It takes approximately 700,000 megawatt hours of electricity to power Chicago's more than 400 municipal buildings every year. As of January 1, every single one of them — including 98 fire stations, ...

The 26-story Art Deco building on the Chicago River's South Branch was the first office building in the city built above railroad tracks and the first with a public plaza.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago is home to some of the tallest buildings in the country, with some spanning more than 1,000 feet from base to tip. But ...

On this 188th birthday of the City of Chicago, Preservation Chicago issued its list of what it has deemed the seven most endangered buildings and structures for 2025. The nonprofit organization has ...

Nestled in the heart of the Printers Row district in the South Loop, Straits Row appears like any other high-rise in downtown Chicago. It has a modern interior design and high-end amenities that are ...

The 411 buildings owned by the city of Chicago will run entirely on renewable energy beginning Jan. 1. The feat will eliminate 290,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, according to ...

(NEXSTAR) – Can you imagine a time before skyscrapers towered over the world’s great cities, shading the streets and sidewalks below? That was the reality until America entered a new architectural era ...

CHICAGO — At 10 p.m. last Thursday in downtown Chicago, at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Jackson Drive, Jeremy Casperson surveyed the scene. He was in his element as the person overseeing the ...