The Sanitary District of Chicago (now the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District) built the extension to Joliet to allow for complete navigation from Lake Michigan to the Des Plaines River.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Hard Rock Cafe in River North is closing after nearly 40 years. The restaurant has been a popular attraction for tourists visiting downtown Chicago with its iconic guitar sign.

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The publisher of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin has put its longtime River North home up for sale, marketing it as a prime candidate to be ...

A high-stakes game of office space reshuffling is unfolding at Chicago’s Citadel Center ... Citadel’s lease at the River North office tower would help fill space left vacant after real ...

The lasers are used to penetrate the river’s surface and map the riverbed ... killing all 260 people on board and five on the ground. Chicago Bears Q&A: Will Trey Smith make it to free agency?

Rent a retro boat from Chicago Electric Boat Company and cruise the river yourself. – Cortney Fries When the weather warms up in Chicago, there are few better places to enjoy the outdoors than ...

Downtown Chicago also has been in perpetual recovery mode since COVID started to spread in 2020. Some River North restaurant owners have complaints about crime claiming it's keeping business away.

You can get in touch with Matthew by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. Chicago is bracing for its most significant snowstorm of the season, with meteorologists forecasting heavy ...

Time Out revealed its latest list of the 50 best cities in the world this week. Chicago ranks 11th after finishing near the top three years ago, but is still among the few U.S. cities to slot in ...

A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for ...

Serena Maria Daniels is an editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She's a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been a ...