Long Live Horse Racing? We Wouldn’t Bet on It
Should Hawthorne Racecourse fail to secure financing for a casino, racing could cease to exist in the region.
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Three Inexpensive Days in Chicago
Other guides to our city limit travelers with high prices and select neighborhoods. We’ll take you all over town — on the cheap.
Why Are There So Many Old Style Signs in Chicago?
Old Style, brewed since 1902 in Wisconsin, has been closely associated with Chicago since 1950, when it became the official beer of the Cubs, sold by Wrigley Field vendors. Then, in the 1970s, Old Style’s salesmen began offering lighted signs to local taverns, whose owners were thrilled to have a glowing advertisement for a well-liked … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year
From everyone’s favorite high school choir to a certain holy father, these honorees brought pride to this city in a tumultuous time.
2 A.M.
We asked six photographers to capture a slice of the city at an hour when most Chicagoans are asleep. Here’s what they came back with one Thursday in September.
How One Neighborhood Confronts ICE
It was three o’clock in the afternoon, dismissal hour at Roosevelt High School in Albany Park, where the student body is 74 percent Latino. A young white woman stood on the corner of Wilson and St. Louis avenues, with a whistle around her neck and a tab with the phone number of the Illinois Coalition … Read more
Monument Man
The city’s go-to restorer has worked on everything from two particular bronze lions (you know the ones) to ancient rock art.
Scenes From the Occupation
As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant.
A Poem for Our Times
A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.
What Is the Oldest Town in Illinois?
The answer dates back to 1703, when the French controlled the Illinois Country. That year a Jesuit group established its mission along the east bank of the Mississippi River to minister to the Kaskaskia tribe of Native Americans and founded a permanent settlement named for the group. They also set up a fur trading post … Read more