It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings every year. As of January 1, every single one of them — including 98 fire stations, ...

On this 188th birthday of the City of Chicago, Preservation Chicago issued its list of what it has deemed the seven most endangered buildings and structures for 2025. The nonprofit organization has ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 is teaming up with the Chicago Architecture Center as part of a new series called Chicago Uncovered to showcase locations, new and old, that distinguish Chicago among other ...

The fate of a 120-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright house in the west Chicago neighborhood of Austin remains precarious after the ...

The future of the federal government’s footprint in Chicago is uncertain as the Trump administration embarks on a plan to shed up to half of all government office space across the nation, while also ...

A city “scarred and shaped by fire” is inviting more of the same by inspecting over a 12-month period just 17% of the buildings in its database for fire code violations and failing to maintain an ...

For Darren Hightower, the South Shore building holds difficult memories but also reminds him of how he advocated for himself ...

Two Chicago office buildings traded hands in separate deals at the end of 2024 for huge discounts — a sign that while office transactions appear to be picking up, owners are taking significant ...

After a career spent largely in the shadows, Field Museum ornithologist Dave Willard is enjoying a moment in the spotlight ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The South Loop building that once housed a nightclub at the center of one of Chicago's deadliest tragedies was being torn down on Tuesday, after city building inspectors determined the ...