Articles
Clear Filters
Loading...
47 results
- Arts & Culture, Architecture Sep 18, 2019
-
-
Residents reflect on rehabbed Lathrop Homes
“I suffered too much to live here.”
- City Life, Staycation Jul 11, 2019
-
-
Chicago Water Taxi
A view from the river
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Aug 29, 2018
-
-
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is now the Chicago Architecture Center
The Chicago Architecture Foundation has a new name and new digs.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 16, 2018
-
-
At Terrace 16 you can eat like Donald Trump does
And that means $28 cheeseburgers cooked medium.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2018
-
-
Chicago's next great park? Hardly
The city is missing a huge opportunity to turn Rezkoville, 62 acres of barren land along the river in the South Loop, into a park or prairie preserve.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Apr 3, 2018
-
-
Wendy Clinard and Akito Tsuda team up to create art out of the sights and sounds of Pilsen
Consider it a painting made from movements, beats, and the human body.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2017
-
-
Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news
Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2017
-
-
Amazon bid includes $2.25 billion in incentives, far less than the $9 billion offered by New Jersey, and other Chicago news
Also, Yelp names the five best Chicago neighborhoods to open a business in.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Aug 9, 2017
-
-
The Floating Museum literally becomes a floating museum
The nonprofit’s latest exhibit “River Assembly” sits atop a barge that will journey up the Chicago River.
- Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
-
-
Chicago’s famous flatness is important (and not always true)
Pancake-flat topography made the city a center for engineering innovations.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2017
-
-
Alderman Reilly places ‘urgent request’ for more police downtown, and other Chicago news
Also, the parents of a college student who disappeared downtown ten years ago are still looking for answers.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2017
-
-
Husband of alderman, majoral donor possibly facing fines of more than $750K for improper lobbying of the mayor, and other Chicago news
Also, Chance the Rapper is bringing sign language interpreters on tour.
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
-
-
Alderman Raymond Lopez under police protection after retaliatory threats from gangs, and other Chicago news
Also, former mayor Richard M. Daley's photo has finally been added to the wall of mayors at City Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2016
-
-
Chicago police try to rebuild trust, improve image with social media strategy, and other news
Also, CPS stops using discriminatory job screening process following a WBEZ investigation.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 18, 2016
-
-
Swimming in the Chicago River might be possible in 15 years, and other news
Also, a new book on the history of Steppenwolf, from Gary Sinise to Tracy Letts.
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 29, 2016
-
-
On the trail of discovery—and disappointment—in Rezkoville
The last large swath of untamed land near the Loop offers the promise of uncovering the unexpected.
- Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 18, 2016
-
-
Rahm’s Riverwalk is still a work in progress
Dining, drinks, and music return to the riverfront—but the big news is improvements to the water.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2016
-
-
Developers try to hide giant Chicago Spire hole and other news
Also, a Rockford IceHogs player is charged with a felony for revenge porn.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2016
-
-
UIC braces for controversial Donald Trump rally and protest and other Chicago news
Also, the Minnesota Vikings really hate the Chicago Bears.
- City Life, Space Nov 25, 2015
-
-
Take a video tour of Harry Weese's nautical River Cottages
Peek inside a riverfront townhouse designed by the architect behind the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist and the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 1, 2015
-
-
Like Rahm's Riverwalk, the Chicago River's still a work in progress
But the opening of a new stretch shows the riverfront going from eyesore to amenity.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 15, 2014
-
-
Loop building's makeover includes a giant $800,000 mural
The 300 South Wacker building's giant mural features a map of the Chicago River and surrounding streets.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Aug 25, 2014
-
-
Will Redmoon's Great Chicago Fire Festival survive its own plan?
The inaugural spectacle, set for October 4, is a symbolic communal exorcism.
- Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Apr 5, 2014
-
-
Show us your . . . custom DeLoreans
Rich Weissensel's interest in the iconic 80s car predates Back to the Future.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 24, 2013
-
-
Instrumental-rock band Cave play on a boat
Cave take to the Chicago River to play music from their forthcoming album Threace.