Chicago Stories
Chicago Stories: Fall 2026 – Trailer
Preview: Season 6 | 1m 27s
New season includes: The World’s Fair of 1893, Toy Town, Skyscrapers, and Home of the Irish.
Four new documentaries that reveal the people, ideas, ingenuity, conflicts, and communities that helped shape Chicago. The new season journeys back to The World’s Fair of 1893, recalls the era when Chicago became a groundbreaking Toy Town, explores the ambition and innovation behind its world-famous Skyscrapers, and traces how generations of immigrants made Chicago the Home of the Irish.
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Chicago Stories is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Lead support for CHICAGO STORIES is provided by The Negaunee Foundation. Major support is provided by the Abra Prentice Foundation, Inc. and the TAWANI Foundation.
Chicago Stories
Chicago Stories: Fall 2026 – Trailer
Preview: Season 6 | 1m 27s
Four new documentaries that reveal the people, ideas, ingenuity, conflicts, and communities that helped shape Chicago. The new season journeys back to The World’s Fair of 1893, recalls the era when Chicago became a groundbreaking Toy Town, explores the ambition and innovation behind its world-famous Skyscrapers, and traces how generations of immigrants made Chicago the Home of the Irish.
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Chicago Stories - New Season!
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Now PlayingChicago Stories: Fall 2026 – Trailer
New season includes: The World’s Fair of 1893, Toy Town, Skyscrapers, and Home of the Irish. (1m 27s)
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H.H. Holmes moves to Chicago, and a young woman later goes missing. (5m 23s)
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What was it like to visit the White City? Journey back as we imagine the World’s Fair. (5m 17s)
NewThe Spectacle of the Midway Plaisance
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The Midway Plaisance offered a different kind of energy at the World’s Fair. (7m 46s)
NewFrederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells Protest the Fair
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Douglass and Wells object to the exclusion of African Americans from the World’s Fair. (3m 3s)
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Burnham, Root, and Olmsted set out to design the White City. (7m 19s)
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Chicago Stories is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Lead support for CHICAGO STORIES is provided by The Negaunee Foundation. Major support is provided by the Abra Prentice Foundation, Inc. and the TAWANI Foundation.