The area was at the tail end of the Great Migration, and still under the tight control of white ward bosses, when the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. set off the conflagration. Read more
In February 1971, a 23-year-old TV director got an official "Attack Warning." He checked the authenticator for the correct password: "HATEFULNESS." Then he faced a decision: Should he play a terrifying plea from the North American Air Defense to take cover? Read more
A University of Chicago sociologist is investigating the possibility that small areas, which have been shifted between wards over the years, are more prone to it—perhaps because they fall through the political cracks. Read more
Nothing under a million dollars, but that (or more) will get you a huge space with amazing views in what's still one of Chicago's most exclusive addresses. Read more
