If, on Monday night, you were to gaze up at the final building in the Cabrini-Green project left to be demolished, and saw hundreds of winking lights, you'd be well within your rights to ask the disembodied Yahoo Answers in your head: "Hey, what are all these winking lights doing in the last Cabrini-Green building left to be demolished?" more ›

When people talk about Chicago being a "hyper-segregated" city, often they're referring to how the row homes and high-rises were situated in areas that were cut off from the rest of the city, most commonly by the expressways or a lack of adequate public transportation. more ›

The Melrose Park amusement park Kiddieland will soon be no more. Costco, the retailer that purchased the site back in October, began demolishing the park today. You can visit Kiddieland's most popular ride, The Little Dipper, at Six Flags Great America. A Westmont man purchased the carousel and hopes to reopen it in the area. Relive your warmest Kiddieland memories through photos and videos. more ›

After years of legal battles, the demolition of several hundred homes in suburban Bensenville is slated to start today to make way for a new runway at O'Hare. The village agreed last fall to end the fight in exchange for $16 million plus an additional $20 million more from the City of Chicago to insulate homes and schools from noise pollution caused by the planes flying in and out of O'Hare. But even as one part of the Bensenville battle is over, another - over St. Johannes Cemetery - is still ongoing. more ›

True/Slant's Megan Cottrell brings us this stop-motion video of the demolition of the latest Cabrini-Green building to be torn down, shot by a pair of her friends who live nearby. more ›

The Sunday fire that raged through Costa's restaurant in Greektown did more damage than any of the photos taken can document. City demolition crews tore down the remaining structure as the fire, which started in a deep fat fryer in the kitchen, quickly grew out of control and made the building unstable. more ›

Preservation Chicago placed the Richard Nickel House at 1810 W. Cortland on its "Chicago 7" list of architecturally significant buildings slated for demolition. Nickel, a photographer and architecture preservationist, dedicated his life to preserving Louis Sullivan's classic architecture as Sullivan's buildings were being torn down rapidly during the 60's and 70s. Nickel's home often store rescued artifacts from buildings before being sold to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where they remain on display. more ›

Over 20 companies submitted their qualifications to handle the demolition of Michael Reese Hospital should Chicago win the 2016 Summer Olympics and now the Public Building Commission has whittled the final list down to 12. Those 12 companies can now start putting together their bid packages to earn the contract with the city. The hospital is the proposed site of the planned Olympic Village. And at least one firm - Heneghan Wrecking - is familiar with the hospital, as WBEZ points out. more ›