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A Cabrini-Green Omnibus
By Whet Moser
Cabrini-Green passes into history today, bringing the project to an end, but not its story. As the Plan for Transformation continues and with it a new era of public policy, here are a few leaves from Cabrini-Green's history. Read more
Putting the ‘Hot’ in ‘Hotel’
This Week’s Five: Steppenwolf heats up … robots pursue world domination through opera … a rare Scorsese short gets new life ... plus, what the world-class comic artist Ivan Brunetti is doing this weekend Read more
New Apartments Restore Dr. King’s Legacy in North Lawndale
By Dennis Rodkin
This spring, for the first time in more than 40 years, people will be living at the same North Lawndale address as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family did in 1966, when he came here to dramatize the desperate state of housing in Chicago’s minority neighborhoods... Read more
Discounts for humanity
By Vi-An Nguyen
We’ve always admired the work of Designs for Dignity (you might remember our Chairs for Charity benefit last November)... Read more
Best New Hotels: Seven Spots to Please a Spectrum of People and Budgets
By Katherine Sacks
CROWD PLEASERS: Your siblings, your uncle, and your in-laws? Everyone you know is coming to town this spring, and not only are you the object of their affection—you’re responsible for showing them a good time. We scouted Chicago’s bumper crop of new hotels, all opened within the last five years, and selected an option for every visitor on your list. Read more