In the ever-exciting halls of The Hall, something new:

A policy change at Zoning has opened the door for us to get fat off the land, or at least to save us the wait.  Zoning no longer accepts walk-in appointments! Since May 1st, zoning plan examination reviews for building permits are scheduled exclusively through the online building permit application process. 

This is huge, folks.  City Hall is not easily moved.  With a big enough lever, Archimedes thought he could move the world.  But The Hall?

It may be (who knows?) thanks to the plucky folks at Chicago’s long-overdue Department of Zoning Oversight Fellowship Forum (DoZ-OFF).

Here at DoZ-OFF we were living on a prayer, fed lean from the table scraps left by Zoning, indoctrinated to believe our captors were our saviors.  No more!  A policy change at Zoning has opened the door for us to get fat off the land, or at least to save us the wait.

The supposed mover is puzzled:

How any of this works is still a mystery to us, but we are happy to witness a change.  We did not think we would see one in this lifetime; we were doing this for our children. 

The blogger closes with thanks to his readers — 3,688 hits on 13 posts since last June:

“I think I hear singing in the street,” says the Intern Architect.  [There is no singing in the street, but we’ll let you know if it starts.]

It’s started, I think.