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Keith, a long-time customer of Tenenbaum True Value Hardware, stands outside the closed store on June 15, 2021. He was allowed to pick up a window screen later. The hardware store has been open for 98 years and is preparing to close for good later this summer.

Lakeview’s Tenenbaum True Value Hardware store closing after 98 years, to be replaced by apartments

June 16, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

After nearly a century of personalized service to its Lakeview neighbors, including emergency deliveries to Wrigley Field, Tenenbaum True Value Hardware is preparing to shut down and sell its Belmont...

The Chicago Board of Trade Building is seen in the background as people cross LaSalle St. in downtown Chicago on June 10, 2021.

Chicago will occasionally close three of downtown’s busiest streets this summer, clearing the Mag Mile, LaSalle and State for dining, entertainment

June 10, 2021 at 11:41 p.m.

Some of downtown's busiest streets will become concert halls, restaurants and shops this summer as the city tries to recapture the energy it lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. On some...

Bertha Perkins cleans a guest room at the Hilton Chicago hotel on June 3, 2021.

By the numbers: How the 1,544-room Hilton Chicago hotel is reopening after 15 months

June 10, 2021 at 8:54 p.m.

The Hilton Chicago opened as the world's largest hotel nearly a century ago. Guests have included dozens of presidents, world leaders and celebrities. It also was the location of a...

Work continues on the $6.5 million redesign of the large plaza outside the Aon Center on June 9, 2021, in downtown Chicago.

Aon Center’s $185 million observation deck and thrill ride is delayed again: ‘We have not pulled the plug’

June 10, 2021 at 7:52 p.m.

There's a second delay in the project to add a $185 million observation deck and thrill ride to the top of the Aon Center. The office tower's owner, 601W Cos.,...

Los empleados limpian la piscina del hotel Hilton Chicago el 3 de junio de 2021.

Cómo reabrir un hotel de 1,544 habitaciones después de 15 meses

June 8, 2021 at 5:16 p.m.

El Hilton Chicago abrió como el hotel más grande del mundo hace casi un siglo. Entre los huéspedes se encuentran decenas de presidentes, líderes mundiales y celebridades. También fue la...

Horizon Therapeutics' new headquarters is seen June 1, 2021 in Deerfield. The company bought the 70-acre office campus just before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down offices.

Take a look inside Horizon’s new Deerfield HQ, designed for the post-pandemic era. ‘You have to give people a reason to come in.’

June 3, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.

About a month after Horizon Therapeutics paid $115 million for a 70-acre office complex in Deerfield, workplaces throughout the country began shutting down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than...

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Lakeview’s Tenenbaum True Value Hardware store closing after 98 years, to be replaced by apartments

Chicago will occasionally close three of downtown’s busiest streets this summer, clearing the Mag Mile, LaSalle and State for dining, entertainment

By the numbers: How the 1,544-room Hilton Chicago hotel is reopening after 15 months

Aon Center’s $185 million observation deck and thrill ride is delayed again: ‘We have not pulled the plug’

Cómo reabrir un hotel de 1,544 habitaciones después de 15 meses

Take a look inside Horizon’s new Deerfield HQ, designed for the post-pandemic era. ‘You have to give people a reason to come in.’

‘The Chi’ producer plans $60 million film production studio, with goal of creating thousands of jobs in South Shore

Thompson Center gets zoning change allowing for skyscraper weeks after death of its architect, Helmut Jahn

Marijuana tech firm Fyllo moving headquarters to Old Post Office

After a devastating 15 months, downtown Chicago’s 5 largest hotels to be open by late June