I am about to embark on a grand Chicago voyage... In my eternal effort to better comprehend this place, I'll be visiting and drinking in all the 50 wards.

Think of it as a Chicago-centric pop quiz in your geography class -- without the repercussions of a flunking score. Gapers Block on Monday linked t...

Well, I'm headed out of town for Morocco soon. I know, little tiny violins. But the truth of the matter is, leaving Chicago is hard.

Banks filed foreclosure on fewer homes in Chicago last year, so it's easy to think the problem is fading. But five years into the crisis, a lot of nei...

Chicago has again been ranked one of America's most walkable cities, behind New York, San Francisco and Boston, according to an annual report released...

For years, Chatham has been the premier black community on the South Side with nice homes and manicured lawns. But some residents feel their "grass wa...

Text by Kevin Aeh and photos by Erica Gannett, courtesy of Time Out Chicago A.J. Hassan and Jessica Berger must have great imaginations. When the co...

For more than 21 years, Earwax Cafe has been a Wicker Park staple. Their vegetarian-friendly menu, delicious milkshakes and art-filled walls survived ...

We all get busy with our own lives. And once the Chicago winter rolls in and we're cooped up inside, you can go weeks, even months, without seeing the people who live next door.

Chicago's third heaviest snowfall in history shut down schools and businesses and stranded drivers... But there was a bigger crisis in many Mexican n...

To celebrate their 40th anniversary, Chicago Magazine has been rounding up everything they love about the Windy City. This week, they unveiled one of ...

Walking past this 9,850 square foot mansion in Old Irving Park, you can't help but wonder what is inside. It turns out, the state of the art home is...

Striking the perfect balance between lively city and historical hub, west suburban Oak Park has been named one of the top ten neighborhoods in the Uni...

The city of Chicago is a tangled maze of neighborhoods, carved up along ethnic, cultural and geographic lines. There are the 77 official "community ar...

Chicago Avenue used to have it all -- shops, theaters, department stores and restaurants. People used to hang out on the stretch of road between Damen...

One of the few reliable sources of income for our otherwise cash-strapped city is property taxes. Whether you're looking to move to a new neighborhood...

If ever there was a community in need of economic development, it's West Englewood. It's riddled with vacant lots. Those that aren't turning to swa...

If living in the right part of town is still important to you, but you're living on a recession budget, which Chicago area neighborhood offers the most bang for your buck?

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley took a page from David Letterman Tuesday night, delivering a Top Ten list from the floor of Congress of his "Reasons Chicago is...

Women in neighborhoods on Chicago's South and West Sides have much higher death rates from breast cancer....

Chicago is home to four of the top 25 most dangerous "neighborhoods" in the country, including a sliver of Washington Park that ranked No. 2, a recent...

Outer-neighborhood Chicagoans tend to think downtowners suffer through our central-city lives. It's hard to describe the devotion some of us feel for our high-rise 'hood.

It has been said (ad nauseum) that Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, which sounds pretty cozy and quilt-like until you examine what that means.

John Alexander Logan entered public life after his election to the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1852. Like all good Chicago politicians,...