The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known. The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman House Hotel. The Chicago Police Belmont Area Headquarters and ...

Concrete Chicago Map, published by Blue Crow Media (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) I’ll admit that my first real impression of Chicago architecture was as a young Wilco fan, seeing Bertrand ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...

Chicago’s annual Pride Parade for 2026 steps off on the city’s North Side this weekend, with huge crowds and hundreds of thousands people expected for the popular parade’s 55th year. The parade, with ...

In the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Census, the Chicago Board of Elections released maps finalizing the new boundaries of the city’s 50 wards on Tuesday, and also announced significant reductions in the ...

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Dennis McClendon was a self-taught mapmaker whose work can be found in the 2004 “Encyclopedia of Chicago” and in CTA trains and stations across the city. McClendon ran his own mapmaking firm, Chicago ...

Despite what the yellow signs say, if you want your Chicago bike trip to be as pleasant as possible, I suggest you don’t “share the road” with drivers. I’m not saying you should be a jerk to motorists ...