Metra trip reveals empty South Side

Mar. 29, 2011
Travel through some parts of the South Side these days. The emptiness is startling.The void is particularly noticeable along the Metra Rock Island line. I take this line daily between downtown and my house.

A real life snowglobe: Winter comes to the Pullman neigborhood

Feb. 9, 2010
Hotel Florence, 111th just east of Cottage Grove (photo by Lee Bey)A blanket of snow has fallen on the city.