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 ...

Hundreds of new apartment units have been delivered along the busy Milwaukee Avenue artery over the last couple of years, and hundreds more are on the way.

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 ...

Hidden in plain sight throughout downtown blocks is essentially an open-air gallery of enormous sculptures, mosaics, and murals. The public works of art were created by some of the world’s most ...

Chicago’s 10 most senseless demolitions, mapped From groundbreaking early skyscrapers to sprawling rail terminals ...

The underground walkway is a shield against winter weather and connects to dozens of buildings in the Loop.

Just a week after it officially opened, 150 North Riverside is abuzz with activity. Office workers can be spotted eating lunch outside in the building’s ground-level park while tourists stop to ...

Public art and murals are a big part of neighborhood life in Chicago. Though some neighborhoods are better known for large sweeping murals than others, art can be spotted in every neighborhood ...

The best dog parks in Chicago, mapped Find parks with grass, off-leash beaches, and small dog runs.

The birthplace of the skyscraper, Chicago is reinventing its world-famous skyline as it prepares to a new batch of tall, eye-catching towers. When the 836-foot-tall One Bennett Park opened in 2019 ...

Simply put, vernacular architecture is architecture without architects. In Chicago, vernacular architecture is the built language of our neighborhoods. Ubiquitous but never boring, vernacular ...

Chicago developers are making bold plays to turn long-vacant brownfield sites, obsolete industrial corridors, and underutilized historic buildings into sprawling megadevelopments. The recent push ...