The new year is here and promises to be a big one for the future of Chicago’s built environment. In 2020, a number of major projects are on the horizon.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chicago is known for its downtown sculptures like Picasso’s enigmatic creation in Daley Plaza and Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate AKA “the bean,” but the city has longed served as a canvas for ...

The Gilded Age might seem like a distant memory, but not all of the mansions constructed by the city’s well-heeled social elite between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the early 20th Century ...

Pilsen. Today, Pilsen is known for its Mexican heritage, but the Lower West Side neighborhood was originally a Czech community. After the Chicago Fire of 1871, the Czech community that had been ...

A guide to 13 Chicago megadevelopments currently in the works. While Lincoln Yards looks to build a neighborhood from scratch on Chicago River’s north branch, developer Related Midwest is ...

After breaking cover in October, the massive 62-acre development known as ‘The 78’ was the topic of a formal community meeting on Thursday evening.. Presentations from developer Related ...

Developer Related Midwest is moving forward with an updated plan for the high-profile West Loop site at 725 W. Randolph Street, where “Restaurant Row” meets the Kennedy.

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 ...