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All Revved Up

January 31, 2025January 30, 2025 by Lynette Smith

The four debuts at the Chicago Auto Show (February 8 to 17) that excite us most

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life

The Museum of Discomfort

January 30, 2025January 29, 2025 by Lynette Smith
Ryan Graveface with various monster busts and collectibles at Graveface Records and Curiosities

In the back of a Bucktown curiosity shop, the unsavory gets its due.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Chicago Stories, City Life

Hard Lessons

February 5, 2025January 27, 2025 by Lynette Smith
Eve L. Ewing

In her new book, Eve L. Ewing argues that schools have been used to harm Black and Native people.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life, Vox

Unlovable Losers

January 28, 2025January 13, 2025 by Lynette Smith
An illustration of people in front of the Chicago skyline with bags over their heads, wearing Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, and Chicago White Sox shirts

Chicago’s sports teams find themselves at a nadir, a place that feels all too familiar for local fans.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life

John H. White

January 14, 2025January 8, 2025 by Lynette Smith
John H. White illustration

The Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist, 79, on covering Ali and having a gun pointed at him

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Backroom, City Life

Bridgeport

January 7, 2025January 7, 2025 by Lynette Smith
Children from Bridgeport Catholic Academy take part in a Chicago Urban Fishing Program at Henry C. Palmisano Park.

Lobbyist and Lumpen Radio host John R. Daley recommends these four spots.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life, My Neighborhood

Quantum Leap

January 6, 2025January 6, 2025 by Lynette Smith
Preeti Chalsani

Preeti Chalsani leads the effort to create a hub here for the next generation of technology.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life, Vox

Reflections on the Chicago Rat Hole, One Year Later

January 9, 2025January 6, 2025 by Sarah Steimer

The man who drew attention to a rodent-shaped crevice in a Roscoe Village sidewalk looks back at the whimsy and woe it generated.

Categories City Life Tags City Life

Our Most Popular Stories of 2024

December 31, 2024 by Sarah Steimer

In the last year, readers couldn’t get enough of our food-centric packages, the story of a suburb’s dark secret, and the careful craftsmanship behind knives and ramen.

Categories Uncategorized Tags City Life

Why Do So Many Street Names on the Northwest and West Sides Begin With K, L, M, N, O, and P?

December 27, 2024December 26, 2024 by Lynette Smith
Edward P. Brennan around 1910

Edward P. Brennan, the father of the city’s grid numbering system, had another clever idea for keeping street names straight.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life, City of Big Questions
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