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Chicago's Once-Thriving Amusement Park Was A Historic Landmark That Closed Suddenly And Disappeared
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," ...
When Old Chicago opened in Bolingbrook, Illinois back in 1975, it was billed as the country’s first indoor amusement park. Thousands of visitors showed up on opening day to see what the 345,000 square ...
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’ ...
The $13 million project would be built on DuSable Lake Shore Drive between the Chicago River and Illinois Street.
Pittsburgh’s second annual space festival — known as “SpaceBurgh” — is returning this weekend to Riverview Park. The festival brings together STEM, robotics and astronomy in a citywide celebration of ...
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Field Museum expert Karl Schmidt ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was shot to death on the city's West Side on Sunday, according to Chicago police. The shooting happened at about 12:33 a.m. in the 1200-block of S. Farrar Drive, police said. A ...
A man was killed early Sunday morning in a shooting in Douglass Park on Chicago's West Side. At 12:30 a.m., the 33-year-old man was standing next to a sport-utility vehicle on Farrar Drive toward the ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person was shot in the eye while riding a CTA bus Wednesday evening on the city's West Side. The shooting happened around 7:56 p.m. in the 4200 block of West Madison Street in West ...
A Chicago-based real estate group offers Columbus residents a chance to invest in and co-own Mount Vernon Plaza shopping ...
COWETA COUNTY, GA — A new amusement park may be coming to metro Atlanta. An Atlanta-based developer plans to build the Big Poplar-Two project in the area of Poplar Road and the Newnan Crossing bypass ...
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