Many Chicago buyers and sellers manage to close on a home amid the pandemic, but others have not been so lucky. For Cameron Leavitt, a construction manager who was in the middle of buying a unit in a ...

As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, there are a number of precautions to take like social distancing and working from home. In Chicago, local leaders are adding to that list to ensure all residents ...

If one in every ten single-family lot added an accessory unit, Chicago would have 237,000 more homes by 2040. Getty Images Chicago offers a diverse mix of places to live, from soaring high-rises to ...

For a city that prides itself on its architectural legacy, Chicago has a mixed track record when it comes to saving its significant buildings. The city’s historic preservation movement didn’t always ...

Whether you’re moving into a new apartment or cleaning out your bookshelves for some new reads, chances are you’ve got a lot of stuff to get clear out. There are plenty of places where you can donate ...

A rendering of the Kennedy Expressway topped with public park space. Courtesy RATIO Architects A visionary idea to create a deck over the Kennedy Expressway with a public park between Chicago’s ...

Chicago is the ever-beating architectural heart of America: From developing the modest balloon-frame home to creating the skyscraper, Chicago is the birthplace of some of the most iconic and ...

As seen from opposite end of the center’s plaza, the redesigned museum building is less squat and more detailed than in previous plans. Obama Foundation New renderings of the upcoming Obama ...

The building’s restored Art Deco lobby is impressive. Photo by Tom Rossiter, courtesy of Gensler The transformation of Chicago’s long-neglected Old Post Office building into shiny offices reached a ...

The Chicago Water Tower is turning 150 this month and the city is celebrating its sesquicentennial in style. A day-long festival at the Near North Side neighborhood around the 150-year-old structure ...

A rendering of Union Station’s new Clinton Street entrance shows a new canopy, signage, and the reinstallation of blocked-off windows. Courtesy Amtrak/Goettsch Partners Amtrak’s ongoing redevelopment ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has vowed to make neighborhood development and diversity—making the city that works work for everyone—a central part of her mayoral legacy. As she said in her acceptance speech, ...