I’ve always wanted to see Chicago. I just haven’t had the chance yet. This gorgeous tilt-shift time-lapse of the city, taken by WGN TV, is more proof that I need to go. I will have your deep dish pizza. More »
If it’s been years since you’ve been awake early enough to watch a sunrise. If you’re a time-lapse nature junkie. If you know how beautiful the sun-kissed Chicago skyline can be. Doubly so if you don’t. These are the first few reasons why watching Craig Shimala’s Good Morning Chicago should be mandatory. There are at least 30 others. More »
Later this year, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago will be doing their second ever Month at the Museum experiment. The chosen applicant will spend a month actually living in the largest science centre in the Western Hemisphere. More »
A 21-year-old woman was allegedly updating her Facebook page by mobile phone when she struck and killed a 70-year-old pedestrian. More »
Over the last year, Chicago police have used tasers on people 683 times – an increase from just 197 times in 2009. That’s because the police department more than doubled its taser arsenal and stopped investigating every taser-related incident. More »
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There was a coyote running around downtown Chicago this weekend. Normally that’d be cause for concern, but in this case it’s a GPS-outfitted coyote released by the city to eat rats and stuff. They promise it won’t eat your kids! More »
Chicago’s mechanised subterranean restructuring project Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) has bored out a massive complex of man-made caverns. The goal? To prevent flooding and sewage overflow seeping into Lake Michigan. The effect? As you can see here, truly enormous. [BLDGBLOG]
If the thought of you sleeping in a museum by yourself for a month isn’t the stuff anxiety attacks are made of, then perhaps you’re just who Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is looking for. More »
