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We’re writing with some news: We’ve closed up shop at Curbed Chicago for the time being. So, we’re leaving our homepage curated with our some of our best and most resourceful stories ...
Many Chicago buyers and sellers manage to close on a home amid the pandemic, but others have not been so lucky. For Cameron Leavitt, a construction manager who was in the middle of buying a unit ...
There’s a lot that has been written about Chicago—books about our city’s shady politics, collections depicting our architectural influence, and interviews of detailing the lives of everyday ...
If one in every ten single-family lot added an accessory unit, Chicago would have 237,000 more homes by 2040. Getty Images Chicago offers a diverse mix of places to live, from soaring high-rises ...
LG’s two-building project will head to the Plan Commission this month alongside another significant Fulton Market proposal: the Equinox Hotel and apartment development at 725 W. Randolph Street. ...
The facade of Chicago’s Garrick Theater, designed by Adler & Sullivan in 1892 and demolished in 1961. Richard Nickel/Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress ...
12 modernist buildings every Chicagoan should know. Steel-and-glass midcentury masterpieces by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other visionaries ...
For trickier items. Linens, towels, sheets: Local animal shelters will gladly take these items to use for bath time, make bedding, and craft new toys. A good place to start in Chicago is The Anti ...
The new year is here and promises to be a big one for the future of Chicago’s built environment. In 2020, a number of major projects are on the horizon. Expect grand unveilings, significant ...
Since its humble beginnings as a reading room inside a repurposed water tower tank in 1873, the Chicago Public Library system has sprouted 81 branches. Throughout its history, the CPL has occupied ...
3. Greystones. The greystone could be Chicago architecture in its truest, most homegrown form, representing the city’s transition out of the rapid utilitarian rebuilding after the Great Fire of ...
What $900 rents in Chicago right now. Options include a coliving apartment in Pilsen and a one-bedroom with original details in an Irving Park.