The earliest of 39 maps recently discovered at an estate sale dates to 1835, two years after Chicago was incorporated as a town.

A reader wondered how Chicago’s coastline has changed over the decades. We look at the earliest maps of Chicago to get us closer to an answer.

Last Tuesday I wrote about visual artist Tim Anderson rediscovering a painting he had made 15 years ago of the city of Chicago containing, to his calculations and research, some 198 different neigh… ...

With its boarded-up windows and rusting wrought-iron fence, the abandoned three-story mansion in the 4700 block of South King Drive doesn’t look historically significant. But in the 1930s, th… ...

Homicide Inequality in Chicago—In Maps Murders have plummeted overall, but much of the city has seen only modest declines or stagnation ...

A Chicago flash flood warning went out Tuesday night as the city experienced some of its heaviest rain since 2023. More than ...

When Mapping the Many Disparities in Chicago, It Can Feel Like It’s the Same Story Being Told But maps can turn personal experiences into powerful evidence.

A Chicago-area mapmaker says he's preparing to sue Mayor Rahm Emanuel's government after the city allegedly "stole" his maps nearly a decade ago and has refused to pay him royalties.

The Great Cicada Invasion of 2024 in Illinois is almost here, and bug experts have created maps of the attack.

More than a month's worth of rain fell on Chicago in 90 minutes on Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). "There were numerous reports of flooded viaducts, several reports ...

Kilgubbin won’t be found on modern-day maps of Chicago, but there once was a place known by that name — a settlement of Irish immigrants on the city’s North Side. In the 1850s and 1860s ...

In Drawings, Serpentine North Maps the Arc of Judy Chicago’s Career "Revelations" encapsulates almost six decades of trailblazing feminist art, challenging dogmas and elevating women to a higher ...