilwearefree #freepalastine

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What does the rink and space look like? It's set to open in three months. Does that mean it's already under construction? Seems like this is a done deal if an opening date is already planned.

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

A plan to build a West Side roller rink aims to reclaim the area from violent crime, but some worry it'll put kids in harm's way. https://t.co/BhsVA6GoRT

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How do you say ‘fuck the police’ in the Queen’s English?

[Hannah Rose Woods @hannahrosewoods]

The bar has melted into the earth’s core

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Knew Jahmal was a force from the first day we met. He was one of the first Boombox Wicker Park vendors when he was launching the @mbmhmc clothing line. Sign us up to support!

[Block Club Chicago @BlockClubCHI]

Jahmal Cole, My Block My Hood My City founder, is running to take Bobby Rush's seat in Congress. https://t.co/JST7ezkdOw