Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great ... distilled real-life experiences into his characters Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway, chronicling scenes he’d witnessed while visiting Chicago’s North ...

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 ...

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 of wealth, which she compounded through marriage, could have sat back and simply enjoyed the many advantages that flowed her way. Instead ...

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 ...