🤯 Imagine Chicago without Millennium Park

In Car News …

Chicago could lower its speed limit to 25 miles per hour under an ordinance proposed Wednesday. And there will be even fewer free parking spots in West Loop as the city installs hundreds of metered parking spots as part of the 2008 parking meter deal. [Block Club]

What’s Up With City Hall George Washington Statue?

Ald. Nicholas Sposato, 38th Ward, said Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is keeping the statue on the fifth floor at City Hall after speaking with a top mayoral aide. A spokesperson had said the statue would be removed earlier this week. [Tribune 🔒]

‘The Bear’ is Rolling in Emmy Nominations

The hit show got 23 Emmy nominations for its second season — the most single-year nominations in the awards ceremony’s history since “30 Rock” in 2009. [Eater]

• The news comes after the third season dropped last month. And, yes, we loved it. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]

Does Millennium Park Live Up to the Hype?

Twenty years after Millennium Park was unveiled, Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey joins us to recount the park’s delayed and expensive opening — and if Millennium Park lives up to its promises. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]