Are rainbow-festooned events full of glitter, sequins, and boas signs of progress? Strides made by LGBTQ+ people are increasingly under fire in the forms of violence, rhetoric, and quasi-legal attacks on the rights of the community. Has the LGBTQ+ community unwittingly played a role in this by seeking assimilation? Some might say that the idea […]
Tag: Public Space
Posted inNews & Politics
Eve Ewing still believes in Chicago’s public schools
The new book Ghosts in the Schoolyard explains why people care so much about institutions that the world has deemed “failing.”
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Former Belmont flyover opponents try to make the best of a bad situation
With plans for the overpass full speed ahead, they plan to push for quality transit-oriented developments and new public space.
Posted inBlogs
A week after its completion, the new leg of the Riverwalk is almost done
A jaunt down the newly opened but not quite finished stretch from LaSalle Street to Wolf Point.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A short list of reasons we shouldn’t want the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum
A short list of reasons we shouldn’t want the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum—and a really short list of reasons why we might.
Posted inNews & Politics
City for sale
The city has put a price tag on everything. But what’s the real cost?
