For four months, Russell Carter and his son couldn’t safely use the bathroom in their South Side apartment. In early February ...

The Chicago River Swim is being organized by A Long Swim, a charity focused on raising money for ALS research. The swim is to ...

Chicago is a city that lives and breathes architecture — and now, the public gets to decide which designs stand above the rest. AIA Chicago, the city’s powerhouse chapter of The American Institute of ...

Chicago police currently respond to tens of thousands of parking violation calls each year, but one group would like to see that change. The group is calling for a pilot program designed to test the ...

August 29, 1987 — Stuart Johnston maintains he’s trying to preserve a lost art. The Page County Building Inspector claims he’s in violation of state and local building codes. Johnston brings the past ...

(The Center Square) – A court-approved settlement of over $2.6 million is being paid to 207 former Chicago Public School students who were required to participate in a Transcendental Meditation ...

Tips often come in from viewers alleging bad landlords and unsafe living conditions, but this story is about just the opposite — a transformation of a building so dramatic that even the governor went ...

CRESTWOOD, Mo. – A Crestwood apartment complex has been deemed so dangerous that people are being forced to leave. The City of Crestwood has spent months trying to address “life safety” issues at ...

Eleanor Esser Gorski, CEO & President of the Chicago Architecture Center, joins Jon Hansen to discuss the relationship between hotels and the architecture in the city. Plus, Eleanor also talks about ...

An example of the many cutouts to the block-long, mixed-use building, Humboldt Park Passive Living’s corner entrance will have floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a sheltered gathering area Lamar ...

A new Jewish college preparatory high school is in the works for downtown Chicago, set to open in the fall of 2027. The venture, led by Linden Capital Partners co-founder and president Tony Davis, was ...

Brittain’s Express Oil and Lube in Elgin announced that it has temporarily closed its shop for renovations. The closure is expected to last several weeks as the facility undergoes major updates to ...