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In January 2024, our Facebook page was hacked. Whoever took it over stripped our admin access, and just like that, we lost the community we had spent years building there…
Southport Corridor & Wrigleyville — week of November 9, 2026 A thinner week for storefronts — no new opening on Southport Avenue or anywhere else in the neighborhood turned up…
Southport Corridor & Wrigleyville — week of November 2, 2026 A thinner week for storefronts on Southport proper — no brand-new opening on the avenue itself turned up this week…
A new permit reinstatement appears to give the long-stalled development at 3347–49 N. Southport until October 2027 to begin work or request an inspection.
If it feels like every house on the corridor draws a crowd and a premium, the latest numbers back that up: Chicago home prices are rising at more than twice…
Southport Corridor & Wrigleyville — week of October 26, 2026 A quieter week for storefronts on Southport proper — but a notable one for the neighborhood’s breakfast scene, with a…
Call Your Mother opens in Lakeview, Wrigley Field bollard construction moves ahead, and Trick-or-Treat on Southport kicks off Halloween week.
Southport Corridor Chicago has a fresh new website, with a cleaner layout, easier navigation, and thousands of neighborhood stories to rediscover.
The Music Box Theatre brings its 43rd annual Christmas Sing-A-Long to Southport Avenue December 5–24, 2026, with It's a Wonderful Life, White Christmas, Santa, and holiday carols.
Southport has gained major retailers and investment, but lost treasured pubs and small shops. What does that mean for the neighborhood's future?
A nostalgic look back at Perchance, M2, Cerato, She One, Mint Julep and other independent Southport shops before the national retail boom.
Remembering Mystic Celt, Justin's, Cullen's, Newport Bar & Grill, Southport Lanes and Schoolyard Tavern—and what their closures meant to Lakeview.