Streeterville News

An early Thursday fire at a Streeterville high-rise claimed the life of one resident and left 12 other people, including five firefighters, hospitalized.

The skyscraper was born in Chicago and it appears as if our skyline along Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville might be changing after all.

Welcome to the inaugural article of my new Building Profile Series! Once a week I will be highlighting a new residential building in Chicago.

Share + Nov 30, 2009 8:24 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Parker It's unusual. It's risky.

Street food, popular with both natives and tourists in many cities across the globe, takes a different twist in Chicago, where prohibitive outdoor vending laws put the kibosh on most food carts.

Just when we thought that you couldn't get anything better on Chicago's Michigan Avenue than The Peninsula , we stayed at the Raffaello Hotel a mere two blocks away.

Posted in Film , Gay & Lesbian by Jason Heidemann on October 16th, 2009 at 5:27 pm Here's a fact that many Chicagoans, and certainly few people living on the coasts, seem to know: In 1961, through legislative action, Illinois became the first state in the country to strike down its anti-sodomy laws.

This two-bedroom condo on the southeast corner of 600 North Fairbanks boasts a curved wall of nine 7' x 10' windows, giving its owner a sweeping view of Streeterville and Lake Michigan from the Trump International Hotel & Tower to the "new" Playboy building at 680 N Lake Shore Dr .

Union protestors outside a hotel in downtown Chicago got some help this morning with their picket.

We've shown you a sample of Joe's videos with Prudential Rubloff agent and Streeterville expert Francesca Rose already, but let's go back to where they started: the iconic John Hancock Center at 875 N Michigan Ave .

Many movie theaters will be running horror movie festivals this October and Chicago has a lot of them.

Oprah's crew spent Monday taking over several blocks of Michigan Avenue. Today, it's her fans' turn.

Chicago Transit Authority has announced several bus reroutes related to a taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show scheduled for Tuesday on Michigan Avenue.

Fifteen downtown CTA bus routes temporarily will be rerouted due to the closure of Michigan Avenue between Wacker Drive and Ohio Street for the taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show.

This rendering was cut out of the Central Area Action Plan. This update was written by Chicago Journal/Skyline contributing reporter Ian Fullerton.

Share + Aug 10, 2009 12:48 pm US/Central CHICAGO 1 of 1 Deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich got up to do his best Elvis Presley impersonation at a street party in the Streeterville neighborhood on August 7, 2009.

Share + Aug 10, 2009 12:48 pm US/Central CHICAGO 1 of 1 Deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich got up to do his best Elvis Presley impersonation at a street party in the Streeterville neighborhood on August 7, 2009.

Share + Aug 10, 2009 12:48 pm US/Central CHICAGO 1 of 1 Deposed Gov. Rod Blagojevich got up to do his best Elvis Presley impersonation at a street party in the Streeterville neighborhood on August 7, 2009.

Share + Aug 10, 2009 1:48 pm US/Eastern CHICAGO Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Deposed Gov.

If I didn't already have plans tonight, I'd be all over tonight's double feature at the Music Box.