Custom Placements: City Life Lead

Sure, there’s not much to do in Kilbourn Park — the suburbs in the city — but there’s plenty of gratitude.

We’re wrapping up our list of good things that you can find in each neighborhood of Chicago. Take a look back at Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. 58. Brighton Park: Zemsky’s Family Fashions, 4181 S. Archer Ave.  Zemsky’s has been clothing the Southwest Side’s working class since 1958, making it one of the … Read more

In the third installment of the four-part series (you can read the first here and the second here), we’re back out into our favorite parts of the city’s neighborhoods. 39. Kenwood: Blackstone Branch, Chicago Public Library, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave.  Every neighborhood wants a new library, right? Not Kenwood. Blackstone is the oldest branch … Read more

In the second installment of the four-part series (you can read the first here), we again implore you to get out of your neighborhood and explore. 20. Hermosa: Hermosa Second Hand, 4224 W. Fullerton Ave.  The acrylic baseball cap reads, “IT USED TO BE WINE, WOMEN AND SONG. NOW IT’S BEER, THE OLD LADY AND … Read more

“Do you feel safe in Chicago?” asks the former newspaper columnist, who now operates a website calling for new leadership in the city. “Our greatest city is a crime-ridden hellhole,” says the politician, who knows that fear motivates voters more than hope. “Everywhere I go, I’m confronted by the same question: ‘What’s going on in … Read more

“It’s a very tight-knit neighborhood, very cliquey. You go down any block, there’s ten houses owned by city workers.”

Built as one of two ore walls for the U.S. Steel South Works mill, it’s now a climbing spot run by the Chicago Park District.