Obama chooses historic Jackson Park as library site
Rejecting a rough-edged urban site for what could be a showcase near the lakefront, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected Chicago's historic Jackson Park as the...
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Chicago’s bid for 2016 Olympics leaves pricey legacy 7 years later
Chicago's Washington Park was nearly empty on a recent Friday afternoon as Bronzeville resident Rosemary Jarrett power-walked her usual five laps around the perimeter of the graceful meadowland where a...
Nuremberg diary: Dad grew up fast in halls of historic tribunal
Seventy years ago, my father, a Jewish G.I. from Albany Park, stood face-to-face with accused Nazi war criminals in a courtroom in Nuremberg, Germany. As a 19-year-old Army sound technician...
Obamas choose New York architects to design Chicago library and museum
A renowned husband-and-wife team of New York architects was named Thursday to design the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, with a unique challenge: Shape the first presidential library to be...
Ford museum face-lift signals Obama library will be ongoing project
Seated shoulder-to-shoulder with school kids just outside the freshly revamped Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, former Vice President Dick Cheney twirled a small U.S. flag in his hands one cool...
U. of C. to further sculpt Arts Block on Garfield Boulevard
Just west of historical Washington Park, in an impoverished South Side neighborhood pocked by empty lots, rampant unemployment and crime, the University of Chicago is poised to rev up its...
Chicago seeking ‘smart-city’ tech solutions to improve city life
Come late June, city electricians are expected to start strapping beehive-shaped sensor boxes to municipal light poles — environmental Fitbits for neighborhoods, essentially. How's the air quality? Where does rainwater...
Loss of McCormick Place East could be blow for large trade shows
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's last-ditch effort to keep the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago comes at a cost: tearing down McCormick Place's Lakeside Center and its substantial exhibit space....
City plans new bike lanes, but will they serve shortchanged areas?
On Monday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the city plans to build 9 miles of protected bike lanes in 2016, part of an overall goal to install more than 50 miles...
Chicago’s bike lanes, Divvy stations shortchange minority areas
On the 11th floor of City Hall, as a meeting of the Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council wrapped up, community activist Deloris Lucas was asked what the city has done to...