Plans for a $15.4 million restoration of notorious Bubbly Creek on Chicago’s South Side have stalled while the Environmental Protection Agency determines the extent of water and sediment contamination ...

Bubbly Creek always has been treated as something of a joke. It was the branch of the Chicago River that for three-quarters of a century was the sewer for the slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants of ...

Undisturbed, it could take Bubbly Creek decades to stop bubbling. Homebuyers like Shawn Reddy aren't going to wait that long. Undisturbed, it could take Bubbly Creek decades to stop bubbling.

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Bubbly Creek section of the Chicago River has been closed, after an oil spill was reported in the water. The spill was spotted in the south fork of the Chicago River on Wednesday ...

Bubbly Creek, a 1.25-mile-long backwater of the South Branch of the Chicago River has a dubious, historical distinction in Chicago. The bubbles of its name refer to gas escaping from animal carcasses ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. Coast Guard will remove restrictions around the Bubbly Creek section of the Chicago river on Friday following cleanup efforts from an oil spill in October. The remaining ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Part of the Chicago River has been closed due to a reported oil spill, the U.S. Coast Guard said. On Thursday, representatives from the Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency ...

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Giulia Mattera, whose piece "Expectations" is shown here, is one of the artists slated for the Bubbly Creek Performance Art Assembly. Credit: Manuel Vason Rotting flesh and chemicals aren’t exactly ...