November 2024 Newsletter
Chicago Legacy Businesses: What’s the oldest family-owned business in Chicago?
"Countless businesses have come and gone in Chicago since it became a city in 1837. But some of the longest-standing companies are family-owned, which...
Chicago Legacy Businesses: Superdawg’s Beloved Hot Dog Statues Are Back And Better Than Ever
"Maurie and Flaurie — the 300-pound hot dog statues that have dutifully watched over Milwaukee Avenue for seven decades — are back."Superdawg owner Scott...
Chicago Legacy Businesses: Inside Chicago’s Essential Dive Bars
"A peek inside some of Chicago’s classic dive bars across the city, including Sovereign Liquors in Edgewater, a part-bar/part-liquor store that has been open...
Planted with love nearly 50 years ago, 54-foot blue spruce will be Chicago’s official Christmas tree
fo"Sarah Holden and her husband, Dave Shaddick, their daughters, Hazel and Pearl, as well as three cats and three lizards, are about to move...
Chicago Neighborhoods, Mapped By Residents: Here’s Where Locals Think Official Boundaries Should Be
"Chicagoans take their neighborhood pride seriously, whether cheering on their local high school sports team or touting the superiority of a nearby pizza joint....
Hyde Park Stories: The Rosalie Villas
"Harper Avenue between 57th and 59th streets is best known now as the Halloween street, but it was once famous as the Rosalie Villas,...
Driehaus Museum presents “Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright” October 24, 2024 to January 5, 2025
Photographing Frank Lloyd Wright
October 24, 2024-January 5, 2025
Presented by Driehaus Museum and The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust"Frank Lloyd Wright had a lifelong fascination with...