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VIDEO: Chicago, Explained - Why Do We Have So Many Rats?
Like Facebook events at the Bean, there's no way to know exactly how many there are. Maggie Smith gives us the rundown. Read more
What Did We Learn from Amazon's List of HQ2 Finalists?
By Whet Moser
The company doesn't want to be in the Bay Area, but aside from that, the crowd favorites are still in play—along with a couple surprising but logical outliers. Read more
Chicago's Urban Renewal Displaced an Astonishing Number of People in the 20th Century
By Whet Moser
Federally funded projects led to the removal of almost 23,000 families in fewer than two decades, a new mapping project finds. Read more
What’s the Deal with the South Shore Golf Course?
By Sam Cholke
The city wants to create a top-tier golf course in Jackson Park, but it’s on shaky ground—literally. Read more
Why Field Notes Have Remained Curiously Addictive for a Decade
By Whet Moser
A decade ago, Chicago-based Coudal Partners turned a designer's holiday gift of small handmade notebooks into an uber-popular business. Read more
Should Sears Become a "Tech" Company? They Already Tried That
By Whet Moser
The retailing giant was early to the internet with the Prodigy service. It lost a lot of money and its early lead to AOL, but it got a lot right about the internet we live on today. Read more
Chicago Is Now Better Educated Than Its Suburbs
By Whet Moser
A flood of college graduates has made Chicago one of the best-educated cities in America, but an unequal one as well. Read more
How Chicago Gave America Its Time Zones
By Whet Moser
Until 1883, the country was a chaos of local times. Then, in one week, almost everyone in America was on the same clock. Read more
Chicago's Last Manual Elevator
By Yana Kunichoff
Automation be damned. There's something beautiful about seeing the inner workings of a people mover. Read more
The Best Day of 2017 Will Be December 31
By Tim Schulte
Bid farewell to a truly terrible year. Read more
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