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robert loerzel chicago author freelance journalist and photographer skip to content robert loerzel chicago author freelance journalist and photographer menu close what s new about blog my books photos newsletter events contact algren at the uptown an installment of my email newsletter why is the island in washington park behind a locked gate bynum island once bustled with park activity but over the years the playground fell into disrepair and the land wasn t maintained wbez s curious city august 26 2026 a moment s madness or murder controversy about religion in chicago schools took a deadly turn in 1876 chicago tribune august 7 2026 what we lose when the chicago branch of the national archives closes chicago magazine july 24 2026 a veritable fairyland the aragon ballroom once lived up to its name enchanting dancers with mellow music from the waltz king chicago tribune july 12 2026 making the marx brothers the marx brothers were all born in new york city but chicago was the true birthplace of the act called the marx brothers one of the world s funniest comedy teams chicago tribune april 12 2026 photo by robert loerzel beyond the backyard the best spots for birding all year long a beginner s guide to birding in dupage county and vicinity naperville magazine april 2026 the new midwestern photography movement middle west review an interdisciplinary journal about the american midwest volume 12 numbers 1 2 fall 2025 spring 2026 to purchase the issue with this article select 12 1 2 five things we learned from will quam s book fire and clay how bricks reveal the hidden history of chicago chicago magazine may 2026 five things we learned from kevin e meredith s book the secret six the rise and fall of chicago s greatest vigilantes chicago magazine april 2026 photo bob kotalik for chicago sun times st 10103324 0012 chicago sun times collection chicago history museum why did the fbi recruit catholic high school girls in chicago listen to the curious city podcast and read the story at wbez three homegrown cancer breakthroughs these developments out of local medical centers are fundamentally changing the fight against the disease chicago magazine january 2026 handel s messiah wasn t meant to be christmas music but it still became a chicago holiday staple chicago tribune december 14 2025 maybe things will be better in chicago a spirited mavis staples cover of tom waits s chicago gives us reason to muse on music migration and our city read my essay for chicago magazine and i dig deeper into waits s chicago connections in this blog post the chicago stomping grounds of tom waits in 1894 pullman strike illinois governor fought president s decision to send in troops chicago tribune june 22 2025 chicago s original celebrity athlete the new book eckie spotlights walter eckersall a bygone local sports pioneer here s what we learned chicago magazine october 2025 the uptown chicago s endangered movie palace as the uptown theatre turned 100 years old in august 2025 cityfiles press published the uptown chicago s endangered movie palace which i co authored with james a pierce order the book here https www cityfilespress com books the uptown it is now sold out here s a rundown of media coverage the book has received new blog post a retrospective of concerts at the uptown theatre requiem for the montrose beavers the june july 2025 issue of chicago magazine includes a story i wrote about my experiences watching beavers in and around montrose harbor along with my reporting about what ended up happening to those beavers the story features a few of my photos read it here coyotes my instagram post with a video and photos of coyote puppies in a chicago cemetery went viral with 2 million views i wrote a story for chicago magazine about my experiences watching these creatures in the city i also appear in a may 2025 episode of terrestrials the radiolab podcast series for kids taking host lulu miller on a search for chicago coyotes listen here a dickcissel at lincoln yards i noticed an unexpected bird singing in the lincoln yards site near the hideout a dickcissel and wrote about it for chicago magazine the discovery of grassland loving dickcissels on the site of sterling bay s stalled megadevelopment suggests the value of preserving open land recent writing the segregated past of chicago cemeteries i reported this story for wbez s curious city you can read it and hear the podcast version here decades before irish were chicago political royalty they lived in a ramshackle slum called kilgubbin read my story from the march 16 2025 chicago tribune five things we learned from the new book the wrigley building the making of an icon read my article for the may 2025 issue of chicago magazine chicago s music box cherished among cinephiles reopens after makeover read my story for wbez which also previews the noir city festival will the 2024 democratic national convention in chicago be a repeat of 1968 read and hear my story for wbez s curious city best of chicago i contributed four items to chicago magazine s annual best of chicago feature published in the august 2024 issue best excuse to go out on a monday night joel paterson at the green mill best bald eagle spotting within city limits big marsh park best sidewalk for movie chats the music box theatre best rooftop biergarten gene s sausage shop delicatessen solid sound 2024 i wrote a dispatch for chicago magazine about seeing wilco and other bands at solid sound festival in the june july 2024 chicago magazine looking for al capone a man named al brown was arrested in burnham in 1921 was he actually the notorious gangster how blues legend buddy guy made his indelible mark on chicago read my wbez article and hear the radio story chicago mysteries watch chicago mysteries on wttw channel 11 to see geoffrey baer talking with me about the 1897 disappearance of sausage maker adolph luetgert s wife which i wrote about in my book alchemy of bones the show is available for streaming wttw com chicago mysteries oppenheimer nukes and secrets take a walking tour of chicago s atomic history wbez my favorite movies of 2023 is chicago becoming the best city for magic wbez and listen to the rundown podcast s episode where i discuss the story my favorite records of 2023 winter is the best time to look for animal tracks part of chicago magazine s 39 reasons to love winter in chicago a new survey asks chicagoans what s your neighborhood chicago magazine the coolest spot in chicago a history of green mill gardens and the beginnings of uptown introduction 1 pop morse s roadhouse and the myth of 1907 addendum the l arrives at wilson 2 piecing together the green mill puzzle update 3 topography tombs and tolls 4 the sunnyside cemetery saloons and the rise of ravenswood 5 the early years of green mill founder tom chamales 6 the battle over beach rowdies b girls and disorderly women 7 cabarets gardens the dance craze and that paris thing 8 grand opening 9 where charlie chaplin slept and other essanay episodes 10 miss patricola the queen of the cabaret 11 a tribune reporter discovers jazz and blues 12 what kind of noise is that when jazz became jazz 13 when the blues cured the blues 14 concerts and controversies of 1915 15 personal liberty under attack in 1916 the war on cabarets 16 1917 the jazz army goes to war and the shows go on 17 a jazzy trial in 1917 chicago who wrote those blues 18 chicago s 1918 war against fun 19 building chicago s riviera theatre 20 chicago june 30 1919 john barleycorn must die 21 prohibition s dawn and the great zion beer grab 22 looking for al capone 23 the 1920 whisky ring and the snitching golfer 24 ben hecht and a flapper find nirvana in uptown 25 cora orthwein s trial i loved him and i killed him it was all i could do 26 a sketch of 1920s uptown 27 cabaret woes evilly disposed persons and the dancing tenor s divorce 28 when chicago shimmied and toddled 29 plantation days 30 green mill gardens showdown with count yaselli 31 capone adjacent guys and shady land deals 32 the montmartre years secret gambling benny goodman and girls who salute 33 the uptown theatre a palace of dreams 34 ted newberry alleged green mill mob boss 35 the aragon ballroom dance watchdogs and weird echoes 36 joe and jack part 1 showman and hit man 37 joe and jack part 2 guerrilla warfare and green mill gigs 38 joe and jack part 3 the attack 39 joe and jack part 4 the man the gangsters couldn t kill 40 rainbo s rise and fall 41 uptown hell holes and the red hot mamma 42 texas guinan s bang up green mill show addendum 1930 photos of lawrence avenue in uptown 43 bullets flames lawsuits and votes the end of an era 44 the lounge lived on the green mill after prohibition the race to reverse the river i cowrote this episode of wttw s chicago stories documentary series with producer eddie griffin the damen silos now at the center of demolition drama have a colorful history wbez five things about scott w berg s book the burning of the world the great chicago fire and the war for a city s soul chicago magazine a short history of chicago s wildlife celebrities chicago magazine wbez story on mark guarino s book country and midwestern chicago in the history of country music and the folk revival recap of the curious city event on beer and bars at carol s pub the ja mal green campaign bus saga had twitter enthralled chicago magazine talking about simon s tavern on the chicago history podcast what s inside top doctors medicine cabinets chicago magazine my favorite movies of 2022 my favorite albums of 2022 alchemy of bones chicago s luetgert murder case of 1897 2023 is the 20th anniversary of my book alchemy of bones chicago s luetgert murder case of 1897 a historical true crime story published in 2003 by the university of illinois press in october 2022 cbs chicago featured an interview with me chicago hauntings the grisly story of the luetgert sausage factory murder i also discussed the case a while back on an episode of most notorious a true crime history podcast you can explore the luetgert case in an extensive website i created in 2003 to accompany the book alchemyofbones com and the book is available for purchase at all of the usual places including directly from the university of illinois press you may also email me at loerzel comcast net to obtain an autographed copy the union stockyards watch this hourlong 2022 documentary which i co wrote with producer dan andries for wttw s chicago stories series the episode won a chicago midwest emmy award for best historical documentary andries and i were also nominated for best writing the union stockyards can also be viewed on youtube where it has 784 000 views as of february 2023 yankee hotel foxtrot and where are you jay bennett my interviews with the late jay bennett a former member of wilco and a remarkable singer songwriter musician producer are quoted in bob mehr s grammy nominated booklet of liner notes in the 20th anniversary super deluxe box sets of wilco s yankee hotel foxtrot archival audio of my interviews with bennett is also featured in where are you jay bennett a 2021 documentary directed by gorman bechard and fred uhter available for purchase on dvd and blu ray and streaming read and hear my 2009 story for wbez chicago public radio a look back at the life of musician jay bennett read my 2004 interview with jay bennett for tape op magazine the great chicago fire as told by those who lived through it read my cover story from the october 2021 issue of chicago magazine marking the 150th anniversary of the great chicago fire of 1871 telling the story with first person eyewitness and survivor accounts for more on the topic read my 2014 story for wbez s curious city what if the great chicago fire of 1871 never happened and listen to the audio version here read and hear my 2020 curious city story who wrote the song about the cow that started the great chicago fire read my 2013 chicago tribune article about a 1903 celebration when chicago attempted to re create the 1871 fire see my 2014 story for belt magazine burn or fizzle public art economic renewal and the curious case of the great chicago fire festival i also wrote this for chicago magazine five things about carl smith s book on the great chicago fire and in 2021 and 2022 i live tweeted the 150th anniversary of the great chicago fire and its aftermath at the twitter account chicagotimeline which the chicago reader named the best commemoration of the great chicago fire s sesquicentennial blood in the streets a history of chicago s 1919 race riot read my story from the july 2019 issue of chicago magazine marking the 100th anniversary of the chicago race riot by telling the events in the words of survivors and witnesses in addition see my online article for chicago magazine about searching for eugene williams and my blog post exploring the question of where chicago s 1919 race riot began and i talked about my article on the mr dan kelly podcast photos lower right chicago tribune archive all others jun fujita chicago history museum illustration michelle thompson looking for hollywood history and david lynch s los angeles i went to los angeles in 2019 i looked for locations where some of my favorite l a movies were made especially the films of david lynch but others too here s what i saw and learned a seven part series of blog posts past writings writings on history music theater film books authors art artists business news politics and law lawyers please leave this field empty robert loerzel s newsletter sign up to receive my newsletter with my latest blog posts we don t spam read our privacy policy for more info check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription robert loerzel privacy policy proudly powered by wordpress