The mayor is polling poorly among Hispanic voters, a huge shift from his predecessor. That would seemingly benefit Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, but his political career was once derailed by Daley's Hispanic allies. Read more
The late Chicago journalist was a young staffer for this magazine when he captured the pulse of the city shortly before it elected its first black mayor. Read more
The deadly, highly contagious virus infected thousands of people in Illinois, hitting poor neighborhoods in Chicago the hardest, leading to new initiatives and laws that technically eliminated the disease. Read more
It was so bad, Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson hosted an hour-long live call-in show that allowed residents to bombard top bureaucrats with questions, capturing history (and the collapse of a mayoral administration) as it happened. Read more
Unlikely buildings—like a massive armory—have been placed in Chicago parkland, while the Field Museum and the Dunbar School were fought off. So does the presidential library stand a chance? Read more
What the city looked like at the peak of its population, but before the skyscraper boom that gave the City of Big Shoulders its immense height. Read more
