Entrepreneurs go belly up in the city. Not so much in the suburbs.

A leading city planner assesses the new urbanist strides in Chicago.

U.S. metros, the nation’s exporters, are driving economic recovery.

Homebuyers are willing to pay a green premium, so long as they aren’t near public parks and golf courses.

Taking the helm of the downtrodden city, Karen Freeman-Wilson has ambitious plans. And major hurdles.

Researchers take an in-depth look into Chicago’s After School Matters.

TIFs don’t exactly steal money from Chicago schools. But schools would probably have more money without them.

Police action is quieting the public square.

High gas prices popped the housing bubble.

The New Yorker scribe details the environmental perks of cities—and why we have a long way to go to escape our manifest destiny of sprawl.