Carol Ross Barney
The architect, 74, on the Chicago Riverwalk, why design matters, and the joy of being pushy
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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.
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.
Four Roscoe Harold Zook Houses For Sale
Take a tour of homes designed by the architect who brought us Park Ridge’s Pickwick Theater.
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.
CM Punk Is the Train Wreck That Collision May Need
Chicago welcomed back a controversial wrestling legend over the weekend, but whether that warmth extends elsewhere or keeps him in AEW’s embrace remains to be seen.
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.
Highland Park’s Darkest Day
A year after the Fourth of July parade shooting that left seven dead and 48 wounded, six central figures recount their experiences both then and since.
Four Sears Mail-Order Homes For Sale
These catalog-selected homes came with tens of thousands of pre-cut and numbered parts, but you can buy them in one piece.