The Best Day of 2017 Will Be December 31
Bid farewell to a truly terrible year.
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The Chicago Architecture Twitter Accounts that Kept Me Sane in 2017
Four ways of looking at Chicago brought urban beauty to my screen this year.
Our Top Stories at Chicago Magazine
From segregation to Instagram feuds, here are the stories that you read most in 2017.
10 Great Stories to Read This Week
Evaluating ShotSpotter technology, reviewing Navy Pier, and eradicating harassment at Ford.
How the Sears Catalog Captures a Time When Toys Were Less Pink
Toys are more gendered than they’ve ever been—even more than a half century ago, when gender discrimination was rampant.
JDRF’s One Dream Gala
The 38th annual JDRF One Dream Gala, held at McCormick Place on December 9, raised a record-breaking $5 million to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat Type 1 diabetes. More than 1,800 people were in attendance, including Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, Governor Bruce Rauner, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi. … Read more
On the Year's Shortest Day, We Ponder: Should Chicago Switch to Eastern Time?
You can thank our position within the time zone for that early-afternoon sunset. Boston is ready to make the change—but Indiana wants to do the exact opposite.
The "606 Effect" on Housing Prices Is Real, and Threatens to Displace Residents
Meanwhile, Englewood and West Englewood properties have lost value as the housing crisis lingers on in that pocket of the South Side.
Chicago’s Quirky Year in Creatures
From a white fox eating raw eggs to an old dead lungfish, these are the year’s best urban animal stories, ranked