Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th) spent more than a year trying to find common ground on the volatile issue of accessory dwelling ...

Named after the airport, the Northwest Side locality is one of Chicago’s officially recognized 77 community areas. But ...

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“Last year homelessness increased 116% in the state of Illinois,” Doug Kenshol, co-founder of the Illinois Shelter Alliance, ...

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Pope Leo grew up in a small brick house in the Chicago suburb of Dolton which is now up for auction. The village's board of ...

CHICAGO — Even among Chicago’s many culturally rich and historically significant neighborhoods, Bronzeville truly stands out. The large community, located on the city’s South Side, has … ...

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Later, she writes of the “DNA of Chicago: neighborhood as subject, neighborhood as map of the heart.” Author Rebecca Makkai poses at the Printers Row Lit Fest on South Dearborn Street on June ...

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The Chicago Neighborhood Project has revealed a neighborhood map of the city created entirely by locals.