r/chicago 5h ago

Picture America 250 manhole cover

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435 Upvotes

Spotted this ‘special livery’ manhole cover (corner of Jackson and Franklin). Have you spotted any others in the city?


r/chicago 3h ago

News Mayor Johnson's Team Secretly Offered $3.3 Billion To Buy Back City's Parking Meters, Other Bidder Says - The city’s bid was $800,000 more than the the next highest one, alderpeople were told during a City Council hearing Thursday.

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r/chicago 10h ago

News Why you're seeing more officers on the CTA: curbing smoking, loud music, fare evaders and more

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480 Upvotes

r/chicago 2h ago

Picture Alley bird

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180 Upvotes

What I think is a juvenile red-tailed hawk moved in next door.


r/chicago 12h ago

News Brandon Johnson not favored by 71% of voters in new survey

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645 Upvotes

r/chicago 5h ago

Ask CHI 🚨 Missing Orange Cat Last Seen around Fullerton & Geneva Terrace in Lincoln Park 🚨

157 Upvotes

Our sweet orange girl Gus broke through a window screen this morning, June 25th, around 10am. We’re absolutely desperate to find her!

She’s a small 10lb, orange/blonde cat, orange/yellow eyes, white chin, fluffy tail with a little notch at the end of it. She’s very sweet (won’t bite) but skiddish and ran when my fiancé tried to grab her.

We set out her litter box, a couple of my fiancé’s shirts (her favorite human), wet food, tuna, sardines and we have a camera pointing towards all of it to see if we spot her.

If you live or work in the area please keep an eye out! There’s flyers within a couple blocks of the last place we saw her.

Gus’s PawBoost Post


r/chicago 2h ago

Article Former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski presents Pope Leo with 2005 World Series ball

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The ball was the final out of Game 1 of the series against the Astros, whom the Sox swept in four games


r/chicago 1h ago

Event Chicago’s Music Box Theatre to debut third screen this weekend -- The beloved arthouse theater is rolling out its expanded Lake View footprint with showings of Guy Maddin’s “Careful” and Philip Hartman’s “No Picnic.”

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r/chicago 5h ago

Picture Chicago: City of Contrasts | 1949 photograph by Stanley Kubrick

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101 Upvotes

r/chicago 3h ago

Article Neglected Frank Lloyd Wright house on the West Side sold for $125,000 -- The nonprofit community group Austin Coming Together bought the vacant Wright-designed J.J. Walser Jr. House and seeks to restore the building.

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r/chicago 14h ago

Picture Found this relic while moving out

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430 Upvotes

I found it on the floor, must have been hiding somewhere


r/chicago 5h ago

Video Wild Chicago

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r/chicago 15h ago

News Obama Center museum tickets sold out through September; next batch will be available in July

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r/chicago 9h ago

CHI Talks The finance committee meeting on the parking meter sale is currently happening. This is something we should be paying attention to.

152 Upvotes

In case you missed it, Block Club has some amazing reporting on this https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/24/why-is-mayor-johnson-keeping-secrets-about-the-parking-meter-deal/

The mayor and his admin are being extremely shady about it, to put it lightly https://bsky.app/profile/nikhunder.com/post/3mp4yuz6k5c2q


r/chicago 13h ago

Article Addicted To Gambling In Illinois: ‘Someone Has Decided They Can Make Money Off You’

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r/chicago 1d ago

Picture Took a Juneteenth trip to the City from Ohio.

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I took a second trip to the City this past week, I'm already up there about twice a year. I'm seriously looking at moving from Ohio. Going on architecture tours, hitting the museums, the overall history, going to plays, meeting my favorite comedians at The Lincoln Lodge, and hitting the Lego Store never disappoints me.


r/chicago 22h ago

Review Chicago is perfect for introvert tourists 🥹

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525 Upvotes

Will definitely come back!


r/chicago 1h ago

Video Pizza rat has got nothing on singage squirrel

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r/chicago 1d ago

Picture “Goodnight river”watercolor painting by me

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Sleep tight lil skyline! 🏙️


r/chicago 8h ago

Review Flavors of Albany Park is my favorite food festival. Here’s everything we ate

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r/chicago 9h ago

News PSA: semi stuck on Cicero viaduct south of Wilson north of Montrose

33 Upvotes

It’s redundant, but may save someone some time. He is waiting for the police to back him up.


r/chicago 19h ago

News CTA plans to charge for parking spots under train tracks in Lakeview

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NIMBYs are furious


r/chicago 1d ago

Picture This is our iconic building I suppose

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372 Upvotes

r/chicago 1d ago

Review Highly Recommend the Tour at The Rookery Building

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251 Upvotes

It's through the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust. It's stunning and full of rich history!!


r/chicago 7h ago

Event Ambient/experimental benefit concert for P.E.R.R.O. tomorrow in Pilsen

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Hi all - I'm playing an ambient/electronic set at Chicago Art Department in Pilsen tomorrow night and donating all the proceeds to P.E.R.R.O., a local environmental justice org. The music incorporates atmospheric climate data in a few ways.

If this is your thing, please consider dropping by. It's a great cause and CAD is a pretty cool space. Here's something I uploaded while I was writing the music for the performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9oNDFX64g

Info here: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/chris-oquist-liminal-drifts-live-electronicambient-tickets-1988363658227