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Riding the Brown Line home tonight? Local comedian Ken Barnard is organizing a rally at the Montrose Sinkhole to er, protest its filling/be silly. The fun starts at 4:45 and people should be there until around 5:30. BYO signs.
Photo by Thee Erin
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Why wasn't this site one of the "Chicago Seven" list announced by Preservation Chicago yesterday?
SAVE THE HOLE!
Yeah, too bad the hole was half paved over this morning. SAVE THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOLE!
I wonder of those guys with the 'save Field's' signs will show up.
Proposal: For the next hole, please schedule a protest according to the weather report. It's a total crapfest out there.
This hole has provided much civic pride for the city.
We should save the hole. Boycott asphalt!
This hole should remind Chicago citizens how the city needs to step up its infrastructure repair program.
Yes, the city does need to step up the infrastructure repairs. But the hole has nothing to do with it. You don't go around replacing water mains for no reason. Sometimes, they just burst.
And, of course, to replace a water main you have to, um, dig a big hole.
I'm not anti hole but I prefer them to be a little rough around the edges, it makes them easier going down and in.
I covered the Pro-Hole rally yesterday, bringing back lots of tasty audio,photos and text. It was a weird scene.
Save the Montrose Hole: Anatomy of a Comedy Stunt
Enjoy,
Brad Flora
Wish You Were Here Blog - Dispatches from the frontlines of Chicago culture
Jeremy: Of course they do. But I think the case can be made the city is behind on repairs/replacements of old pipes, which could present a serious problem in coming years.
And, really, there are reasons pipes burst. They just don't burst for no reason.
Don't believe me, though. Make some calls and do some research.