The founder of Freedman Seating Co., headquartered on the West Side, exhibited its seats for horse-drawn carriages at the ...

The founder of Freedman Seating Co., headquartered on the West Side, exhibited its seats for horse-drawn carriages at the 1893 World's Fair. Today its seats are in trucks used by UPS, FedEx and the U.

With cement consumption at a decade low, it’s time to ask hard questions about housing, development and the Chicago area's future.

2004: In the finale to the first edition of the NBC reality show “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump “hired” Chicago businessman ...

Join Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, director of works for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, for a relaxing day at the fair with the Glen Ellyn Historical Society.

Burnham designed four skyscrapers in Cincinnati, including the Clopay Building (now Fourth & Walnut Centre). He famously ...

Cynthia Pelayo just wrote a novel weaving together a serial killer, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a plane crash at O ...

The cherry blossoms in Chicago's Jackson Park are nearing their 2025 peak bloom. The Chicago Park District said there have been 20 new cherry blossom trees planted at Jackson Park since the last full ...

Chicagoans and tourists alike have fallen under the spell of Jackson Park’s cherry trees, which are in full blossom for the ...

commemorating the 120th anniversary of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Another 50 trees were added in the following three years by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago ...