Chicago’s Playable Pinball Museum will open in Block 37 in a space that's quadruple its current size. “Chicago is the home of ...

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Chicago — Due west of O’Hare International Airport, there is a neighborhood — formally, part of Elk Grove Village — that isn’t much of a neighborhood. It’s warehouses, drab gray offices. It’s Gertrude ...

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Ever since Kevin Schramer started playing pinball in the 1970’s, he noticed ...

Pinball was banned in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City for decades and . . . wait, what? Then again, the ban was overturned in Chicago in early 1977—before I was born. As an 80s kid who spent a ...

Due west of O’Hare International Airport, there is a neighborhood — formally, part of Elk Grove Village — that isn’t much of a neighborhood. It’s warehouses, drab gray offices. It’s Gertrude Stein’s ...

Here’s why the city’s hold on pinball industry and artistry continued through the game’s heyday. Ever since Kevin Schramer started playing pinball in the 1970's, he noticed that many machines listed ...