Great Chicago Fire

Column: Is Chicago’s fear of fire ebbing? Nearly 150 years after the Great Fire, the city steps, gingerly, into innovative ‘mass timber’ construction

August 18, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Wood is having a moment in the world of architecture. Other cities, including Milwaukee and...

January 25, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

"Death's fortress on the lake." "A death trap." "Crib of horror." "Pits of fire and...

December 31, 2024 at 11:21 a.m.

The day before the Great Chicago Fire, the Chicago Tribune published the latest installment of...

May 31, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

In the space of a few hours last month, Paradise became Hell. The pleasant community...

May 14, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

The Northbrook Fire Department invited the public Saturday to an open house to watch firefighters...

May 20, 2019 at 10:09 a.m.

This article contains corrected information. A year ago Carole Casey, a New Jersey teacher nearing...

September 28, 2021 at 9:33 a.m.

This story originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 11, 1871, which was the...