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Annette Prince holds an injured Cooper's hawk that was rescued by Omar Sanchez near a busy street in downtown Chicago on Oct. 12, 2022.

Chicago is the deadliest city for migratory birds. A city ordinance that would protect them is still in limbo.

December 28, 2022 at 12:44 p.m.

Chicago is the deadliest city in the U.S. for birds journeying each spring and autumn between northern locales and Florida, Mexico and Central America. But the city has put off...

Residents and their dogs walk to the high water mark of Lake Michigan in front of a Justin Ishbia lakefront home as they cross from Centennial Beach to Elder Lane Park beach on Oct. 24, 2022, in Winnetka.

In Winnetka, a plan to swap lakefront tracts with a billionaire has sparked debate. ‘I think nature belongs to all of us’

December 11, 2022 at 9:05 a.m.

In a tony North Shore suburb, a showdown is taking place over a controversial plan to carve up a public beach and swap part of it with a billionaire private...

Skokie’s Old Orchard getting complete overhaul, with new apartments and town square

December 9, 2022 at 10:10 a.m.

The upscale shopping mall Westfield Old Orchard in north suburban Skokie is about to undergo a $100 million transformation, the most far-reaching in its 66-year history. The owners plan to...

A pedestrian crosses an overpass above the CTA tracks and the Eisenhower Expressway as the Chicago skyline looms overhead during the morning rush hour on Oct. 5, 2022.

Chicago attracting a healthy amount of investment, but all neighborhoods aren’t equal

December 7, 2022 at 2:48 p.m.

Chicago attracted a lot of investment over the past decade, but how well its economy serves residents depends a lot on where they live. Between 2010 and 2020, neighborhoods where...

An artisan's photo is displayed with his work at Colores Mexicanos, located on Chicago's North Michigan Avenue.

Along the Mag Mile, a new crop of retailers await holiday shoppers. ‘We love that our store surprises people’

November 27, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Revelers attending holiday events downtown may notice a novel set of stores and attractions popping up along the Magnificent Mile. There aren't enough of these new tenants to fill the...

A cyclist rides past the Flat Iron Building in 2005 in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago.

Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Arts Building gets new owners, who promise to preserve it as artists’ community

November 7, 2022 at 1:46 p.m.

The historic Flat Iron Arts Building in Wicker Park, where for decades artists and other creative businesses have rented out studio spaces, was just purchased for $19.7 million, but the...

Looking south, an aerial view of the empty lot and one-story building at 1112 W. Carroll Ave. and 315 N. May St., the future sites of a two-building complex with offices and residential.

Chicago’s 1-year-old Committee on Design is helping shape the city’s most important development projects

November 2, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago developers worried last year that construction projects would face bureaucratic snarls after city planners added a layer to the approval process. Builders already had to run a gantlet of...

The city skyline seen from Chicago Avenue near Ashland Avenue during sunset in Chicago on Oct. 18, 2022.

City commission greenlights 2,700 new downtown apartments in 6 different proposed towers

October 21, 2022 at 12:13 p.m.

The Chicago Plan Commission approved proposals Thursday that could result in the construction of more than 2,700 new downtown apartments by three development teams. If City Council greenlights the ambitious...

Work continues on a massive industrial building at Taylor Road and Weber Road in Romeoville on Oct. 10, 2022.

Industrial developers setting new construction records, but gold rush likely to end in 2023

October 10, 2022 at 4:01 p.m.

Industrial builders in Chicagoland smashed records for new construction this summer, surpassing the already fast development pace of 2021. Sleek modern warehouses used to store and distribute goods, feeding online...

A person crosses N. Western Avenue near the CTA Brown Line station, Oct. 6, 2022.

City set to redevelop 5 miles of Western Avenue into green, pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods

October 7, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration is ready to implement a long-term vision for a thoroughfare that connects North Side neighborhoods like Lincoln Square, North Center and West Rogers Park. City planning...

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