The Plant, as it's called now, was a former meatpacking facility in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood. But instead of a crumbling, old plant, Edel had a vision of sustainability and innovation.

In the late 1960s, Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, carved his name into muscle car history by creating the Yenko Super Camaro. Frustrated by General Motors’ corporate ban on ...

An extraordinary private club turned hotel, the Chicago Athletic Association has restored rooms, amazing views of Lake ...

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

From the little-known architect to the over 375,000 terra cotta pieces on the facade, the pioneering radio stations and ...

Granny flats and basement dwellings could help with housing affordability, but Chicago’s outdated zoning rules make them ...

Shootings and murders in Chicago so far this year are lower than they’ve been in six years. Other major categories of crime ...

ZSD paid $9 million earlier this month for a surface parking lot at 320 W. Huron St. that other developers have eyed for ...

The "situational curfew" proposal is being seen as a compromise between Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins and the Mayor's Office.

An architectural website has named MIT's Simmons Hall the ugliest building in the U.S. Architectural ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago ...

Back in 1957, Benjamin A. Rogge wrote that public financing of education was a problem because “he who pays the piper will call the tune.” The annual Stigler conference, Economic Concentration and the ...

Chicago is home to plenty of top flight recruiting firms and staffing agencies, but sorting through the options can be overwhelming. We’ve broken things down into the top staffing and recruiting firms ...