The Chicago Tribune

An interactive guide to Chicago's Millenium Park -- the city's "boldest outdoor cultural project in more than a century".

Planners in Houston finally establish a municipal land-bank program for redevelopment, but find after years of delays, that the real estate market has changed.

Columnist Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune shows a snapshot of Cabrini-Green as it undergoes its "transformation." She writes that in the end, its success depends on the people. The first of a series on Cabrini-Green.

Planners from all over the world 'drooled' over Chicago's density, mixed-use character and functional transit system, as the annual New Urbanist Conference convened this past weekend.

Why are inner city residents paying more for groceries?

Not quite. However, hobby farms as an alternative to suburban lifestyles are catching on in Chicago.

Is Chicago's new zoning code too much change too fast, or just what the city needs?

Scheduled for completion in late 2008, the UAE tower surpassing 2,000 feet will be the next tallest structure.

Urbanization? Keep it in the court...house square, that is.

Wal-Mart experiments with a "grassroots approach" to garnering support for its expansion into urban areas.

Bicycling is "transportation for a healthy planet."

Many Chicagoans believe that income is increasingly replacing race as the new social dividing line.

Three suburban Chicago communities have developed different economic development strategies based on their demographics.

Does the design of the new Oklahoma City federal building answer the question about how to balance security and openness?

The unlikely town of Paducah, Kentucky is transforming a run-down neighborhood by attracting artists with 'dirt-cheap' studio and living spaces.

After a decade of boredom, Chicago comes roaring back, writes the Chicago Tribune's architecture critic.

Architects are re-envisioning Chicago's famous lakefront and addressing the question: "What should a park look like in the 21st century?"

A sign of tensions between urban and rural landscapes, Amish families are moving away from their traditional settlements.

The Chicago landmark makes a comeback.

For many suburban officials in Illinois, the proposed consolidation of two regional planning agencies is a threat to their influence over the disbursement of transportation dollars.