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- Howard Street Gets a Brand-New Public Plaza — And This Weekend Is the Party Rogers Park Has Been Waiting For
Rogers Park neighbors, this weekend the Far North Side is pulling double duty as a celebration destination — and if you only leave the house
- Your Library Card Is a Summer Passport: Archer Heights Branch Caps August With Free Programming for All Ages
With the last days of August ticking down, the Archer Heights Branch of the Chicago Public Library is making sure neighbors of every age hav
- River North Is Getting One of Its Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of the Year: Gingie Debuts Tomorrow
Near North neighbors, if you've been tracking the neighborhood's remarkable summer of new restaurant openings, save the best for last — beca
- Jazz, Trivia, Cinema & a Historic Groundbreaking: Washington Park's Final Weekend of Summer Is One for the Books
Washington Park neighbors, summer isn't going out quietly. The final stretch of August is delivering one of the neighborhood's most activity
- $120 Million Makeover: Construction Is About to Begin on Portage Park's Long-Awaited Peoples Gas Site Redevelopment
One of the most anticipated development projects on Chicago's Northwest Side is finally ready to break ground. The long-dormant former Peopl
- Broadway Takes Center Stage: Edgewater Music Fest Returns This Weekend With 35+ Bands, 100+ Vendors, and Zero Cover
If you've been saving your energy all summer for one blowout neighborhood moment, this is the weekend. The second annual Edgewater Music Fes
- West Loop's Skyline Just Got Two Big Green Lights: A New Condo High-Rise Is Coming to Sangamon, and a 1929 Landmark Scores Historic Protections
West Loop neighbors, the week of August 18–23 delivered not one but two significant milestones for your neighborhood's built environment — o
- A Grocery Store, 517 Homes & 200 Jobs: Bronzeville's $70M Development Just Cleared Its Biggest Hurdle Yet
After years of false starts and empty lots, Bronzeville just got the news its residents have been waiting for. A landmark $70 million mixed-
- A Vacant Corner Gets New Life: $500K Three-Flat Permitted on Irving Park Road
Irving Park neighbors, another empty lot on your neighborhood's main drag is about to become a home — and this one has been a long time comi
- Paper & Pencil's Bigger, Bolder Clark Street Home Is Here — and Andersonville's Stationery Obsession Has Never Been More Real
If you've ever tried to squeeze into the tiny Berwyn Avenue shop that became one of Andersonville's most talked-about destinations, you alre
- Alo Yoga Is Coming to Wicker Park — and It's Eyeing the Legendary Double Door Address on Milwaukee Avenue
Milwaukee Avenue is about to get a new kind of destination. Alo Yoga — the Los Angeles-based athletic apparel brand that has been steadily e
- A 133-Year-Old Masterpiece Returns: South Loop's Second Presbyterian Church Reinstalls Its Priceless Stained-Glass Window
South Loop neighbors, one of the neighborhood's most quietly magnificent landmarks just reached a milestone that has been years in the makin
- Shop Local, Dine Big & Clean Up Together: Hyde Park's September Is Already Filling Up With Community Goodness
Hyde Park neighbors, summer may be winding toward its final stretch, but your neighborhood's community calendar is far from done — and a han
- Mariscos on the Way, More Housing Approved, and Your Pool Is Open Longer: McKinley Park's Late-August Roundup
McKinley Park is closing out August with a string of neighborhood wins — a new restaurant concept teasing its arrival on the corridor, anoth
- Pilsen's Summer Isn't Slowing Down: A Record-Breaking Fiesta del Sol and a Walking Tour That Puts the Neighborhood's Soul on Display
If you felt the energy shift on Pilsen's streets in late July, you weren't imagining it. Fiesta del Sol — one of Chicago's most beloved annu
- The Loop Is About to Become the Dance Floor of the World: Chicago House Music Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow
Loop neighbors, if you've ever wanted to feel the full cultural heartbeat of your neighborhood in a single weekend, this is it. Starting tom
- Crab Feasts, Lily Pools & Late-Summer Gatherings: Lincoln Park's Social Calendar Is Heating Up Before Fall
Lincoln Park neighbors, summer isn't over yet — and the neighborhood's calendar is doing everything it can to prove it. From a lakefront sea
- A $53.9 Million Bet on Humboldt Park: The Pioneer Bank Is Getting a New Life — and 75 Affordable Homes Are Coming With It
One of Humboldt Park's most recognizable — and most quietly heartbreaking — landmarks is finally getting its second act. The nearly century-
- South Side vs. North Side: The 2026 Crosstown Series Just Wrapped at Wrigley — And the Reds Are Next Up This Friday
Wrigleyville neighbors, the North Side just hosted one of the most emotionally charged homestand stretches of the entire summer — and the bl
- A New 40-Unit Building Permit, a Sandwich Shop's Next Chapter, and TimeLine Theatre's North Side Home: Uptown's Big Week in Three Acts
Uptown's relentless build-out is adding another chapter this week, with a freshly issued full building permit, a beloved local restaurant's