That distinction, according to Hidden Chicago Landmarks by John R. Schmidt, was long held by 76-foot Ziegfeld Court, off Van Buren in the Loop, next to the Ziegfeld Theater. But in 1970, the city sold the street to Continental Assurance, which built the CNA Center on top of it. That made Hoey Street, off Archer … Read more
Way out Northwest, 15 miles from the Loop, Edison Park still feels like the suburbia of yesteryear.
Chicago Teachers Union mentor and Cook County commissioner Tara Stamps recommends three things to see in her hood.
At the top of a senior living high-rise in Uptown live 160,000 bees — and counting.
Resident Association of Greater Englewood cofounder Asiaha Butler offers three things to experience in her hood.
Photographer Chris Hytha’s architectural portraits show Chicago’s historic skyscrapers from a new perspective.
The White Sox legend, 59, on the cost of honesty, his love of bullfights, and what makes him cry.
In the 1980s, I saw a TV special in which a comedian roamed the streets of Chicago asking passersby: “Do you ever toddle?” The comedian couldn’t find any toddlers. It’s been a century since Chicagoans toddled, but when they did, no city toddled more. The toddle was a partnered dance consisting of a series of … Read more
The Bears were the NFL’s worst team in Ryan Poles’s first season as GM. Can he turn them into winners?
Some of Chicago’s most iconic buildings are made of Joliet-Lemont limestone. Now the last quarry that supplies it is closing.
