CHICAGO — By the time Ford City Shopping Center opened at 76th Street and Cicero Avenue sixty years ago this month, over 4,500 enclosed shopping centers that were small cities unto themselves dotted ...
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The CTA is adding new bus service on some key routes. Starting Sunday, the No. 53 Pulaski route will be extended to Ford City Mall, and the 53A South Pulaski route will end at the Pulaski Orange Line ...
Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on: SW Side In ‘Trouble’ If Warehouse Park ...
They are sites of capitalism and memory — especially for young people. Remember Sbarro’s Pizza? The Lark? Gingiss Formalwear? Orange Julius? Malls are gathering spaces to shop, people-watch and hang ...