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When the Rent Gets Too Damn High, Apartments Get Smaller
By Whet Moser
The salary of a young college graduate buys a lot less apartment than it used to. So a lot of young grads are seeking out small apartments. Read more
These Suburban Preppers Are Ready for Anything
By Rod O’Connor
They’re rich, armed, and ready for the end of days—and they just might live in the McMansion next door. Read more
How Prepared Are You for the Apocalypse?
Dirty bombs, blackouts, mass evacuations—will you know what to do? Read more
What Was It Like Living in Chicago's Projects?
By Novid Parsi
A new play examines life inside Chicago’s public housing Read more
Chicago’s Carless Population Is Growing—and Developers Are Responding
By Whet Moser
One-person, no-car households are growing in Chicago, just as it did at the beginning of the last century. Read more
The Problem With ‘Chiraq’
By Adrienne Samuels Gibbs
It’s important not to let the popular slang become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Read more
Theaster Gates Gives a TED Talk
By Whet Moser
The star artist talks about transforming the South Side into a "miniature Versailles" of arts and culture hubs connected by greenways. Read more
The Garfield Park Conservatory Is Reborn
Four years after hail shattered more than half its magnificent old roofs, the conservatory will reopen its renovated greenhouses. Read more
For a Moment, Evanston Got Integration Right. Then Came Lunch.
By Whet Moser
The progressive suburb faced a battle over integration in the 1960s. Mary Barr, author of ‘Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston,’ describes what happened. Read more
Kanye West Is Getting an Honorary Doctorate from the School of the Art Institute. Cool.
By Whet Moser
The lifelong art, architecture, and design nerd has used his rap career as a "Trojan horse" back into his first love, and SAIC is giving him the recognition. Read more
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