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A storefront sign reading “Come in, We Are Open” displayed on a shop window. Photo: Tim Mossholder / Pexels (The Center Square) – Chicago Loop Alliance President Michael Edwards argues change is good ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A teenage boy was injured in a shooting in the Loop on Monday night, according to Chicago police. Police say the 14-year-old was standing outside in the 0-100 block of East Washington ...

A 14-year-old was shot in Chicago’s Loop on Monday night, authorities said. According to Chicago police, the shooting unfolded in the first block of East Washington Street at approximately 8:31 p.m.

Another law firm is seeing greener pastures in Downtown Chicago. Los Angeles-based Loeb & Loeb is in advanced talks to lease more than 50,000 square feet across two floors at John Buck Company’s tower ...

James Elsener and Paul Zimbrakos’ book, Sirens in the Loop, chronicles the history of the City News Bureau, a local wire service that operated from 1890 to 2005. For 115 years, the City News Bureau ...

Peter Palandjian paired with David Carlins’ development giant Magellan to snag the biggest multifamily prize in Chicago so far this year. A joint venture of Boston-based investment firm ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: Feb. 5, 1977 ...

Choose Chicago President and CEO Kristen Reynolds joins Bob Sirott to talk about the progress of Chicago’s businesses in the Loop post-COVID and how you can learn more about the city’s architecture ...

After covering the Village of Long Grove in December, we stay closer to “home” for the first 2026 stop on our Your Hometown Tour! “The Loop” serves as the city of Chicago’s first impression for many ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago man is facing a felony charge in connection with a deadly stabbing on a CTA train in the Loop over the weekend. Chicago police say 40-year-old Demetrius Thurman has been charged ...