Dear Alderman Reilly:
We, the condominium owners, residents and businesses who pay taxes, at 405 N. Wabash, in proximity to the iconic Wrigley Building, located at 400 N. Michigan Avenue, who make up a significant proportion of your constituency, are exhausted and frustrated.
To start with, we are forced to endure hours upon hours of amplified singing from early morning on, in the privacy of our own condominiums ( yes, the sound carries to high floors) and in the public space where normal conversations cannot be carried out because of the high decibel music. The outdoor patio areas, Peet’s, Walgreens, and others are rendered useless and cannot be enjoyed. Secondly, as requested by your office, we had been contacting 911 to complain of the problem, but typically after a short respite the singers continue to use amplifiers.
While we acknowledge that individuals have a right to work and provide entertainment on public ways, we certainly have the right to enjoy peace and quiet in our homes and places of business.
How is it that individuals can be on the public way and so blatantly break the laws by using amplification devices? The City of Chicago Noise Ordinance Code 11-4-2800 clearly states that "no person on the public way shall employ any device or instrument that creates or amplifies sound, including but limited to any loudspeaker, bullhorn, amplifier, public address system, musical instrument, radio or device that plays recorded music to generate any sound, for the purpose of communication or entertainment, that is louder than average conversational level at a distance of 100 feet or more, measured vertically or horizontally, from the source.
We, the undersigned, are therefore imploring you to act and enforce the existing prohibition on the use of amplification devices. We are tired of suffering while others are permitted to disturb our peace with impunity and show utter disdain for the rule of law.
The River Plaza Board of Directors & Unit Owners and Residents of River Plaza
Updates
March 22, 2020
Seeing this momentum take off has honestly been surreal because I still remember staring at the screen when it was just me and a few neighbors who were just as tired of the noise as I am. It is wild to realize how many of us are dealing with this same headache while trying to live our lives or get some actual sleep in our own apartments.
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Not only do we have to listen to this loud singer, there is also a man who blows a horn, who stands at the corner of Michigan and Wacker. He plays some nights up until midnight. I've called the police, they do nothing. We live more than 40 stories up and it's like he's outside our window.
Amplifiers should be regulated by the City . Take the busker’s license away!!!! street performers who violate the rules and have no regard for the pain and discomfort that they cause should not be allowed to perform again. This man has had many police complaints against him and I do not understand why he still has his license!
This music is very disturbing and my husband and I can’t even listen to our own televisions and or music in our home. Plus we go to bed early some evenings(like 10:00 pm) and we have to wear ear plugs to sleep. I hope you will please acknowledge our needs and rights. Thank you Bev Cass
Clearly the guy has chosen this location for the acoustics. The problem is the sound just reverberates to all floors of the building. We are on a high floor and can clearly hear the singing and music. It's fine for people enjoying Michigan Avenue, but its not fair for people having to endure that for hours on end, day after day. Please help put an end to this annoyance.
The amplified singing is made worse by the "canyon effect" of the Wrigley Building. It may also have a negative effect on our property values.
I completely agree. This singer at 410 N Michigan Ave is a scammer. The police told me that he uses a car battery to power a high-power amplifier to carry his voice louder. This is illegal. In addition, he stands under the Wrigley building arch which already amplifies noise through echo. This decibel is far past the normal range for hearing. For adults and infants trying to sleep in the building, this has been a huge issue. This noise occurs almost every day. In addition, I was at Whole Foods Streeterville earlier this year and was sitting at the cafeteria and overheard a conversation from a guy at the very next table talking to another guy about how he was making hundreds of dollars per hour and every day was making an excessive amount of money. I looked over and it was the singer. He is scamming the tourists and the public. I called the singer out the next time I saw him singing, and he changed his voice and played dumb. I later saw him 1 HOUR LATER on lakeshore path GOING FOR A RUN with trendy workout clothing listening to music ON HIS IPHONE with the same guy he was talking to at whole foods. He recognized me on the path and started laughing as I took a double take. I also took a picture. He is a scammer. This singer is making more money than majority of the people in the US.
This guy has clearly zero care about any laws and obviously feels immune to any reprocussions to breaking the law. Not only does he ignore current ordinances in place, he is now out singing despite the current shelter in home order put in place by our governor TO THE WHOLE STATE. When is someone going to do something about this???
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Dear Alderman Reilly:
We, the condominium owners, residents and businesses who pay taxes, at 405 N. Wabash, in proximity to the iconic Wrigley Building, located at 400 N. Michigan Avenue, who make up a significant proportion of your constituency, are exhausted and frustrated.
To start with, we are forced to endure hours upon hours of amplified singing from early morning on, in the privacy of our own condominiums ( yes, the sound carries to high floors) and in the public space where normal conversations cannot be carried out because of the high decibel music. The outdoor patio areas, Peet’s, Walgreens, and others are rendered useless and cannot be enjoyed. Secondly, as requested by your office, we had been contacting 911 to complain of the problem, but typically after a short respite the singers continue to use amplifiers.
While we acknowledge that individuals have a right to work and provide entertainment on public ways, we certainly have the right to enjoy peace and quiet in our homes and places of business.
How is it that individuals can be on the public way and so blatantly break the laws by using amplification devices? The City of Chicago Noise Ordinance Code 11-4-2800 clearly states that "no person on the public way shall employ any device or instrument that creates or amplifies sound, including but limited to any loudspeaker, bullhorn, amplifier, public address system, musical instrument, radio or device that plays recorded music to generate any sound, for the purpose of communication or entertainment, that is louder than average conversational level at a distance of 100 feet or more, measured vertically or horizontally, from the source.
We, the undersigned, are therefore imploring you to act and enforce the existing prohibition on the use of amplification devices. We are tired of suffering while others are permitted to disturb our peace with impunity and show utter disdain for the rule of law.
The River Plaza Board of Directors & Unit Owners and Residents of River Plaza
Updates
March 22, 2020
Seeing this momentum take off has honestly been surreal because I still remember staring at the screen when it was just me and a few neighbors who were just as tired of the noise as I am. It is wild to realize how many of us are dealing with this same headache while trying to live our lives or get some actual sleep in our own apartments.
Reached 100 supporters
March 22, 2020
50 Comments
Asked him to lower volume and he snarled get away from me. Said no petition can stop me and laughed. Police said they won't do anything unless we take him to court.
Not only do we have to listen to this loud singer, there is also a man who blows a horn, who stands at the corner of Michigan and Wacker. He plays some nights up until midnight. I've called the police, they do nothing. We live more than 40 stories up and it's like he's outside our window.
Amplifiers should be regulated by the City . Take the busker’s license away!!!! street performers who violate the rules and have no regard for the pain and discomfort that they cause should not be allowed to perform again. This man has had many police complaints against him and I do not understand why he still has his license!
This music is very disturbing and my husband and I can’t even listen to our own televisions and or music in our home. Plus we go to bed early some evenings(like 10:00 pm) and we have to wear ear plugs to sleep. I hope you will please acknowledge our needs and rights. Thank you Bev Cass
Clearly the guy has chosen this location for the acoustics. The problem is the sound just reverberates to all floors of the building. We are on a high floor and can clearly hear the singing and music. It's fine for people enjoying Michigan Avenue, but its not fair for people having to endure that for hours on end, day after day. Please help put an end to this annoyance.
The amplified singing is made worse by the "canyon effect" of the Wrigley Building. It may also have a negative effect on our property values.
I completely agree. This singer at 410 N Michigan Ave is a scammer. The police told me that he uses a car battery to power a high-power amplifier to carry his voice louder. This is illegal. In addition, he stands under the Wrigley building arch which already amplifies noise through echo. This decibel is far past the normal range for hearing. For adults and infants trying to sleep in the building, this has been a huge issue. This noise occurs almost every day. In addition, I was at Whole Foods Streeterville earlier this year and was sitting at the cafeteria and overheard a conversation from a guy at the very next table talking to another guy about how he was making hundreds of dollars per hour and every day was making an excessive amount of money. I looked over and it was the singer. He is scamming the tourists and the public. I called the singer out the next time I saw him singing, and he changed his voice and played dumb. I later saw him 1 HOUR LATER on lakeshore path GOING FOR A RUN with trendy workout clothing listening to music ON HIS IPHONE with the same guy he was talking to at whole foods. He recognized me on the path and started laughing as I took a double take. I also took a picture. He is a scammer. This singer is making more money than majority of the people in the US.
This guy has clearly zero care about any laws and obviously feels immune to any reprocussions to breaking the law. Not only does he ignore current ordinances in place, he is now out singing despite the current shelter in home order put in place by our governor TO THE WHOLE STATE. When is someone going to do something about this???
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Asked him to lower volume and he snarled get away from me. Said no petition can stop me and laughed. Police said they won't do anything unless we take him to court.