LAKEVIEW — From its perch just off Clark and Belmont, The Alley weathered 39 years, the ups and downs of punk and goth culture and endless changes along Lakeview's central intersection. In the end, it ...

UPTOWN — The North Side rapper who was the target of at least two fatal shootings in Rogers Park in recent years was gunned down Friday morning in Uptown, authorities said. Two bullets to the back ...

HARLEM — The chief suspect in the murder of rapper Big L in 1999 was gunned down in Harlem Thursday night, sources said. Gerard Woodley, 46, who is suspected in four other homicides, was in front of ...

CHICAGO — Hard to believe, but there was a time when pizza in Chicago was a novelty, not a given, when restaurants specializing in it got more buzz than a Brendan Sodikoff spot and squirrels could ...

CITY HALL — Of the 804 new Chicago Police officers hired in 2017, 41 percent are white, according to data provided to aldermen Thursday. Some 35 percent are Hispanic, 17 percent are black and 7 ...

HIGHLAND PARK — The famous glass and steel home that served as the set for Cameron Frye's house in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" is undergoing a historic renovation — and it's not because a bright red ...

ANDERSONVILLE — The neighborhood that once was a hub for Chicago's lesbian community — known to many as "Girlstown" — is now home to more married gay men than hitched gay women, data shows. For ...

WEST RIDGE — Before becoming one of the city's most prolific resting places, Rosehill Cemetery was a rolling plat of hilly land called "Roe's Hill" by locals. In true Chicago form, nearby resident ...

LAKEVIEW — For some, going to church is like coming home. And for others, that's true in an even more literal sense. But perhaps no rebirth lends as much scope to the imagination as houses of worship ...

CHICAGO — Luis Munoz frequently visits Montrose Beach to photograph shorebirds like gulls and plovers. But during his trips to the popular beach for birders, Munoz also usually sees naked beachgoers, ...

DOWNTOWN — It's been about 10 years since "Cloud Gate," aka "The Bean," was "birthed," as one official said at the time. The sculpture wasn't yet finished when a huge tent that had shrouded it was ...

HELL'S KITCHEN — A dilapidated abandoned hospital here just stinks, residents say. And not just because of the foul smell. The 52nd Street and Ninth Avenue site, which once housed St. Vincent's ...