Mariano’s pianist James Callen jazzes up the grocery shopping experience.
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Angel’s Tire Shop is Pilsen’s most eye-popping attraction
Angel’s Tire Shop is Pilsen’s most eye-popping attraction.
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At the Artists of the Wall Festival, Rogers Park residents paint Loyola Beach’s sea bench to curb graffiti.
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Jerzy Kenar’s Shit Fountain in East Village serves as a reminder for neighborhood dog owners.
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A century-old Edgewater firehouse is now a media production facility.
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Before Roe v. Wade, the Jane collective ran an underground abortion service out of a pair of Hyde Park apartments.
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Miles from the downtown campus of International Mr. Leather, the Leather Archives & Museum is Chicago’s year-round BDSM hub.
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Andersonville’s iconic water tank languishes in the Swedish American Museum parking lot.
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The Independent Order of Svithiod is a century-old fraternal organization struggling to survive.
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Adam Brooks’s Freedom Wall has been tattooed to the side of 325 W. Huron in River North for nearly 20 years.
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Currently under construction in Lincoln Park, the Morningstar Mansion can make a case for its own zip code.
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Andersonville’s iconic wooden Dala horse received a much needed face-lift and has now moved indoors.
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Playing up the secret hideout angle is only one of Alleycat Comics’ many charms.
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The Heart O’Chicago Motel can still easily be spotted thanks to its iconic neon sign.
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The hackerspace Pumping Station: One built a replica of a TARDIS and then went ahead and hoisted it up on the roof.