Places To Visit On Memorial Day; Outdoor Movies Map; More

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And now the latest from Curbed Chicago, covering everything you need to know about the city's neighborhoods and real estate.

EVERYWHERE—Freedom isn't free, but visiting these wonderful memorials and monuments in Chicago is. Curbed has mapped 10 of the best free sites to visit this Memorial Day.

EVERYWHERE—It's finally summer in Chicago, and we all know what that means: fireworks, festivals and movies in the parks. See our map of the 12 essential movies that you cannot miss.

RIVER NORTH—Two new towers were presented this week at a community meeting in River North. One tower would replace the old pizza-adorned Gino's East building and the other would replace the Howard Johnson Inn.

LOGAN SQUARE—This northwest side neighborhood continues to boom, and a new two building mixed-use development is poised to move forward. The plan includes 78 rental units, 6,500 square feet of ground level retail and 55 parking spaces.