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- Five Stories Up on Belle Plaine: A Demolition Permit Signals North Center's Newest Residential Chapter
A century-old building on West Belle Plaine Avenue is about to come down — and what replaces it will add 15 new homes to the heart of North
- WasteShed Brings Affordable Art Supplies — and a New Creative Hub — to Edgewater's Broadway
A nonprofit that has spent more than a decade making art supplies affordable and keeping materials out of landfills has arrived on Edgewater
- Chicago's First Self-Cleaning Public Toilet Has Opened in Wicker Park — and It's Already Making History at the Polish Triangle
A small structure at one of Wicker Park's most iconic intersections quietly made Chicago history this week. On Wednesday, November 11, the c
- A Cocktail Bar Is Coming to Andersonville: Fifty/50 Group's Sin & Tonic to Open Behind Devil Dawgs in Mid-December
Andersonville is about to get a new place to raise a glass. Sin & Tonic, a cocktail bar from the Fifty/50 Restaurant Group, is slated to ope
- Shop Local, Get Rewarded: Ravenswood Launches 'Unwrap Ravenswood' Holiday Program — Plus a Vintage Fest Wraps Up Today and a New Ashland Building Gets the Green Light
Ravenswood is heading into the holiday stretch with a concrete incentive for neighbors to keep their spending close to home. On Thursday, No
- Irving Park Gets Its First New Apartment Building Permit in This Cycle — And It's a Sign of a Neighborhood on the Rise
A quiet residential block near the boundary of Irving Park and Albany Park just got a little louder — in the best possible way. The City of
- Bronzeville Lakefront Goes Big: Developers Drop $10 Billion Plan for a 100-Acre Mixed-Use District — With a Domed Bears Stadium at Its Heart
Bronzeville just got one of the most ambitious development pitches in Chicago history. On Thursday, November 12, developers gathered at Oliv
- The Loop's Arts Scene Is a $15.1 Billion Engine — and a New Report Just Proved It
Loop neighbors, a landmark piece of research dropped this week that reframes something you may have always sensed but never had the numbers
- Hyde Park's Saturday Is Stacked With Art, Music, and Community: The HPAC Gala Honors Two Visionaries, the Chamber Orchestra Launches a New Era, and Songs of Spirit Fill 53rd Street Tonight
Hyde Park neighbors, tonight — Saturday, November 14 — is one of those rare evenings when the neighborhood's cultural and community life con
- South Loop's Wells Street Is Becoming a Construction Corridor to Watch — and a New Fitness Studio Is Filling a Long-Empty State Street Gym
South Loop neighbors, two developments that have been quietly building toward critical milestones are worth catching up on this week: the We
- K-Pop at the Copernicus, a Symphony on Lawrence, and a Student's Bench: Jefferson Park's November Keeps Delivering
Jefferson Park neighbors, the neighborhood's calendar this November is showing no signs of slowing down. From an internationally touring K-p
- Giordano's Is Coming Back to Wrigleyville — Closer to the Ballpark Than Ever
Wrigleyville neighbors, the neighborhood's restaurant landscape just got a significant piece of news this week — and it's the kind that tend
- Uptown's Housing Boom Keeps Growing: Cedar Street's Clifton Avenue Project Adds a Second Phase With 99 New Homes
Uptown's residential construction pipeline just got bigger. A second phase of the Cedar Street Companies' development on Clifton Avenue is i
- From Smelly Windows to Fresh Air: Garfield Ridge Residents Are Finally Getting Relief — Plus What's Happening at the Library Today
For years, thousands of Garfield Ridge homeowners have lived with a persistent, unwelcome houseguest: a chemical odor seeping in through the
- Upgrades Are Coming to Cameron Elementary and the Division Street 6-Way: What Humboldt Park Residents Need to Know
Humboldt Park is getting two concrete infrastructure upgrades that residents have been waiting on — and both land on some of the neighborhoo
- Lincoln Park Is About to Get a Lot More Housing — Two New Developments Reshape the Neighborhood's Future
Lincoln Park neighbors, two significant development proposals landed in the news this week that will shape what this neighborhood looks and
- Bricktown Says Goodbye and Good Luck: Thattu's Acclaimed South Indian Kitchen Plans Its Final Service — and a Next Chapter
One of Avondale's most celebrated restaurant arrivals of the past three years is preparing to take its final bow. Thattu, the Southwest Indi
- Roscoe Village's Holiday Season Kicks Into Gear: A Kid-Proof Shopping Event This Weekend and a Tree Lighting on the Horizon
The holiday calendar is filling up fast in Roscoe Village — and two upcoming events give residents reasons to gather with neighbors before t
- Gibsons Tavern Is Opening Its Doors in Fulton Market Next Week — and Two Market Days You Don't Want to Miss Before Winter
Near West Side neighbors, the week ahead brings one of the most anticipated restaurant openings this neighborhood has seen in some time — an
- Edgewater Marks Veterans Day With a Dance Party — and Looks Ahead to a Packed November and Beyond
Edgewater is spending Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, the way it does its best community days: gathered together. This afternoon, the