Rianne Coale – Page 25

Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you Chicago’s very own pizza squirrel

June 11, 2018 at 3:19 a.m.

New York, Chicago sees your pizza rat and raises you a pizza squirrel—a solid metaphor for the comparability of our cities (take that how you will). The pizza squirrel supposedly...

It’s snow wonder why people are leaving Chicago faster than any U.S. city

June 8, 2018 at 11:26 p.m.

When "polar vortex," "below zero" and "rapid weather change" have become integrated into the vocabulary of every Chicagoan, it's snow wonder why: In 2015, the Chicago region saw its first...

"The Great Controversy" -- a religious book -- is being mailed to 600,000 Chicagoans.

Did you get this book? Here’s why

June 8, 2018 at 11:26 p.m.

Have you checked your mailbox recently? It probably had a copy of "The Great Controversy" in it. Apparently it's because crime in Chicago has gotten so bad that a religious...

Patricia Haylan of Kansas City, Mo., swabs the cheeks of her Lhasapoo Darby in 2014 for the PooPrints Pet DNA program. The Luxe, a West Loop rental apartment building, has also required its dog owners to submit cheek swabs of their pets so that any dog waste not picked up by owners can be traced.

Forgot to pick up your pooch’s poop? Be glad you don’t live in this building …

June 8, 2018 at 11:43 p.m.

When it comes to dog poop cleanup, management at one pet-friendly West Loop apartment building is taking crackdowns to the next level. Poop that goes unscooped in or around the...

Workers dump a load of dirt March 22, 2016, around the circular hole that would have been the foundation of the world's second-tallest building, Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire, near Lake Shore Drive and the Chicago River. The owner of the site is making a landscaped berm to block views of the hole.

Why fill a gaping hole in the ground when you can pile dirt around it?

June 12, 2018 at 2:18 a.m.

When construction for what would have been the world's second-tallest building halted eight years ago, it left behind a gaping 76-foot-deep hole next to Lake Shore Drive. So what do...

No surprise: Chicago is among the most congested cities in the U.S.

June 12, 2018 at 2:07 a.m.

Chicago ranked 10th on the 2016 TomTom Traffic Index's list of the most traffic-congested U.S. cities, proving that coming in last place doesn't always mean you're the worst! Chicago's overall...

In this Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, travelers line up at a security checkpoint area in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

If you’re looking for the world’s best airport, you won’t find it in Chicago

June 8, 2018 at 10:27 p.m.

The nation's second busiest airport couldn't manage to win over passengers to stay in the rankings of the world's 100 best airports—what gives, O'Hare? O'Hare, which previously ranked 92nd, dropped...

Chicago's skyline looms high over the Eisenhower expressway at Western Ave. as vehicles and Blue Line CTA trains make their way to and from the city, minutes before sunrise.

What would happen if the ‘L’ completely shut down for a day?

May 22, 2019 at 9:32 p.m.

Picture this: A 24-hour shutdown of the CTA rail system, and you get only a day's notice before it happens. I don't know about you, but I think that's a...

Dennis Nicholl, who is accused of using a jamming device to interfere with cellphone calls on a Red Line train, leaves Cook County Jail after bonding out March 9, 2016.

Pro tip: You only get a misdemeanor for jamming cellphones on the CTA

June 12, 2018 at 2:10 a.m.

What do you get when you ride the Red Line and use a cellphone jamming device at the same time? Arrested. Just ask Dennis Nicholl, the CTA commuter who was...

Lady parts rejoice: Chicago just eliminated its tampon tax

June 8, 2018 at 10:22 p.m.

Though many of us wish we could give good ol' Aunt Flo the boot every month, human biology doesn't work that way (dammit). Bright side? Chicago's portion of the state's...

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