The Chicago Urban Heritage Project​ is filling in blanks for the history of entire neighborhoods and Chicago as a whole, ...

In this video, we explore the complex history of Chicago and its urban planning, covering key aspects such as: - An overview ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Bronzeville – the Black Metropolis – was the community where African Americans from the South lived and thrived in Chicago during the Great Migration. Now, an urban historian is going ...

1964: Chicago experienced 7.1 inches of snow on Easter Sunday — the heaviest Easter snowfall on record and the largest last snow of the winter ever for the city.

As books about Chicago’s restaurant community go, “The Chicago Way: An Oral History of Chicago Dining” by Michael Gebert is a heavyweight — literally. Close to five years in the making, the book ...

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Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...