A growing hub of Bronzeville small businesses thrives on an unorthodox retail model: shipping containers. Located off the CTA Green Line station on East 51st Street, Boxville has provided ...

Shipping containers are typically quite large, in excess of 40 feet, and can be used to ship goods by land, sea or, occasionally, air. Purchasing a shipping container can be quite costly; if you will ...

Backcountry Containers has designed lots of different types of shipping container homes, from large residential units to smaller rural retreats. For its Luke tiny house, the firm connects a large and ...

Courtney Woods had a hard time relating to the characters in the books she read in school. As a teenager in South Shore, she said she gravitated away from George and Lennie in “Of Mice and Men” and ...

Small business owners are repurposing shipping containers. In this article we'll be delving into the why and the how Over the past decade, shipping containers have quietly shifted from ports and ...