For three years in the 1950s, the Monsters of the Midway had the most exciting receiver in football—big, fast, acrobatic Harlon Hill, a 15th-round draft pick out of tiny Florence State Teachers College in northern Alabama. Read more
The local architectural legend takes a tour through her recent work—past, future, and speculative—finding influence in turtle shells, basements, and the palette of Chicago. Read more
It was so bad, Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson hosted an hour-long live call-in show that allowed residents to bombard top bureaucrats with questions, capturing history (and the collapse of a mayoral administration) as it happened. Read more
