Ed Klein, the former editor of The New York Times Magazine (1977-87) and foreign editor of Newsweek, was in Chicago this week to conduct interviews for his latest biography—this one focusing on Barack and Michelle Obama and their friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett and their interactions in the White House…
List Price: $549,000
The Property: You’ve heard the term “vanilla box” condos? Condos at the Carl Street Studios are more like tutti-frutti. Converted from a Victorian mansion into a complex of artists’ homes in the 1920s, Carl Street (which is actually on Burton Place) is unlike anything else in the city with its layers of eccentric artistry, unusual materials, and crazy-quilt colors…
MAKING STRIDES: Our man wonders why he endures the mental and physical grind of long-distance running. Then, one nasty spring day, in a stinging horizontal rain, the answer comes to him
The debt ceiling debate has widened the progressive-centrist rift in the Democratic party, as liberals vent their frustrations at the president. In practical terms, it’s misplaced.
The city’s overnight homeless services get axed, as Division of Family and Support Services faces layoffs. But don’t entirely blame the city—the fraying of the social safety net starts at the top.
Thai-In
“The chive dumplings are game changers,” Pollack said when she ate at this unassuming 40-seat BYO Thai and sushi place…
No matter how bad they are, the Cubs always outdraw most teams in baseball. But during previous failed seasons, there was something interesting about the team. Could this year be the one that they’re both bad and boring enough to give the franchise some incentives?
Top events this week: Black Harvest at the Siskel, live movies from the Neos … Sade! … plus, what Metro’s Chris Baronner is doing this weekend (think Grant Park)
Last Thursday, the Chicago City Council passed a vacant building ordinance designed to get mortgage lenders with a financial stake in vacant foreclosed properties to help keep them from falling into disrepair. Four days later, Moody’s Investors Service issued a report arguing that the ordinance may actually discourage lenders from making mortgages in Chicago neighborhoods where foreclosures are concentrated…
Lee Lumber’s Spaces and Views has gone all Euro on us. The company recently became the first and only Chicago-area firm to represent Italy-based kitchen manufacturer Berloni…
