A former T.J. Maxx store in the South Loop has been turned into something completely different in a unique solution to empty storefronts in the South Loop. The sprawling T.J. Maxx store used to be ...
South Loop resident Lynn Cox has been roller skating since she was a child on the South Side of Chicago. She recalls how roller skating brought her community together every weekend. But Chicago has ...
If you’re going to celebrate roller coasters, you’re probably in the right state. National Roller Coaster Day has been observed Aug. 16 for about 40 years, commemorating the date of the 1898 patent on ...
National Roller Coaster Day 2025 — created to mark the day in 1898 when Edwin Prescott patented the first vertical loop roller coaster, according to nationaldaycalendar.com — is Saturday, Aug. 16.