Riding the Lakefront Trail, Part One: The North Side
We bike along the path’s humble beginnings in Edgewater, past a bird sanctuary and old-school bait shop, to its flashy stop along Navy Pier.
Custom Placements: City Life Lead
A Short History of Chicago’s Wildlife Celebrities
The foxes who took up residence in Lurie Garden and the peregrine falcon who dive-bombed downtown pedestrians to protect her ledge-nesting chicks are just the latest critters to enthrall us.
Long Ago, Before 312 and 773, Chicago Had Telephone Exchanges
In a time before cell phones, a call required a few letters and numbers that directed your call to the right neighborhood.
There Is No Place Like the Blackstone Library
Perhaps Timothy Beach Blackstone was motivated by competitiveness with fellow industrialist Andrew Carnegie, or by civic boosterism, but he believed a library should be a work of art in itself.
The Neighborhood Names That Have Disappeared
Places like Bricktown, Pacific Junction, and Whiskey Point now only exist on internet maps.
“These Dances Cannot Be Separated From the Culture”
Phaedra Darwish, a Palestinian-American dance instructor, wanted to bring the Middle East back to its old neighborhood of Chicago Lawn for a day.
Parking Lot Prayer on 87th
One pastor’s Monday night ritual that began amid the mayhem following George Floyd’s death continues as a salve for violence.
NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race
What to know about the first-of-its-kind event — and the chaos that comes with it.
We Sow We Grow Wants to Make West Pullman an Agri-Neighborhood
“We want to build a food forest that adds to the beauty of the neighborhood,” says Natasha Nicholes, founder of the small farm that occupies a single lot in the Far South Side neighborhood.
Good Hospital, Bad Hospital
During a series of mental health crises, the author discovered that not all psych wards are created equal.