Rainy conditions forced NASCAR to shorten the race in both 2023 and 2024, but both events also produced dramatic racing that ...

Chicago’s grid system dates back to 1830 ... in miniature when he designed Chicago’s first street map. It was less than half a square mile, bounded by Kinzie on the north, Washington on ...

The first topic: the Chicago Grid! You see these numbers on ... it because the addresses lined up with the street numbers. So even the mile things aren’t right, the addresses are right.

This iconic stretch begins at the Chicago River and runs northward along Michigan Avenue, terminating at Oak Street. The Magnificent Mile is a prime destination for shopping, dining, and ...

MECRO outfits porches with LED lights that automatically turn on at dusk, helping residents feel safer — and showing them how ...

Each standard-sized block measures an eighth of a mile ... spread along the grid without a single numbering system, duplicate addresses proliferated. Chicago’s clever street system was ...

Just ahead of the Fourth of July, downtown Chicago will host an unprecedented NASCAR race, with drivers maneuvering through a challenging 2.2-mile course ... on the Chicago street course.

“The weather was definitely a challenge,” Julie Giese, president of NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race, said. “I think the key takeaway on that, though, is that we were able to get the event i ...

A fireworks display lighting up the Mag Mile and Chicago River took place at 7 p.m. There were lots of street closures in effect downtown to make all of this possible. The Chicago Police ...

The city and the sport, whose partnership was doubted by many, became acquainted on a soggy weekend downtown. The reviews were mixed. Cars lined up in anticipation of NASCAR racing in downtown ...

Bike Grid Now is an activist organization to raise awareness and compel leaders to implement cyclist- and pedestrian-prioritized roads. According to Replica and the Chicago Department of ...

The unprecedented 12-turn, 2.2-mile street race will take the Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series past and through many of Chicago’s most renowned downtown landmarks during Fourth of July ...