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We took a helicopter tour of the Chicago skyline
Until very recently, the only way to take a helicopter tour of Chicago was to drive out to the suburbs and then fly back into the city to see the sights. A new...
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Until very recently, the only way to take a helicopter tour of Chicago was to drive out to the suburbs and then fly back into the city to see the sights. A new...
You're going to a street festival this summer and that's all there is to it. And while you're there, you'll see a whole host of characters that seem to be...
Chicago can be a rough city. Sometimes it feels like everyone is being a complete asshole, and you just want to curl up in a ball for a daylong cry. But every...
Five years ago, a photographer named Eric Fischer embarked on a project called "Locals and Tourists" that had him mapping the photo habits of Chicago residents...
Once and for all, we are ending the debate with these 33 reasons Chicago is better than New York
Co-opting these events, venues and innovations from other cities would making living in Chicago even better
If loving our city's suburbs, cover bands, malls and big batch beers is wrong, we don't want to be right
Before you go under the gun, take a look at some inked-up tributes to the city
You're sure to encounter these runners on the road to shin splints
These are the closed Chicago restaurants, bars, nightclubs and more that we pine for the most
Of course Chicago is better than New York. We Chicagoans know this to be true and, if New Yorkers are being honest with themselves, they know it, too.
Here's why your kids will have awesome childhoods and grow up to be well-rounded people if you raise them in Chicago
We searched Chicago's skyline from the skyscrapers to the side streets (and beyond) to find our favorite examples of the city's architectural excellence
From Curtis to Kanye, from Screeching Weasel to Pelican, these are our favorite records made by Chicago artists ever
The winters can make us question why we live in Chicago, but these answers keep us right where we are
Remember 2007 and 2008? There was some kind of election going on, a local guy running or something? And Gov. Blagojevich was arrested in 2008—that was fun. Oh,...
We map the lands and castles of George R.R. Martin's fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire to their equivalent Chicago neighborhoods
Our map of state stereotypes breaks down how we in the city view our region
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