These Design Ideas Turned ‘The Hancock Center’ Into An Icon
Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan changed the way architects and engineers thought about the structure of the modern skyscraper.
Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan changed the way architects and engineers thought about the structure of the modern skyscraper.
The story of Irish-American draft resisters, African-Americans who defied the odds to fight, and women who found ways to support the war.
Here’s a peek at what goes on inside some of these “mystery buildings” and how their architectural disguises have evolved over the decades.
In this live podcast episode, two actors playing New York and Chicago duke it out over who will host the coveted 1893 World’s Fair.
Chicago is home to an estimated 2,000 coyotes. To learn how they survive, Curious City joined researchers as they tracked down pups.
A Curious City fan asked us about an odd detail on an old Chicago map. Was it really a Native American burial mound?
Names like Marquette and Joliet are cited in history books. But it was Native Americans who first set Chicago on a path to develop into a major metropolis.
The brainchild of a 22-year-old executive, the White Sox look hit a home run with fans and, half a century later, rappers.
The rally and ensuing violence in Charlottesville last weekend was a reminder that the “alt right” and “white nationalists” are not fringe groups quietly operating on the sidelines. White power groups, or “Neo-Nazis” are part of the fabric of Chicago’s complicated history of race. As part of Curious City, Jesse Dukes reports on Chicago’s “Nazi Neighborhood” in the 1970s.
From 1912 to 1930, the famous poet and writer lived and worked in the Chicago area. Step back in time to experience Sandburg’s Chicago.