This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” It was destined to be the definitive literary monument of the Roaring ’20s, a decade of ...

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Eamonn Walker’s return as Chicago ... in real life, actually new,” the actress explained. “We’re like work besties. It’s a shared experience we both have.” Hudon joined Chicago Fire ...

Chicago's firefighters, EMTs and paramedics help resident through some of their worst moments, and our female first ...

Montgomery Ward was outraged that the lakefront near present-day Grant Park (built in part from the ash from the Great Chicago Fire ... was some of the ritziest real estate in Chicago.

Even back then it was some of the ritziest real estate in Chicago ... the shore and the tracks in part with ashes from the Great Chicago Fire creating a makeshift lakefront park.

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Katharine Dexter McCormick, who was born to a life ... the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He also headed the relief committee after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and was a major real ...

I had no expectations — I only decided to visit the Cultural Center after googling “cool architecture to see in Chicago” and finding it on a random tourism website. I hardly even looked at any ...