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.
Places like Bricktown, Pacific Junction, and Whiskey Point now only exist on internet maps.
Phaedra Darwish, a Palestinian-American dance instructor, wanted to bring the Middle East back to its old neighborhood of Chicago Lawn for a day.
One pastor’s Monday night ritual that began amid the mayhem following George Floyd’s death continues as a salve for violence.
What to know about the first-of-its-kind event — and the chaos that comes with it.
“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.
During a series of mental health crises, the author discovered that not all psych wards are created equal.
Instagram Handle:@tobishinobi Followers:170,000 Who’s behind it: Tobi Shonibare, 40, a photographer from London now living in the West Loop How it started: While working as a lawyer in the U.K., Shonibare felt unsatisfied. “I eased my frustrations by picking up a camera, teaching myself how to shoot,” he says. He posted images on Instagram as … Read more
Its origins date back more than a hundred years, to the creation of a different flag. In 1892, the Chicago Daily Tribune held a contest to design a city flag. The winner was architect Alfred J. Roewad’s entry, with its Y-shaped emblem representing the confluence of the North and South Branches of the Chicago River … Read more
At the Damen Grain Silos, trees, weeds, and wildflowers have reclaimed what civilization surrendered.
