Living near the CTA means life in a rattling fishbowl, but some Chicagoans adapt.
Curious City - The unsung hero of urban planning who made it easy to get around Chicago
Unsung urban planning hero Edward Brennan tamed a chaotic 19th-century street-numbering system.
Curious City - The unsung hero of urban planning who made it easy to get around Chicago
Unsung urban planning hero Edward Brennan tamed a chaotic 19th-century street-numbering system.
Curious City - Were Chicago’s Public Schools Ever Good?
We start an era-by-era search for the district’s ‘golden age’ and wonder: Could it be right now?
Curious City - Were Chicago’s Public Schools Ever Good?
We start an era-by-era search for the district’s ‘golden age’ and wonder: Could it be right now?
Curious City - The Legacy Of Michael Jordan In Chicago
The city rode high when ‘His Airness’ played for the Bulls. But what did he leave behind?
Curious City - The Legacy Of Michael Jordan In Chicago
The city rode high when ‘His Airness’ played for the Bulls. But what did he leave behind?
Curious City - Chicago’s forgotten Civil War prison camp
TLDR - #48 — Art Critics Love Us On Yelp
Brian Droitcour is a professional art critic, and a Yelp user. In 2012 he started using the popular review site to post his reactions to galleries and museums, using a distinctly un-art world-y voice. This week, Brian sits down with TLDR to talk about art, online criticism, parties and his unusual project.
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Curious City - Building Skyscrapers on Chicago’s Swampy Soil
Engineers once compared Chicago’s soggy soil to jelly cake. How did they build a forest of skyscrapers on it?