The histories of some pieces of land in Chicago are well-known. The Thompson Center in the Loop stands on the former site of the Sherman House Hotel. The Chicago Police Belmont Area Headquarters and ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...

Despite Chicago's rich and complex history, there is still a lot unknown about its neighborhoods. "That parking lot maybe that's on the corner in your neighborhood didn't always used to be a parking ...