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A Short History of Chicago’s Wildlife Celebrities

July 25, 2023June 27, 2023 by Lynette Smith
The Quiznos Coyote, the Roscoe Village Cougar, Monty and Rose, Chance the Snapper, and Chonkosaurus

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.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags City Life

Four Roscoe Harold Zook Houses For Sale

July 11, 2023June 26, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

Take a tour of homes designed by the architect who brought us Park Ridge’s Pickwick Theater.

Categories Home & Garden Tags Real Estate

Long Ago, Before 312 and 773, Chicago Had Telephone Exchanges

June 22, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

In a time before cell phones, a call required a few letters and numbers that directed your call to the right neighborhood.

Categories City Life Tags City Life

Booze-Free Bottles

July 11, 2023June 22, 2023 by Lynette Smith
Fre Cabernet Sauvignon, Oddbird Blanc de Blancs Sparkling, and Proxies Blanc Slate

Nonalcoholic wines are having a moment. Here’s what to try.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Dining & Drinking

CM Punk Is the Train Wreck That Collision May Need

July 12, 2023June 21, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

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.

Categories Culture & Travel Tags Culture

There Is No Place Like the Blackstone Library

June 20, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

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.

Categories City Life Tags City Life

Highland Park’s Darkest Day

July 12, 2023June 20, 2023 by Lynette Smith
Highland Park stores the reflection of a storefront window

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.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Long Reads, News & Politics

Four Sears Mail-Order Homes For Sale

June 27, 2023June 19, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

These catalog-selected homes came with tens of thousands of pre-cut and numbered parts, but you can buy them in one piece.

Categories Real Estate Tags Real Estate

Store Explorer: Marc Maillot

December 8, 2023June 16, 2023 by Lynette Smith
Marc Maillot

After a decade in Africa, this French archaeologist finds much to discover here.

Categories Chicago Magazine Tags Store Explorer, Style

The Neighborhood Names That Have Disappeared

June 16, 2023 by Sarah Steimer

Places like Bricktown, Pacific Junction, and Whiskey Point now only exist on internet maps.

Categories City Life Tags City Life
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