The 140,000-acre Millennium Reserve isn't so much a single park as a full-scale revitalization of the cities' dying industrial areas into parks and trails.READ»
It's just one protected bike lane now, but the Chicago Department of Transportation has a grand vision of miles of bike lanes and a bike-sharing system to rival even the bike-friendliest cities.READ»
Stockbox, a new Seattle startup that was recently funded on Kickstarter, is bringing fresh food to a place where it takes 45 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store.READ»
Hey Chicagoans!On Tuesday, October 11, Fast Company will host a Creativity Summit at Chicago Ideas Week. Join us as we gather innovative leaders from a variety of
disciplines to explore the importance of creativity and innovation in ...READ»
Architectural proposals that claim to take back a city’s urban waterfront and offer themselves as a new tourist destination come along, oh, every five minutes or so. And to be sure, Design With Company’s proposal for the existing ...READ»
After struggling in the late '90s as bands lost interest in festivals, Lolla's now stronger than ever thanks to a sturdy partnership with the city's park district. READ»
IBM has announced the 50 recipients of its “Smarter Planet Faculty Innovation Awards” and $10,000 grants for designing classes geared toward the technologies, markets, and applications in which IBM has a vested interest. Including one particularly gnarly Chicago transit hub.READ»
In October 2011, the first Chicago Ideas Week will happen--a nexus of minds and discussion, designed to spark an entrepreneurial platform like Silicon Valley ... in the Midwest. We spoke to the man behind it: Brad Keywell, who's more famous as co-founder of Groupon.READ»
A new Illinois tax would apply to large online retailers like Amazon who do business with affiliates in the state. But local businesses are up in arms, claiming it will hurt their bottom line and lead to the loss of jobs, without raising significant revenue.READ»
From 2008's heady theme, "Dare to Desire," to 2010's "Blatantly
Blues," what a depressing difference two years make. But this gathering
of design researchers and practitioners is less a pity party over lost
luxe and more a ...READ»
Open your eyes, Chicago, and meet the gaze of a 30-foot eyeball.That stare--from the 30-foot "EYE" sculpture--officially opens this morning in Chicago’s Loop. Tony Tasset, the artist behind the eyeball--adorned with a blue iris and ...READ»
Grant Achatz is a superstar. He's one of the few
chefs, like Ferran Adria of the recently shuttered El Bulli or Wylie
Dufresne of WD-50, for whom the term "molecular gastronomy" seems not so
much inaccurate as inadequate. His ...READ»
