The Near North Side neighborhood tavern Weeds has been a garden of cultural delights. It was a cornerstone of Chicago’s poetry scene. It was the site of historic Thursday night jazz sessions…...
I’ve been swimming at the Point since I moved to Chicago over twenty years ago, but I only became a regular, a true Point Swimmer, about a decade ago.
https://www.newcity.com/2022/07/05/something-in-the-water-at-the-point-swimming-is-life/
They’ve been a great option for getting around—it’s like having spare bikes around the city. But I’m worried about Divvy’s future.
https://www.newcity.com/2022/06/28/bye-bye-blue-a-lament-for-the-classic-divvy-bikes/
"When I think of home, I don’t think of a physical space. I think of family."
https://www.newcity.com/2022/05/10/that-happy-me-from-gary-tina-jenkins-bells-chicago-story/
While I ride CTA trains a few times a week, I was interested in getting a better sense of what conditions are like on the El at other times of the day. So I hung out on the Red and Blue routes fr...
https://www.newcity.com/2022/05/03/el-of-a-night-twelve-hours-on-the-red-and-blue-lines/
Ted Ishiwari discusses a lifelong grappling with racism along with his father's ordeal of being uprooted and sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II.
https://www.newcity.com/2021/12/02/you-will-always-be-different-ted-ishiwaris-chicago-story/
The protests of this summer did not occur solely in Chicago. But to witness the eclipse of Black liberalism by Black rage in a city that has cradled both extremes was remarkable.
Alleys are our fuzzy slippers, worn down at the heel.
https://www.newcity.com/2020/10/09/the-alley-project-a-story-of-remnants-ordinary-and-true/
Consider a windowsill garden.
https://www.newcity.com/2020/05/28/summer-2020-summer-growing-suggestions-for-a-small-apartment/
I decided to test “Talk to Transformer"’s knowledge of Chicago by feeding it questions that both tourists and newcomers alike would probably have about the city.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/11/11/tourist-transformed-a-robots-guide-to-chicago/
About 10 miles northwest of downtown Chicago the way the crow flies, a wood-chip trail leads to the best example of what is known as natural building that we have in the city.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/11/07/bumbling-forward-consider-the-cob-beehive/
The first organized street gangs were in Chicago.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/10/24/made-in-chicago-best-example-of-street-business-acumen/
Its nonprofit charter was granted by the state of Illinois in December 1924.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/10/24/made-in-chicago-best-chicago-contribution-to-lgbtq-history/
Many have remixed it, but none put their signature on it.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/10/24/made-in-chicago-best-gift-to-the-game/
Stay true to the word!
https://www.newcity.com/2019/10/24/made-in-chicago-best-persistent-name-for-fizzy-nectar/
The group has grown exponentially.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/10/24/made-in-chicago-best-chicago-made-female-skate-team/
Helping Chicagoans and the world help themselves.
https://www.newcity.com/2019/10/24/made-in-chicago-best-chicago-made-charity/