Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the closing of Riverview Amusement Park, the Cubs’ ...
Ask any Chicagoan who was lucky enough to be there, and they’ll tell you all about the joys of Riverview Park, the former amusement park at the corner of Belmont and Western. The park opened in 1904 ...
That Chicago known for industrial meatpacking, blustering politicians, a massively destructive Great Fire, and "Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation," ...