Benjamin Aldred, assistant professor and reference librarian at UIC, spent part of the pandemic on his own small project: recreating historic Chicago ward maps as digital shapefiles that can be ...

The facade of Chicago’s Garrick Theater, designed by Adler & Sullivan in 1892 and demolished in 1961. Richard Nickel/Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress ...

The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted to extend protection status to a historic Catholic parish in the city, handing a ...

If there's one thing Chicago has to offer, it's breathtaking architecture. Just look at the Windy City's one-of-a-kind waterfront road lined with some of the world's best buildings and the Willis ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Choose Chicago is holding a series of free volunteer-led tours of some of the city's most historic neighborhoods. Saturday's tours begin at 10 a.m. from the Chase Promenade in ...

Chicago’s Folded Map Project and Black Social Culture Map are examples of how Black communities use map-making to affirm the importance of Black life.