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Tax-increment financing wasn’t invented in Chicago, but former Mayor Richard M. Daley perfected it as he worked to transform Mud City into a gleaming metropolis.
Schutz, co-anchor of the station's flagship "Chicago Tonight" program, is leaving "to pursue a new adventure," according to a memo from the station's CEO. The chairman of the WTTW community ...
No matter how obscure the question, nothing about Chicago’s history stumps WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer, the Windy City’s favorite TV tour guide. Geoffrey Baer is sitting in a McDonald’s on Chicago’s South ...
(Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune) A new and enlighteningly spectacular “American Masters” edition, “Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story,” aired on WTTW-Ch. 11 not long ago.
WTTW’s popular on-air host, producer and Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Geoffrey Baer joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about his new special, Touring Chicago’s Lakefront, by exploring its ...
Geoffrey Baer is a multiple Emmy Award-winning producer and program host for WTTW in Chicago. He is best known as the host and writer of WTTW's popular feature-length specials about Chicago ...
Join WTTW, WBEZ and WVON in celebrating the premiere of Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation, a new four-part documentary series debuting on WTTW that explores the origins of America’s modern ...