Every UP-NW station town from Park Ridge to Harvard, plus the corridor's no-station communities — 23 towns with current Census population, home value, and income figures. Companion to our west suburbs reference.
Search interest in South Shore is up 22% since the Obama Presidential Center opened. Six years ago, the neighborhood was cut from the housing-protection ordinance that covers Woodlawn. Here's the evidence, and its limits.
Neither of the two renter ordinances waiting for a Chicago City Council vote requires just cause, and both would cap security deposits, which the current code does not. The mayor’s text caps an application fee at $20 and allows no move-in fee; the competing text, FAIR, caps it at $50 and allows one. Both substitute ordinances, read in full from the City Clerk’s records and compared provision by provision. Rebuilt September 30, 2026.
Chicago-area search interest in Logan Square jumped 25% in eight weeks while new-construction permits run 48% ahead of last year. Two datasets, one direction — and what it means if you're apartment hunting.
Zillow's new research says the national housing deficit finally stopped growing — and its worst-shortage rankings are all coastal metros. What Chicago's absence from those lists does and doesn't mean for anyone weighing a move.
Grant Park sits on top of more rail than almost any festival site in America. What's confirmed for July 30-August 2, what last year's service plan looked like, and when the 2026 announcements should land.
We pulled every new-construction permit from Chicago's open data portal: citywide activity is up 4.8%, the Near West Side leads by a wide margin, and two West Side neighborhoods cracked the top ten.
New York's Fair Fares expansion made headlines. Chicagoland's own reduced-fare program covers every Metra line in six counties — and its future is an early test for the new transit authority.
The Chicago Fed put hard numbers on what Chicagoland homeowners feel at every renewal — and the reform Springfield just passed leaves a gap you should plan around.
Discover the best casual restaurants in Arlington Heights for 2025. From farm-to-table dining at Scratchboard Kitchen to authentic Mexican at Mago Grill & Cantina, explore comfort food, new restaurant openings, and downtown dining hotspots.
