Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
City Council to vote on proposed downtown street performance crackdown Wednesday
The City Council will vote on a proposed crackdown on street performers downtown Wednesday. The proposal from 42nd Ward alderman Brendan Reilly would ban any outside performances that can be heard from more than 20 feet away. The regulation would only apply to downtown areas from “Michigan Avenue between Cedar Street and Balbo Avenue, and on State Street between Huron Street and Jackson Boulevard,” according to WBEZ, and would take aim at performances from tourist magnet groups like the Bucket Boys, which can sometimes be an annoyance to downtown residents and office workers. “I can be on a phone call—totally indoors—and actually not be able to hear people on the phone because of the bucket boy noise outside,” downtown office worker Karl Fogel told WBEZ. “It’s just drumming on buckets, and it’s not that interesting after a while.” [WBEZ]
