Concrete Chicago Map, published by Blue Crow Media (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) I’ll admit that my first real impression of Chicago architecture was as a young Wilco fan, seeing Bertrand ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...

Dennis McClendon was a self-taught mapmaker whose work can be found in the 2004 “Encyclopedia of Chicago” and in CTA trains and stations across the city. McClendon ran his own mapmaking firm, Chicago ...

“Cadastral Shaking (Chicago V1),” 2019; Amanda Williams (b. 1974); blind debossment, screen and relief printing on archival paper, framed Edition 2 of 3, with 2 APs; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design ...

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Despite what the yellow signs say, if you want your Chicago bike trip to be as pleasant as possible, I suggest you don’t “share the road” with drivers. I’m not saying you should be a jerk to motorists ...

There’s a saying among data nerds that every map is the same map. That’s not literally true, of course, but plenty of social phenomena display similar geographic patterns. That’s what you’ve seen if ...