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- A Health Campus Is Coming to Washington Park: UChicago, City Colleges, and a New Future at Garfield Boulevard
Washington Park's building momentum just reached a new scale. A major multi-building health, education, and science campus is taking shape a
- A Private Golf Club, 70 New Condos, and a 494-Unit Tower on the Horizon: Near West Side's Fall Development Slate Keeps Stacking
Near West Side neighbors, the neighborhood's development pipeline just posted another busy week — and this time the headlines reach beyond t
- The Last Market of the Season: Portage Park Farmers Market Closes Out 2026 on a High Note
Portage Park's favorite Sunday morning tradition wrapped up its 2026 season this past weekend — and if you made it out to 4100 N. Long Avenu
- Bricktown Gets a Museum: Avondale's New Sewing Do Museum Opens on Milwaukee Avenue With 100 Machines and a Working Makerspace
A brand-new museum dedicated entirely to the history of sewing quietly stitched itself into Avondale's Milwaukee Avenue corridor this week —
- A Michelin Pedigree Lands on California Avenue: Chef Christian Hunter's Hooligan Is Open in Logan Square
Logan Square's California Avenue corridor has a serious new table to book. Hooligan, the first solo restaurant from chef Christian Hunter —
- Frozen Martinis From the Ceiling: River North's Tini Bar Is the Most Talked-About Opening Coming to Near North This Fall
Near North neighbors, a new speakeasy is quietly taking shape one floor beneath one of River North's most buzzed-about restaurants — and it
- Open House Chicago Returns This Weekend — and Bronzeville Has Two Must-See Sites You Can Explore for Free
Bronzeville residents have a rare opportunity this weekend to step inside two of the neighborhood's most storied and significant spaces — no
- Art Takes Over Randolph Street This Weekend: The Fall West Loop Contemporary Fine Art Expo Opens at Plumbers Hall
West Loop neighbors, one of the neighborhood's most storied cultural traditions is happening right now — and if you haven't made it yet, Sun
- A Lakefront Gem Gets Its Name: Edgewater's Restored Prairie Park Could Soon Be Official
A small but beloved patch of restored natural landscape along Edgewater's lakefront is on the verge of getting something it has long deserve
- Open Doors, Rising Towers, and a Park Long in the Making: Streeterville's Biggest Weekend in Months
Streeterville is having one of its most eventful weekends of the fall — and not because of a single marquee moment. Three distinct storyline
- A Pilsen Son Comes Home: Cerdito Muerto Opens in a Building That Predates the Chicago Fire — Plus Open Studios Returns and a Major Development Site Stirs
Some restaurant openings are transactions. And then there is Cerdito Muerto. On October 14, ABC7 Chicago spotlighted what is already being c
- Marz Brewing Raises a Glass to McKinley Park News, Marshfield Courts Closes Out Its Art Season, and Spooky Fest Hits the Park Today
McKinley Park is ending its packed October week with a trio of stories that cut across brewing, skateboarding, and family fun — and together
- Open House Chicago Is Here: Hyde Park Unlocks 16 Architectural Gems Today — Plus, a BBQ Legend Is Coming to 53rd Street
Hyde Park neighbors, today — Saturday, October 17 — is one of the best free days on the South Side calendar, and you have until Sunday at cl
- Google Makes Its Case, Block 37 Finds a New Owner, and a Mediterranean Favorite Comes to Wabash: The Loop's Week in Three Big Stories
Loop neighbors, if the past seven days felt like the neighborhood was moving with unusual momentum, that instinct is correct. Three distinct
- Open House Chicago Just Unlocked Lincoln Park's Hidden Gems — Plus ZooLights Tickets Are Already on Sale
Lincoln Park neighbors, this week delivered two genuine conversation-starters for anyone who loves this neighborhood: a citywide architectur
- Wrigleyville's Alderman Just Blocked the Cubs' Parking Lot Expansion — Here's What It Means for the Neighborhood
Wrigleyville neighbors, even as playoff fever has been gripping Clark and Addison, a quieter but consequential piece of neighborhood busines
- Open House Chicago Opens Lake View's Hidden Doors This Weekend — Plus, the Lincoln Roscoe Beer Stroll Is Tomorrow
Lake View neighbors, this weekend may be one of the most activity-dense two days the neighborhood has seen all fall — and most of it is comp
- Vienna Beef Plaza Is Open — and Bucktown's Most Historic Corner Just Became Its Most Exciting One
There is a corner in Bucktown that has been waiting for this moment for the better part of a decade. The wedge where Damen Avenue, Elston Av
- After Years of False Starts, Trader Joe's Is Finally Coming to Uptown — Here's What We Know
Uptown neighbors, the grocery news you have been waiting for is now officially confirmed: Trader Joe's is coming to the neighborhood, and it
- Albany Park Opened Its Doors This Weekend: Eris Brewery and Carl Schurz High School Starred in Open House Chicago 2026
Albany Park got its annual moment in the citywide architectural spotlight this past weekend, as two of the neighborhood's most storied struc