"As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?"What are the churches doing? That shorthand covers synagogues and mosques too....

"Dwight Perkins isn’t among the most familiar names associated with Chicago architecture. But unlike Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe,...

"Today, staring up at the massive, four-story red brick condo building at the northeast corner of Adams and Aberdeen streets, you would never know...

"Every building hides a world behind its doors—even blank-faced office blocks have a history and a social life—but perhaps no Chicago building hides more...

"The memory of that visit followed me when I walked into the renewed splendor of the newly renovated Belden-Stratford. It’s the mansard-roofed, high-rise, Second...

"The doors of nearly 200 churches, concert halls, co-ops and other historical sites around the city opened to the public last weekend for Open...

"Inside the compact, wood-paneled headquarters of the Hyde Park Historical Society early Saturday afternoon, historical society vice president Mallory Price and summer intern Hugh...

"For generations, Black music has been one of the foundational sources for liberation, survival, salvation, and entertainment. Gospel music has been one of the...

"Even if you’re a Chicago native, you likely haven’t stepped inside the Gothic Revival–style Second Presbyterian Church that sits on the corner of Michigan...

"Here today, gone tomorrow. That's the unfortunate reality every business and its customers face. Although there are plenty of newcomers to be excited about,...