Enclosed Bike Parking

Liz and I were at some joint medical appointments at Northwestern, downtown. As we were walking to our car, I spotted what looked like power generators. But on closer inspection seemed to be… storage units for bicycles?

Enclosed bike parking. I know bicycle theft is probably terrible downtown, and perhaps even worse near the hospital. But in all my years in Chicago, I’ve never seen something like this – structures that appear to be cryogenic sleep chambers for your ride.

I’m really, really curious to see what one of these things looks like, when it’s open.

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