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The participating students wrote a letter explaining that they were going to walk out for a number of reasons--but mostly, they walked out for their teachers.

We find comfort in the familiar, in what we know and what we’ve always known. But our city of neighborhoods often isolates, creating a series of “Chicagos,” but not one that can represent the city as a whole.

She was called the mastermind behind the murderous attack of September 1901.

Chicago’s toniest green space was once the final resting place for more than 35,000 Chicagoans – and may still be just that for as many as 12,000 people buried there between 1843 and 1866. 

Lincoln Park is Chicago's outdoor version of Statuary Hall. Now, meet the man on the hill overlooking Diversey Harbor.

During the 1920s, constructing the northern extension of Ogden Avenue was one of Chicago's great public works projects. But where is that street now?

How well did you find your way around 1949 Chicago?The one obvious clue is the streetcar signed for Route 72, which is the number still used by the CTA for North Avenue. The double-wires overhead is another clue.