A view from Chicago's West side. The city is working to fill the abundance vacant lots on its South and West sides with middle-scale housing. This story was originally published on Smart Cities Dive.

Chicago firefighters spent the early-morning hours Monday battling a serious blaze in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood. The fire broke out overnight Sunday into Monday in a vacant two-story house at 2607 ...

Fire crews worked to douse flames overnight Saturday into Sunday at an abandoned house in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood. Smoke was seen pouring from the partially collapsed house on Shields ...

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The Tom Skinner Ensemble was rehearsing Wednesday ahead of a performance later this week at Thalia Hall. They were practicing in the auditorium of Land School, the latest achievement from ...