3. Greystones. The greystone could be Chicago architecture in its truest, most homegrown form, representing the city’s transition out of the rapid utilitarian rebuilding after the Great Fire of ...

A staircase leading up to Chicago City Hall. Elizabeth Blasius A walk through the Chicago Pedway. Earlier this week, I descended into the Chicago Pedway beneath the Roger Brown mural of Daedalus ...

The facade of Chicago’s Garrick Theater, designed by Adler & Sullivan in 1892 and demolished in 1961. Richard Nickel/Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress ...

The 220-apartment Logan’s Crossing project is a go. Work on the mixed-use Logan’s Crossing project is finally underway at the former site of Logan’s Square Mega Mall—three years after ...

In his 1916 ode to Chicago, Carl Sandburg referred to the city as the “hog butcher for the world, tool maker, stacker of wheat; player with railroads and the nation's freight handle.” ...

The 1993 film The Fugitive is not only a classic crime thriller, but it can also be considered one of the most essential movies that takes place in Chicago. The movie prominently features Chicago's ...

While made nationally famous as the home of "Da Bears," Chicago's Soldier Field has a storied history as a municipal gathering place and host to countless events of the sporting, civic and even ...

How Louis Sullivan's organic architecture inspired Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School. Frank Lloyd Wright’s years working under Sullivan helped to shape the young architect’s design ethos ...

Chicago is famous for its architecture, but there's more to the city than its sky-high towers. Throughout the city's neighborhoods, a wide variety of residential architecture can be found. Some ...

Since its humble beginnings as a reading room inside a repurposed water tower tank in 1873, the Chicago Public Library system has sprouted 81 branches. Throughout its history, the CPL has occupied ...

Here now are 25 of the most utilized and most recognizable filming locations within the city of Chicago. A complete map of local Hollywood exploits might call upon a thousand random houses, ...

It’s worth noting that the 950-foot figure does not include Parcel I’s upper mechanical penthouse and architectural screening. More importantly, it is unclear if the 950-foot measurement from ...