CHICAGO — An abridged What We're Reading this Friday as we bundle up and head home...
The More Things Change: Streetsblog Chicago's John Greenfield took a trip up Milwaukee Avenue to check out the new buffered bicycle lanes in Jefferson Park and Gladstone Park. It's a situation reporter Heather Cherone knows all too well: City engineers had proposed reducing the street to two lanes in each direction, but the plan erupted into a major controversy that became an issue in the 45th Ward aldermanic election and was dropped. Greenfield pronouces himself less than pleased with the plans, calling the road between Lawrence and Elston avenues "not a comfortable place to cycle." In fact, Greenfield said the project's goal of getting drivers to slow down seems to have failed, as "drivers seemed to be speeding as much as ever, perhaps encouraged by the silky-smooth new asphalt."
Silent And Strong: Expanding accessibility to the arts is always a positive, which is why reporter Ariel Cheung was so excited to read that Red Theater is debuting a version of "Romeo and Juliet" in sign language. It took two years to create "R+J: The Vineyard," with producers taking special care to accurately translate Shakespeare's most well-known work in a way that will "fully represent the dynamics of a nonhearing world." With deaf culture seeping into the mainstream with other productions like the newly revived "Spring Awakening" on Broadway, both hearing and deaf lovers of sign language will have another way to enjoy its beauty.
This Week in NOPE: It's quittin' time Friday and all editor Bettina Chang can say is ... NOPE. (ht New York Magazine)
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