1927: The Stevens Hotel — then the largest hotel in the world — opened on Michigan Avenue. The $30 million, 28-story towers ...

The Negro National League debuted on May 2, 1920. Chicago, including the White Sox, played a role in getting it started, ...

Tucked inside the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on Chicago’s far South Side, there’s a yellow brick wall filled with ...

The city appears on pace to hit Mayor Johnson’s 2025 goal: fewer than 500 murders for the first time in a decade.

The City of Chicago, which owns the statues, will not be bringing the statues back to their former sites in Grant Park and ...

Ryan Coogler’s film about twin gangsters trying to strike it rich in the Jim Crow South rapidly swerves toward supernatural ...

Countless movies and TV shows have used Chicago as a backdrop, and the Windy City has been a more than capable star.

Artist Jenny Jing Zhang uses watercolor paint, colored pencils, and a fountain pen to document the daily drama of construction and commotion on State Street, capturing the essence of the city ...