WBEZ 91.5 Chicago

In 1960 a Chicago park was renamed to honor a distinguished citizen. But what about the man whose name was dropped?

Picking out Chicago's longest street is a no-brainer. But naming the city's shortest street is a bit tougher.

When Richard Steele thinks about the Bridgeport he knew as a child of the 1950s, he remembers the warnings his parents gave him. WBEZ asks the question: Can a neighborhood change?

It's primary day in Illinois!And with politics on our minds, we look back at the strange events of an election day in 1936. On November 3 that year, Richard J. Daley--future Democratic boss, future mayor, future father of a future mayor--was elected to his first political office . . .

Evidence of Pilsen’s rich industrial history can be seen in the factories that line some of its streets--but those buildings weren't all left vacant. Over the years, artists set up shop in some of the spaces in Chicago's East Pilsen and Bridgeport neighborhoods.

Head into Hebru Brantley’s latest exhibition and you might find yourself full of a childlike glee. The images and sculptures are cartoon-like with bright colors, figures flying through the air and paintings of young wide-eyed kids clutching Kermit the Frog dolls.

Evidently, my post last Thursday, (the Top 5 overrated Italian joints in Chicago), revealed there is clearly a passionate base out there, willing to defend loyalties.