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Story highlights from the June 2011 issue of Chicago magazine, including ten Midwestern lake getaways, a close look at Citadel founder Ken Griffin, plus a summer concert preview.
Year: 2011
Nearby Foreclosures Affect Glenview Sale
List Price: $909,000
Sale Price: $818,000
The Property: In June 2008, when this Glenview house was on the market with an asking price of $1.399 million, I used it as an instance of the downward price pressure then percolating for home sellers with foreclosed neighbors…
Have it Her Way
Sometimes it seems as if Chicago’s furniture-making community is a 30-something boys’ club, but Whitney Gaylord is an exception…
In Great Taste
The owner of Southport Grocery found a space that makes life as uncomplicated as possible—and created a beautiful home in it
Was Mayor Daley a Republican?
In a word, no. But asking the question raises some interesting answers about the soon-to-be former mayor, which tell us a bit about Rahm Emanuel as well.
Howard Tullman’s Flashpoint Academy: A Digital-Arts Alternative to the Four-Year College Degree
MR. NONSTOP: Chicago’s hardest-working serial entrepreneur—the man who remade Kendall College and gave Rahm Emanuel a place to call home—is busy creating a digital-arts alternative to the four-year college degree
The Mayor Brings Everybody Together
In a racially charged atmosphere, says Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago’s chief executive can best defuse tensions by concentrating on fair distribution of basic city services. “I think I’m changing people’s minds and attitudes by providing what l’m supposed to: providing the services fair and equitably, and responding, whether it’s a letter I receive in … Read more
Double Vision
June 25th, the Progressive Community Church, 56 East 48th Street. It is hot in here, and all of us are waving our complimentary Golden Gate Funeral Home fans, which feature bright photographs of mortician E. Edwards and his secretary, Vera. All of them fluttering together make it look as though a flock of butterflies had … Read more
The Law and Richard M. Daley
At a certain point in the conversation, Rich Daley tugs loose his big red tie, rolls up his sleeves, and lays out his theory on crime. “To me,” Daley says, “a narcotics dealer is the most dangerous person out there. He makes your murderers, your rapists, your home invaders, destroys your kids, your kids will … Read more
Is Mayor Daley Really a Republican?
Chicago’s regular Democrats are tough. They stop through life. They stomp through Mike Royko’s columns. They produce good, solid Democratic blue-collar, occasionally dead, voters, election after election. They call out the tow trucks, and they command the street sweepers; they have, after all, packed the at Streets and San with their nephews. They’re hearty, bulb-nosed, … Read more