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 ...

Before Richard Nickel lost his life in the old Stock Exchange Building, the photographer helped energize Chicago’s historic preservation movement with his images of another lost Adler & Sullivan ...

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 ...

After attending University of Wisconsin-Madison for less than a year, Wright moved to Chicago, a city rebuilding itself after the Great Fire of 1871, to work for the architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee ...

A third riverfront megadevelopment will rise roughly halfway between Lincoln Yards and The 78, on 30 acres of Tribune Media-owned land in River West. Known as the River District, the 8.5 million ...

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 ...

1. Chicago School This bold commercial style of architecture emerged a decade after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, as the buildings constructed immediately after the city’s rapid rebuild became ...

Midwestern niceness is real. Moving to the Midwest is like joining a club that wants you as a member. No one will shove you out of the way when they are in a rush. You can ask for directions, get ...

A team of developers looks to shake up Chicago’s skyline with a striking 96-story skyscraper slated to rise just east of Tribune Tower. At a public meeting on Monday, Chicago developer Golub ...

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. Expect grand unveilings, significant ...

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 developers first unveiled their plans for the 2500 block ...

If city-dwelling dog owners know one thing, it’s that their pups need a place to run and play. The city has a handful of dog-friendly areas in park districts and community-run parks for dogs ...