Chicago is known for a variety of transportation: busy airports, a popular riverfront, and a strategic rail transit hub. However, the city’s downtown is perhaps best traveled by foot. It’s the only ...

Welcome to Curbed’s first-ever Transportation Week! From how to improve public transportation in cities, ranking the best car-free neighborhoods across the country, and a friendly competition between ...

While many cities across the country are witnessing construction booms, the development activity currently underway in Chicago cannot be overstated. Last year, Chicago witnessed a post-recession ...

A far more refined rendering of the Old Post Office’s planned improvements along the Chicago River. Gensler Sixteen months have passed since 601W Companies acquired Chicago’s abandoned Old Main Post ...

For a city that prides itself on its architectural legacy, Chicago has a mixed track record when it comes to saving its significant buildings. The city’s historic preservation movement didn’t always ...

A great deal has been written about Frank Lloyd Wright on the development of modern architecture, but what exactly inspired the famous architect? What led to the development of his Prairie School ...

Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of neighborhoods, cuisines, and prices. Learn more about our editorial process. The movie starts out at Dr. Kimble’s home, where his ...

Solider Field was utilized as a venue for the 1933 World's Fair. Photo: Getty Images In 1919, the South Park Commission held a design competition for what was originally envisioned as a central ...

Last week, Bank of America officially committed to anchoring a 50-story, Class A office tower proposed to replace Chicago’s low-rise General Growth Building. Known by its address of 110 N. Wacker, the ...

Just a week after it officially opened, 150 North Riverside is abuzz with activity. Office workers can be spotted eating lunch outside in the building’s ground-level park while tourists stop to look ...

If one in every ten single-family lot added an accessory unit, Chicago would have 237,000 more homes by 2040. Getty Images Chicago offers a diverse mix of places to live, from soaring high-rises to ...

A Yellow Line train passing through the Oakton Curve in Skokie. Flickr Creative Commons/Jonathan Lee It’s both an anomaly and an outlier, a transit afterthought among the 224.1 miles of track that ...