Griffin Jackson

Hop the Red Line to the Thorndale or Granville stops and don’t look back. You’re a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan to the east, Loyola University to the north and...

Look north from South Wentworth Avenue in the older section of Chinatown, and you’ll see the terra cotta decor of the Pui Tak Center’s terraced towers rising in the foreground...

In the heart of Uptown, an energetic ethnic and economic diversity brings the intersection at Lawrence Avenue and Broadway to life. Walk down either street and you may just hear...

Wander westward on Devon Avenue from about Damen Avenue to California Avenue and you just might forget you’re in Chicago. The area, popularly known as “Little India,” is home to...

Logan Square is one of the most quickly evolving neighborhoods in the city. If you don't check in often, it's likely you'll find a fresh construction site every time you...

Fossils at the Field Museum, beluga whales at the Shedd Aquarium and Bears touchdowns at Soldier Field — the stretch near the South Loop’s lakefront is home to many of...

Aesthetically speaking, the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Franklin Street isn't exactly the fairest of them all. It's not unsightly, so much as inconspicuous. The northern border of River North...

Most of us would rather not haul our belongings to a warehouse, pack them into a tiny cell and leave them for months or years. And yet an increasing number...

A block north of the Western Brown Line stop, you'll find a family-friendly collision of worlds. Time and continents get confused at the crossroads where Lincoln Avenue runs into the...

When Dan Cusack, 65, looks out his dining room window, all he sees is the towering red brick facade of Elmhurst Hospital. He moved with his wife to the neighborhood...