By Jeff Ruby
STICKER SHOCK: Those #@*% parking receipts were driving me nuts—until I found a new purpose for the obnoxious clutter on my dashboard Read more
Tag: City Life
By Whet Moser
The collapse of Detroit is attributed to a familiar litany of reasons, but they're ones that, in many ways, are shared by our city. A local urban planner, born in Detroit, shares some ideas for why the Motor City's collapse was so much worse than its Rust Belt peers. Read more
By Whet Moser
In the postwar years, the mass migration of Southerners to Chicago caused substantial cultural tensions in the city—and of great official concern were the Appalachians who settled in Uptown and their "primitive jungle tactics." Read more
By Geoffrey Johnson
Founder of Project Exploration, an organization that introduces low-income
students to science Read more
By Whet Moser
A bike nerd post about stumbling on an obscure piece of local bike manufacturing history: the fillet-brazed lightweight Schwinn. Read more
By Whet Moser
A recent study conducted in Illinois colleges finds the usual: students don't know how to research stuff. Only now, they don't know how to research stuff using Google. They were just born too late. Read more
May 20, 2011—Chicago businessman and philanthropist, Richard Driehaus, hosted his annual fundraiser event that showcases young emerging designers. Guests gathered at the Driehaus car museum, where his personal collection of vintage vehicles are on display, for a cocktail reception, silent auction, and sneak preview of the designers before the show. Twenty-five students from five area colleges and universities in Chicago were selected to participate in a runway show and compete for various scholarships. The 2011 winner was Que Shelbley. Read more
By Jeff Ruby
I didn’t want to disappoint my wife and kids, but their peeing, barking irritant of a dog needed to go Read more
By Marcia Froelke Coburn
Want to join the ranks of Chicago's amateur beekeepers? Start with a beekeeping class. Then buying your own bees. Then get the right equipment... and think one step ahead of the bees. Read more
April 5, 2011 -- Architects, designers, and builders gathered at the Merchandise Mart to learn about the latest in kitchen cabinetry finishes. Pat Borg, owner and president of Neff of Chicago, and Richard Byard, vice president of world design for Neff Manufacturing, took attendees through Neff's exquisite cabinetry options, from patinas, Euro-laminates, exotic veneers, and holographic treatments. Guests enjoyed breakfast items from The Chopping Block and were automatically entered into a raffle drawing to win one of five trips to Toronto to tour Neff Manufacturing's state-of-the-art facilities. Read more