Demolition is well underway on the Gold Coast home where Frank Lloyd Wright lived briefly with a girlfriend (and future wife) while not yet divorced from his first wife. On Tuesday, the owner of the site told me that once the old residence is razed, construction will start on a four-story home designed “to look like it’s been there 100 years, to look correct for the neighborhood…”
Your beauty sleep just got a little more beautiful. Now through August 31st, Swedish bed manufacturer Hästens is holding a sweepstakes for one of its “Luxuria” continental queen beds…
Recent comments suggest that Chicago’s top cop could be amenable to softening the city’s approach to policing low-level possession. It would also be another bad-behavior-based revenue stream, which are becoming an increasing part of the city’s shaky finances.
August 4, 2011–The VIP Kitchen Walk Party was held at the Sub-Zero/Wolf showroom in The Merchandise Mart on August 4th. More than 100 guests enjoyed food and wine pairings from chef Craig Bell. Raffle prizes included Ravinia tickets and wine baskets from William Hill. Proceeds from the event benefited the work of Designs for Dignity.
Racing Sausages for Recall; presidential-size turnouts; gubernatorial-level campaign money; and total unpredictability. Our neighbors to the north live in much more interesting times.
Kickin’ It
Kickin’ (2120 N. Halsted St.; 773-525-2120, kickinmaternity.com), a locally owned boutique in Roscoe Village that offers maternity active wear and contemporary maternity apparel, opened its second location last month in Lincoln Park…
Chicagomag.com on Friday will launch a blog called Off the Grid: Dispatches from Chicago’s Writers-in-Residence. Every so often, we plan to feature a new writer who will post about topics of his or her choosing—anything from personal essays to reported pieces. The only requirement is that the stories be about Chicago and its people. We’re thrilled, then, to introduce our inaugural writer-in-residence, Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here and…
Did the mayor go back on a campaign promise not to impose new taxes, or were higher property taxes always an option for making up the CPS budget shortfall?
SHOPPER: The British retailer brings its second U.S. store to Chicago on September 7
CAFÉ SOCIETY: Give your guests a jolt with these stylish glasses, mugs, teaspoon sets, and more
