Get some fresh air today by joining a free garden tour at the Lincoln Park Zoo (2001 N. Clark). Every second Saturday, a staff horticulturist leads groups through the zoo’s […]
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Rahm Emanuel on his 900-mile bike trip around Lake Michigan
The former mayor encountered ‘generosity and kindness,’ enjoyed Lake Michigan’s ‘clarity and vastness’—and popped a couple bicycle tubes.
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The Chicago Architecture Foundation is now the Chicago Architecture Center
And it’s opening in its new digs on the Chicago River this weekend.
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Chicago’s next great park? Hardly
The city is missing a huge opportunity to turn Rezkoville, 62 acres of barren land along the river in the South Loop, into a park or prairie preserve.
Posted inNews & Politics
Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor
We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don’t have to.
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Alderman Reilly places ‘urgent request’ for more police downtown, and other Chicago news
Also, the parents of a college student who disappeared downtown ten years ago are still looking for answers.
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Parkour makes Chicago look like one big playground
“Your vision changes when you get into parkour. Seeing trees and rooftops—it never turns off,” a practitioner and teacher of the discipline says.
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Bill Daley was ‘watching Rahm twist’ during runoff election against Chuy Garcia, and other Chicago news
Also, the long, complicated relationship between the Cubs and Hillary Clinton.
Posted inArts & Culture
Rahm’s Riverwalk is still a work in progress
Dining, drinks, and music return to the riverfront—but the big news is improvements to the water.
Posted inFood & Drink
New Chicago bar patios and rooftops for outdoor drinking
The season for alfresco imbibing returns.
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Like Rahm’s Riverwalk, the Chicago River’s still a work in progress
A newly completed stretch of the Riverwalk shows the riverfront going from eyesore to amenity.
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License to approve
The City Council ushers in a host of new initiatives, among them a $50 to $60 million Riverwalk for the city that’s broke.