“City Council on Wednesday approved the rezoning of three iconic properties on Sheffield Avenue — including the Eamus Catuli and Torco buildings — to make way for a single 29-unit apartment building.” The beginning of the end was the 2015 […]
“After the Great Fire of 1871, ordinances were passed requiring these tanks on top of warehouses, factories and public buildings. The law spawned a whole industry in water tank construction and maintenance.” ~ learn more
This is a pretty depressing article. I think it’s likely accurate on the fiscal points but also could have been written at any time over the past several decades. What it leaves out of the analysis might be all the […]
“There aren’t many shipwrecks off Chicago’s coast anymore, but the city’s lakeshore has its own kind of ghostly marine curiosity: tons of rideshare bikes submerged in Lake Michigan’s shallow shorelines.” ~ learn more
“Ald. David Moore vowed to stay on 73rd Street despite having to leave over the weekend after shots rang out. … “Camping out was his “last resort,” Moore said. “I know what I’ve been doing and, evidently, what I’ve been […]
This isn’t really about Chicago at all, it’s about Colombia. “The small, relatively poor South American country has received four times more Venezuelans than the United States but offers a path to integration. We went to see it.” ~ learn […]
“The perpetrator of Chicago’s first (documented) homicide was not punished, though; in fact, he has a street named after him.” ~ learn more
Driver & passenger run away (on camera). I wonder if the car was stolen? Just kidding, almost certainly it was. ~ learn more
Here’s a story about a, “ Chicago-based scheme that staged armed robberies so the purported victims could apply for U.S. immigration visas reserved for legitimate crime victims.” ~ learn more
Many of you will remember catching a whiff of chocolate as you cruised past the Blommer Chocolate factory at 600 W Kinzie. This week, they shut down operations at the factory after 85 years. ~ learn more