The Official Chicago Discussion Thread

[Macallik86]

I don’t agree with this press conference, it’s no room in little village

I agree. The optics look very imo.

If the immigrants were put in almost any other neighborhood, it would cost way more and there'd be a new scandal about how much money is being spent housing immigrants. Immigrants going to struggling neighborhoods and adding to their economy is as American as apple pie. People need to chill w/ the anti-immigrant rhetoric and instead try to be the next Rogers Park

 

[Pack2]

Ceres Cafe in the Chicago Board of Trade building. A solid % black too. Go on Fridays to socialize, or Mon-Thur if you are an alcoholic

This man knows what’s up. My office is on S LaSalle like two blocks from CHI BOT bldg.
First time I went to Ceres for a HH I ordered a Tito’s and club soda they legit gave me a glass of Tito’s and a can of club soda on the side. I was

After a few more HHs there I had to fall back bc they want you to black out up in that spot. Can’t go there regularly anymore

 

[jwinfield]

This man knows what’s up. My office is on S LaSalle like two blocks from CHI BOT bldg.
First time I went to Ceres for a HH I ordered a Tito’s and club soda they legit gave me a glass of Tito’s and a can of club soda on the side. I was

After a few more HHs there I had to fall back bc they want you to black out up in that spot. Can’t go there regularly anymore

Used to be a line out the door trying to get in on Fridays

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

Chicago Artist Hat Series - 2022-23 | Chicago Bulls

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[Tenchi Ryu]

Everybody and they mama out today

Cold weather don’t stop that first of the month check combined with a Friday

 

[So-Chi]

That Nascar race on Lake Shore drive is gonna be fukkery personified

 

[beenz]

That Nascar race on Lake Shore drive is gonna be fukkery personified

lori lightfoot is an idiot for allowing that to occur. luckily downtown I someplace I rarely go, and if I do so, I can walk to the red line and go.

 

[jilla82]

ive been on this Chicago mob (the outfit) kick lately and came across this story I never heard.

I had no idea about John Johnson, the Jones brothers and the "policy" (numbers) they ran all over Chicago.
they were headquartered in Bronzeville

these cats were making something like $300m in todays dollars

Eddy Jones made the mistake of partnering with Sam Giancana while in jail because it eventually led to the mob trying to take over policy.
(Evidently Al Capone was semi cool with black folks and left them alone...but that was the previous generation)

From Riots to Renaissance: Policy Kings

Policy was an illegal game of chance similar to todays lottery. During its heyday, the game was an integral part of life in the black community. People played everyday, sometimes several times a day, in the hopes of "hitting the numbers" and winning big.

interactive.wttw.com

timestamped where they start talking about it


they pick it back up in the beginning

 

[Who Not How]

I’ll take this sunny weather in February hit the lake earlier today to get some outdoor cardio. Going to Vegas tomorrow.

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

 

[Gritsngravy]

Doing the smart thing and making political friends

 

[Macallik86]

Drill rappers 'uplifting the community'

 

[Jefferson Jackson]

Drill rappers 'uplifting the community'

exactly.

shyt is shameful, you've got a sitting mayor singing the praises of someone who is either directly or indirectly connected to a large percentage of the murders in Chicago.

i'll be scratching my head wondering why the crime rate is the way that it is up until I look at the actions of Lightfoot, then i'm like..."ok NOW I get it "

 

[beenz]

Y'all see this?

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

I drove one of the new Nova's last night and that mufukka is smoove