2013 Year in Review

Lincoln Elementary, Children's Memorial Hospital, the zoo's gorilla, Manierre Elementary and Bobby Cann.

A look back at neighborhood stories that made the news this year.

CPS closures, Ventra snafus overshadowed aldermanic shifts in the City Council as Rahm kept rolling.

This year was an eventful one for the Northwest Side neighborhoods.

Whole Foods announced a new store, Clara's House is sticking around and giant rats got the boot in 2013.

School closings and crime were among five moments that mattered to locals in 2013.

Looking back at the year in news in Bridgeport, Chinatown and beyond.

A "dooring" epidemic, a boutique hotel, "gutter punks" and the Chop Shop were among year's key moments.

A parking garage, murders and Fritz Stotz's Stutz Bearcat replica are among them.

From Wrigley Field to a proposed LGBT hotel, Lakeview may soon change after 2013 developments.

Towers going up, Prentice coming down and mud-soaked Parrottheads were among stories that made headlines.

As the year comes to a close, a look back at a few of the stories that had people talking in 2013.

Hadiya Pendleton's murder and huge investments by the University of Chicago rocked Hyde Park and Kenwood.

Logan Square is a changing neighborhood, and it seemed in 2013 the changes came faster than ever.