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The Birdbrain Case for Stopping Lincoln Yards Development
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What Was Chicago’s First Skyscraper?

Answered by Edward McClelland
Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an addition six years later). Read more
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The Birdbrain Case for Stopping Lincoln Yards Development
By Robert Loerzel
The discovery of grassland-loving dickcissels on the site of Sterling Bay's stalled megadevelopment suggests the value of preserving open land. Read more

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The Birdbrain Case for Stopping Lincoln Yards Development
By Robert Loerzel
The discovery of grassland-loving dickcissels on the site of Sterling Bay's stalled megadevelopment suggests the value of preserving open land. Read more
What Was Chicago’s First Skyscraper?
Answered by Edward McClelland
Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an addition six years later). Read more
How to Coexist With Coyotes
By Robert Loerzel
After his video and images of coyote pups in Graceland Cemetery went viral, the author offers insight on these longtime Chicago residents. Read more
Meet the Bard of the Park District Bathrooms
By Edward McClelland
By singing the praises of places to piss, Al Scorch has made himself the poet of the potty, the lyricist of the loo. Read more
New Outfit, New You
By Edward McClelland
At a Rogers Park thrift shop, Missy Thrasher-Lyon helps newly out trans Chicagoans find clothes that match their identities, styles, and bodies. Read more