Posted on 05/09/2021 4:08:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Helmut Jahn, the famed German architect who designed the James R. Thompson Center and other iconic buildings, died Saturday afternoon when he was struck by two vehicles while riding his bicycle in suburban Campton Hills.
Jahn, who lived in nearby St. Charles, was riding his bike north on Old Lafox Road near Burlington Road about 3:30 p.m. when he failed to brake at a stop sign, according to a news release from Campton Hills police. Two vehicles traveling in opposite directions on Burlington then struck the 81-year-old.
He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver of one of the vehicles was taken to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva with injuries that weren’t thought to be life-threatening, police said. The other driver and his passenger weren’t injured.
Jahn’s impact can be seen across the world in designs ranging from the Sony Center in Berlin, Germany, to the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. His projects in Illinois include the Chicago Police Department’s Area 2 Headquarters in Pullman and the sleek, modern United Airlines Terminal at O’Hare International Airport, which includes a moving walkway famous for its colorful lighting.
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Sad - but the alternative is even more dangerous.
Bike riders, and specifically young bike riders, should not be allowed on public sidewalks.
I have two or three potentially fatal encounters with sidewalk bike riders EVERY year.
Recently, new, massive, completely silent, black, motorized bikes have appeared on the sidewalks around Seattle. These things go like 25 mph ON the sidewalks.
Who legalizes stuff like this?
Bike lanes are just as dangerous. Two or three times a year I almost get hit by kids who are running red lights while I am in the cross walk on the street.
The data is overwhelmingly on the side of pedestrians.
In New York state, almost one person each day is treated in an ER after being struck by a bike.
Incredibly, New York City has a LOWER rate of bike-pedestrian injuries than the rest of the state, so this public health issue is EVERYWHERE.
Communism could make even Germans build bad stuff. Prime example, the Trabant.
Absolute heresy in this neighborhood. First to mash the 'Post' button wins.
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