Gabe Klein arriving at his office on North LaSalle Street in the summer of 2011. Photo: Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune In 2011, Gabe Klein came into town after a short stint as D.C.'s transportation ...

First, let's get the caveats out of the way. Yes, Richard M. Daley has had a tremendous run as mayor of Chicago. He's polished an international, tourist-friendly city that looks sharp and stays ...

Ask anyone who knows Vince Vaughn, and you'll hear the same thing: the kid who left Lake Forest with a suitcase full of dreams and found success in Hollywood is a guy's guy, a Midwestern sort of guy, ...

Among the issues on which Chicago and Downstate disagree, coal is one of the more significant. In Chicago, it's seen as a relic of 20th Century industrialism, destined to be replaced by cleaner ...

Two years ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the city would finally separate bike and pedestrian paths along the entire length of the Chicago Lakefront Trail. Since then, he’s noticed a common reaction ...

The other day Gawker passed along a "statistic" that gets lots of attention every time it's mentioned (which has been at least three times, in The Daily, Huffington Post, and then Gawker, the last of ...

Graff in front of a building by Henry Ives Cobb at Lake Forest College, where she is a professor. Cobb also designed several world’s fair structures. Photo: Lucy Hewett You were the first ...

NEW BYO BITE CAFE In 1995, Bite Cafe opened as a no-frills BYO storefront in Ukrainian Village. The food was tasty, but over time, Bite fell off the radar. Until six months ago, that is, when the ...