Features A Babel of New Towersby Nory MillerExperiments in high-rise design transform Chicago’s skyline. Murder on Main Streetby William BrashlerThe baffling triple homicide in Fort Wayne, Indiana, may have revealed more about the community’s values than the suspect’s motives. Post Time?by Jack StarIf John Malone has his way, we’ll have a new newspaper before the … Read more
Features New Faces, Old Dreamsby Michael KieferAs the city becomes more Hispanic and more Asian, what will that mean for us all? Murdoch: A Menace to Millions?by Dan RottenbergThe controversial press baron and new owner of the Sun-Times is forcing us to re-examine our basic assumptions about the media. Survival of the Fittestby Alfredo S. … Read more
Features Inside the Red Cross Pipelineby Alfredo S. LanierWhy a venerable institution lost its status as the most privileged charity in town Searching for Ben Hectby Jack StarWhere does a young woman go to become a reporter? All she knew was that nine weeks at the City News Bureau can make an old woman out … Read more
Features Building a Better Chicago After 150 years, a dynamic, vibrant city gets a bit of advice from some of its top movers, shakers, doers, and thinkers. Behind the Facadeby M.W. NewmanWhen are we going to learn that bigger isn’t always better? Politics, Plans, and Prioritiesby Harold Washington, Edward Vrdolyak, James R. Thompson, Pierre deVise, … Read more
Features Ring Out the Old, Ring in the Newby Alan GrossWe celebrate the holiday season with an exhilarating salute to the city’s bells. Confrontations: Getting a Divorceby Jack StarDissolving a marriage nowadays is often extremely complicated, and the final legal fees can be very substantial indeed. Out for the Countby Jerry SullivanA Big Year of … Read more
Features When Less is Moreby Ted ItoThe new generation of mini-TVs may be as revolutionary as the Walkman. The Doctor is Inby Jack StarThe new freestanding medical centers are attracting patients away from traditional places for treatment. Here comes a medical-care revolution. Coming Out and Moving Onby Alfredo S. LanierLife in Chicago’s gay community is … Read more
Features The Man Who Wants to Break the Moldby David MobergDespite a hostile opposition and a failure to make his cause understood, Mayor Harold Washington seems intent on changing the shape of politics in Chicago. Doctors’ Doctorsby Grant PickWe asked physicians which specialists they would go to and came up with these 40 outstanding doctors, … Read more
Features Salad Days (Mostly Celery) In Old Lake Viewby David StandishThe true and checkered past of a now seemingly unchangeable neighborhood Crackupby Dan RottenbergWhen Marshall Field V and his half brother Ted decided to dissolve the family business, it shouldn’t have surprised anybody. The House That Big Jim Builtby Paul McGrathGovernor Thompson’s new state office … Read more
Features The Pit and the Pandemoniumby William BrashlerPlaying to win with the high-stakes hustlers at the Chicago Board of Trade A Frame of Mind…by Brenda ShapiroTwo very different city spaces are the results of nearly identical goals: Both owners wanted a radical transformation without a change of address. And its Contentsby Judith NeisserWhat’s new in … Read more
Features Water Warsby David SchonauerDistant, water-proof states have been eyeing our lake. Can we still consider it, as we once did, a limitless resource? Pam Zekman’s Peopleby Jack StarOn the job with Zekman and her investigative team – painstaking work that ultimately illuminates Bridgeport’s Great White Hopeby Ron BerlerIn the 11th Ward, there was only … Read more
