What Was Chicago’s First Skyscraper?

Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an addition six years later). Read more

How to Coexist With Coyotes

By Robert Loerzel

After his video and images of coyote pups in Graceland Cemetery went viral, the author offers insight on these longtime Chicago residents. Read more

Meet the Bard of the Park District Bathrooms

By Edward McClelland

By singing the praises of places to piss, Al Scorch has made himself the poet of the potty, the lyricist of the loo. Read more

New Outfit, New You

By Edward McClelland

At a Rogers Park thrift shop, Missy Thrasher-Lyon helps newly out trans Chicagoans find clothes that match their identities, styles, and bodies. Read more

Requiem for the Montrose Beavers

By Robert Loerzel

The author was delighted when the wood-chomping rodents surfaced at the harbor. Then one turned up dead. Read more

Can You Get More Progressive Than Pilsen?

By Edward McClelland

Two of the neighborhood's bookstores — one employee-owned and one pay-what-you-wish — encapsulate its spirit. Read more

Love and the Literati

By Rebecca Makkai

How a couple’s passion for books spurred not only a romance but a business embraced by local authors. Read more

The Sketchy Future of Court Artists

By Robert Chiarito

Cliff Questel joins the limited ranks of visual reporters in the city's courts — but the ship has long been sinking. Read more

Photos of a Chicago of 35 Years Ago

Photography by Mark Steinmetz

Newly published images by photographer Mark Steinmetz highlight everyday life in Chicago, circa 1988 to 1991. Read more

A Dating Expert’s Favorite Lincoln Park Spots

Interview by Judy Sutton Taylor

Dating expert and podcast host Bela Gandhi recommends these four spots. Read more

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