Developers cleared the city's land for big projects, but when the housing bubble burst, nothing was built. Now, homes stand alone in Chicago's depopulated areas, as these haunting images from David Schalliol's Isolated Building Studies show. Read more
The DePaul prof, a former staffer in Dick Durbin's Chicago office, on her new novel, how to succeed in politics, and why idealists should avoid it. Read more
When the high rises fell, the Plan for Transformation scattered CHA residents throughout the city. But they didn't just vanish—instead, old patterns emerged. Read more
