The City doled out honors to more than a dozen projects for excellence in historic preservation. Among the mansions and noted civic buildings was an unlikely honoree: a former White Castle. more ›

Chicagoist is home to some hearty discussions about whether or not illegal street graffiti can be considered “art." It’s so customary to associate graffiti with vandalism, as soon as artists completed a commissioned graffiti-style mural on the exterior walls of The Ashland bar in West Lakeview, the complaints from area residents started rolling in. more ›