A ghost sign is a term for old hand painted advertising or signage that has been preserved on a building for an extended period of time, wh...

Like I said, we've never been to Tantrum (1023 South State Street) but would like to at some point. The name kind of turns me off, but...

We recently received an email from a reader asking about Opera (at the southeast corner of Wabash and 13th): I just found this blog-- it...

Although it ain't going to be warm this weekend, you should still put a couple pairs of pants on and wander over to " Snow Days Chi...

We've heard about this, but can't remember reading about it, but today we saw a rendering (below) and release on chicagorealestateda...

Reggie's Rock Club ! ROCK. The opportunities to donate to Haiti continue at Reggie's Rock Club, with EVERY DROP COUNTS. This show f...

We've had a couple postings (here is a link to our trip to the club ) about Buddy's annual January shows and today we read a fun art...

Hey Sloopers ! The final submission date (1/31/2010) is rapidly approaching for our t-shirt contest. So if you're thinking about submit...

In an effort to save some money, the city is cancelling annual July 3rd fireworks show that is held at Navy Pier. When we saw the article w...

We've been told there are two retail moves going on a little south of what we consider the Sloop: The Wine Consortium is moving into the...

According to NBC 5: HUFF AND PUFF: Huffington Post co-founder and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington will aggregate some pearls of wisdo...

We've seen the sign for South Loop Commons on the corner of Taylor and Canal, but just assumed it was one of many dead real estate proje...

If you didn't catch it on the Chicago Journal website, today is the official opening of Columbia's Media Production center. Columbi...

The greater South Loop has gone through many dramatic changes over the past 30 years, but one thing has remained relatively consistent, Dave...