Right in the heart of Rogers Park is a sinkhole so deep, you could see China. Alright, maybe not that deep - but still, deep enough. Located on the north west corner of Lunt and Glenwood, this deep sinkhole garners the title "Pothole of the Week."
Readers, send us your favorite pothole. It could be featured here next week.
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Have you seen the one in the north crosswalk at the intersection of Sheridan and Albion? I called it in to 311 the day I almost stepped into a hole that could have swallowed my leg; over the next week or so, I watched in amusement as the hole:
- grew bigger
- had a green circle spray-painted around it
- grew bigger (it would probably destroy an axle at this point)
- had a traffic cone placed inside of it (which only stuck out a bit at the top)
- grew bigger
- had a traffic sandwich board placed over it
- had two sandwich boards placed on it, at least one of which ended up smashed
- seemed big enough to go exploring inside the earth
- finally had a steel plate placed over it, which should have been the first action taken
I dearly wish I took photos of each stage of this process. ^_^
would you rather get the olympics or fix our aged infrastrucure ? stop with your belly achin'! I heard the hot dog cart guy found a home by clark devon hardware.
I heard "they" are going to totally repave Sheridan Road and that's why the potholes aren't being fixed. I sure hope no one gets hurt before then.
It's everywhere that the city is months behind in repairs.
Back in February, I called in a collapsed storm drain on WB Peterson in front of Rosehill Cemetery. They finally fixed it at the beginning of July.
I also called in a sunken & clogged storm drain at the NE corner of Arthur & Clark about two months ago.
They were just starting on it this week!
Of course, I'll bet they don't unclog it & the rebuilding will clog it up even more!
Pothole of the week? You should run pothole of the Day. And potential pothole of the Day. . . I bike all through RP daily, and there are a dozen spots where it's just gonna take one big truck to roll over the hollow asphalt with a tiny hole that shows nothing beneath it.
It does seem to be a problem.
More like sink-holes though. I suspect the ones on Sheridan will be taken care of with the resurfacing that is in progress?
One can only hope.
I heard the hot dog cart guy found a home by clark devon hardware.
Different Hot Dog guy I believe.
A corrupted mayor of an aging city, with useless bloated labor unions makes an Olympic bid during a recession. The perfect storm.
julia - wow is that the truth. Don't we wish he and all his little Alderman friends would focus on things that are more important? Wouldn't it be great if our Mayor focused on bringing new industries and jobs to our city? There are cities out there that are booming.
I haven't seen any resurfacing on Sheridan - when is it supposed to start?
The Sheridan Road resurfacing project is now beginning. However, they will be using gravel to do the job. ASSFAULT is too expensive.
@Chip Bagg:
They're using what's known as bituminous concrete.
It's a mix of asphalt & gravel.
Pure asphalt is far too soft.
The city uses that crap in the winter for temporary repairs & is supposed to remove & replace it in the spring, but far too often doesn't & then it gets pushed out of the hole or worse, they pave over the soft crap & the paving job fails at that spot.
"with useless bloated labor unions"
Listen, the vast majority of tradesmen with the city are hard working highly skilled professionals,that take pride in their work. Even with extremely severe manpower shortages individual crew productivity is way up. It's attitudes like yours, smug in your wannabe yuppy ignorance that makes East Rogers Park/Uptown one of the least desirable places for city crews (or any utility crew) to work. It's a pain in the ass to dig up anything here, between the sand substrate, the high water table, numerous ancient unmarked utilities in the way, the traffic that honk and complain, the people that throw barricades up on the lawn and park in the way, and the attitude of people like you that look down on the trades thinking we don't deserve a decent salary or benefits,just waiting for us to take a little break or our lunch so you can take a pic with your iphones. On the other hand the best places to work are in te middle class bungalow belt neighborhoods,where most people are more down to earth and glad to see you there doing your job and appreciate it.
I have no problem with labor unions per se. I have a problem with businesses being forced to bargain with labor unions instead of individual employees, as this drives prices up and quality down — meaning we all suffer the consequences. Collective bargaining laws are a blight on our economy — look to California for the bleak future of Illinois.
That's very interesting information from someone who really seems to know. People should definitely not make your jobs harder - they should be glad you are there to get it done!!
However, I don't think it's as many yuppies up here, as it is just idiots that seem to have been raised in caves.
justyouraverageguy18 sounds a little defensive. Boo fucking hoo...
nice big pot hole/sink hole on morse just west of ashland in the eastbound lane.
I think the city should pay to have tires replaced. This is absolutely ridiculous!
Dear Korpios, organized labor brought the idea of a 40 hour work week, health benefits, safety standards, protection from unscrupulous employees, (I used to work non-union construction and many times got screwed,) etc... bringing an advantage to the "little guy" and in the case of the building trades a strong training and aprenticeship program. Yes it ain't perfect. But as for collective bargaining, every big corp, or trade association bargains economically and even politically using as much leverage as possible for their advantage. As an example, Walmart has tremendous leverage over manufacturers to either listen to their specs, and price point demands or else. This is just one small example.
As for "Billyjoesbrain." whats the matter, you jealous or something. You got a shit job, low pay, long hours, no benies?
justyouraverageguy18: I have no problem with several of the various functions of a union that you mentioned. It should always be a right for people to form whatever associations they want. (Hell, it's in the First Amendment, so thankfully it's fairly clear.) In fact, if all the employees in a workplace all agree to collectively bargain with an employer, they should be able to attempt to do that. I specifically have a problem with businesses being forced to negotiate with that union, vs. possibly trying to negotiate directly with employees, or looking for new employees. A business should be able to look at the situation and decide what's in its best interest, and do that; if there are willing non-union employees ready to negotiate terms outside of a union, they shouldn't be stopped from doing so. Maybe all potential employees will want to work through the union, meaning the business will have no choice — but that negotiation process shouldn't be mandated by law.
billyjoesbrain lives the life of leisure, averagedouche. Let me know where you'll be this week so I can stop by and heckle you.
Hey Bjb,
I'm working evening shift this week, on the corner of Jonquil and Paulina, I'll be the one with the tilted baseball cap and a nice gold grill. So come on up and give me a piece of your mind,in fact let it all hang out.
Hey!
To my eyes there is an entirely seperate image in this posts accompanying photo:
The middle-to-lower left portion of the image exhibits small piles of black gravel and the corner of the curb.
When viewed from a certain angle I've found a face in the form of a fashion illustration that one sees in a magazine or newspaper advertisement.
The think line of gravel(flush with the orange road marker)obscures the image by "stopping" it.Like the brim of a fedora would.
The next two lines or piles of gravel (just above the tip of the protruding curb) appears to be a curving eyebrow and the bottom eyelid.The focus of the stubborn gaze is to the extreme corner left of the eye as if to say:"Play it again Sam."
Next there is a vertical line of gravel which may be interpreted as a feint nose-at least by me anyway.
The subsequent three lines-horizontal to the viewer can plausibly be taken for lips of a partially opened mouth.
The last line of gravel-a diagonal in this image-is the bottom right of a facial outline.
Oh-I dunno-ever since Walt passed I've just been searching desperately for meaning in this modern world.
Withdrawel is a pain-gimme Cronk.
Chicago - I think the city will reimburse you for damage to vehicles due to potholes. I seem to remember reading an article about it in the paper.
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