Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 12, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important ...

1909: State and Madison streets became the baseline — or ground zero — of a new citywide grid system that changed virtually all addresses and also formed the basis for the street systems of many ...

The Second City can also refer to the rebuilding process after the Great Chicago Fire, but most say the name references the relation to New York City. You may know where this nickname originated - in ...

1920: George Halas of the Decatur Staleys (precursor to the Chicago Bears) and representatives from nine other teams met in the showroom of Hay’s Hupmobile Agency in Canton, Ohio, and formed what ...

The history of American soldiers in Chicago — about to get a significant new chapter with President Donald Trump planning to ...

Join us for a compelling conversation between Lee Bey—architecture critic, author, and photographer; Mark Sexton – architect ...

CNN’s Omar Jimenez dives into one of America’s darkest chapters of police violence - ‘For this to happen at the scale that it ...