Chicago was once the fastest growing city in the world. Daniel breaks down the Chicago Map and how the mouth of a river became the site of skyscrapers, art, and bridges. Scenes from Florida in the ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

Click on the links below to access scans of some of the sheet maps of Chicago from the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s that are held at the University of Chicago Library's Map Collection. During these three ...

The annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon will have racers take over city streets on Sunday. A record 50,000 runners are ...