What are we going to do about 51st Street?

May. 23, 2013
After 110 years, the city still can't decide how far to extend a major street.

Last days for the Western-Belmont overpass

May. 6, 2013
As the city prepares to tear down an obsolete viaduct, a look at how public works fashions have changed.

When Western Avenue was Woodrow Wilson Road

Apr. 25, 2013
The city council changes the name of Chicago's longest street and stirs up trouble.

Daley's highway in the sky

Apr. 16, 2013
Today in Chicago history, Mayor Daley opens Chicago's first toll highway in a legal loophole.

How Chicago Snow removal worked in 1907

Feb. 27, 2013
Clearing streets after a blizzard the 'Chicago Way' in 1907.

Raising Chicago

Jan. 29, 2013
Public health and public works, 1857-style--just jack up the buildings!

How I Named a Chicago Expressway

Dec. 12, 2012
Think the government doesn't listen to you? Sometimes a citizen initiative does succeed.

Ghost Street: Chicago's North Ogden Avenue Extension

Nov. 5, 2012
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?

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