While moveable bridges over the Chicago River are a city hallmark, their closures are congesting rush-hour traffic on a daily ...

Seven years after the opening of a modernized CTA station at 95th Street that was supposed to spark a neighborhood renaissance, empty lots and boarded-up storefronts still dot the corridor. The ...

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Marshall Field’s has returned to State Street for the holiday season. It’s been almost 20 years since the brand was just about discarded from its longtime emporium on State Street by the new owner, ...