In recent years, the Chicago River itself has undergone a renaissance, from a lifeless industrial waterway into a vibrant ...

The Chicago ball club is quite successful in the 19th century. Later, they adopt a nickname given them in the local papers and change their name to the Cubs. July 18: In a stupendous feat of ...

Chicago collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have donated 200 paintings, 50 sculptures and nearly 2,000 drawings by some of the biggest names in French art.

Swedish immigrants settled into the Andersonville neighborhood at the end of the 19th century. Chicago had the largest Scandinavian settlement in the U.S. at that time. Today, Andersonville ...

A wealth of Neoclassicist art has joined the holdings of the Art Institute of Chicago via collectors Jeffrey and Carol ...