“Outdoor dining has long been a popular pastime (weather allowing) in Chicago. The pandemic has made the practice more important than ever for Chicago’s bars and restaurants. This summer’s patio season looks a lot different from those prior. Especially with […]
“Jessica Nesbitt, who allegedly ran the business, is balking at giving prosecutors her customers’ names, given their “positions of prestige in the community.”” | learn more
Five years ago, a wealthy Lakeview resident added creative landscaping to make a semi-private yard out of public park land. The park district tried without success to get the hedges removed. Block Club published the story Tuesday. People came to picnic there Wednesday. The […]
Currently landlords are required to provide heating to a minimum temperature, but not cooling. Given many buildings were built before air conditioning was widely adopted, this sort of makes sense. Except that Chicago’s summer is unbearable without air conditioning. If […]
A hundred years ago, EV drivers could juice up at any of these 72 spots in the city (and a few more in the suburbs). | learn more
“Exactly why Green Thumb Industries opposed last month’s cannabis legislation in the Illinois General Assembly is up for debate.” | learn more
The primary analysis is by dollar amount, so skewed heavily by the larger loans for more expensive properties. But even by simple loan count there’s a disparity: “Financial institutions made four times more loans in Chicago’s white neighborhoods than they […]
In 1979, Chicago closed State Street in the loop to build a pedestrian mall. It was eventually rolled back in the mid 1990s under Mayor Richard M. Daley. Why was it such a failure? This article explains. | learn more
We’ll spend $40B, about the same as last year, except that we expect $5B to come from our dear ol’ uncle Fed. Oh, and Chicago’s getting a casino. | learn more
To make more space for outdoor dining, six Chicago streets, including Randolph’s restaurant row, will be closing to vehicle traffic. | learn more