Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a ...

"The First Homosexuals" exhibit at Wrightwood 659 features art on queer identities from 1869-1939, with over 300 works by 125 artists.

In 1869, the suburb of Irving Park was formed around the Chicago and North Western Railway line. It was incorporated into Chicago in 1889. Today, this neighborhood of neighborhoods thrives on the a… ...

Great excitement prevailed among owners of cows and dealers in milk on Chicago avenue, owing to the discovery among them of a person which they claim is a witch. This woman also keeps cows, which ...

This house at 520 N. Garfield in Hinsdale, built in 1869, will be sold for preservation or as a teardown.

Chicago’s iconic Water Tower, ‘an architectural survivor,’ marks 150 years in Gold Coast The landmark tower, built in 1869, was one of the only buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire in ...

A major dust storm impacted Chicago, Illinois on Friday. Here's what we know right now.

“The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939” at Wrightwood 659 showcases queer art from 40 countries and 125 artists. Curator Jonathan D. Katz presents “Nuestros dioses ...

Bigott, author of the 2001 book “From Cottage to Bungalow: Houses and the Working Class in Metropolitan Chicago, 1869-1929,” will join Lucy Gomez Feliciano of Here to Stay Community Land Trust ...

The house was built by Seth Warner, whose downtown Chicago music hall was the site of anti-slavery events, including one where Frederick Douglass spoke.