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The West Loop features legendary locations, sensational shopping, and some of the city's most popular restaurants lining Randolph Street. But even just a short time ago, the neighborhood was a very different place.
The West Loop is one happening place these days, with booming development of retail, restaurants, and lots of new residential units. CBS 2's Jim Williams recently spent time with a Chicago author who knows the neighborhood inside and out. She's lived there for 25 years, and says she's loved every minute.
There will be non-alcoholic drinks as well along with wine tastings, and attendees can even buy bottles.
If you enjoy a drink, you can try a new one at the west loop spirits, cocktails, and wine festival.
The birthplace of house music is now one step closer to becoming a Chicago landmark.
The birthplace of house music is now one step closer to becoming a Chicago landmark. In the heart of the West Loop, the Warehouse used to be a nightclub and a safe haven for Black and Brown LGBTQ+ Chicagoans. That building had no protection against demolition until one nonprofit stepped in.
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks is considering saving - the so-called home of house music - the Warehouse on the West Side.
Imagine going to see a nurse but instead of getting a vaccine, you get a piercing. That's what you can expect at a studio located in West Loop.
Imagine going to see a nurse but instead of getting a vaccine, you get a piercing. That's what you can expect at a studio located in West Loop.
CBS 2's Marissa Perlman has a bride's story on why she now wants the mail carrier to step up.
Witnesses say the driver stopped for about 30 seconds before speeding off.
Witnesses say the driver stopped for about 30 seconds before speeding off.
It doesn't look like a whole lot, but the building on Jefferson Street has a deep history in Chicago.
The birthplace of house music could be at risk for teardown. The Warehouse, where DJ Frankie Knuckles debuted the genre has made Preservation Chicago's "most endangered" list. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman had more on the effort to save the historic building.
Chicago police arrested Justin Smith, 40, in the 700 block of West Lake Street around 12:33 p.m. on Saturday.
In one case, four men were walking near Peoria and Fulton when two men jumped out of a red SUV armed with handguns and demanded their belongings.
The robbers took the men's cellphones and wallets and left. No one was injured.
A resident of the building has a good idea of what the crooks were after.
A resident of the building has a good idea of what the crooks were after. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The victim was shot in the abdomen and transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The 43-story building includes 300 residential units and 60 of them will be set aside for affordable housing.
The Chicago Fire Department was on the scene and the victim was pronounced dead having suffered blunt-force trauma and burns to the body.
The Chicago Fire Department was on the scene and the victim was pronounced dead having suffered blunt-force trauma and burns to the body.
The victims included two pedestrians who were hit during the crash, and thrown into a wall.
The victim had just stepped out of his car at the bus station, located at 630 W. Harrison St., when a gunman came up and shot him multiple times, police said.
