2011 Green Awards: Kimberly Wasserman
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRUSADER // activist
Year: 2011
2011 Green Awards: Matthew Stewart
THE FLEET COMMANDER // city worker
New Apartments Restore Dr. King’s Legacy in North Lawndale
This spring, for the first time in more than 40 years, people will be living at the same North Lawndale address as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his family did in 1966, when he came here to dramatize the desperate state of housing in Chicago’s minority neighborhoods…
ICON Fundraiser Celebrates Midcentury Design
March 11, 2011 — The Chicago Architecture Foundation, in partnership with Capital Properties and Metro / SmartBar, hosted an evening full of midcentury modern design at Chicago’s storied Inland Steel Building. Guests sipped on midcentury-inspired cocktails (neat or on the rocks?), relaxed in iconic Eames lounge chairs, and mingled with local artists, fashionistas, furniture designers, and architects. Deejays Kid Color, Nate Manic, and Bald Eicon set the mood throughout the night as guests danced against the backdrop of a downtown skyline. ICON was sponsored by Chicago Home + Garden, Herman Miller, Bacardi, and Hangar One. Proceeds benefited the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
Leonard Weinglass, Chicago Seven Lawyer, Dead at 77
Weinstein, er, Steinglass, that is, Weinglass for the Defense: the “workhorse” of the Chicago Seven’s team, and later an attorney for Angela Davis, Daniel Ellsburg, and Amy Carter, passes away.
To: Anheuser-Busch InBev Re: Goose Island and Design
Beer snobs are worried that Goose Island’s sale to the massive booze borg will mean the disappearance of craft. As a design snob, I’m more concerned about what the bottles will look like.
Danny Solis: The Establishment Candidate, but Campaigning like a Rookie
Danny Solis, 61, and a grandfather, is running in his fifth—and least fun—election for alderman. Appointed in the 25th Ward on the Near West Side by Mayor Daley in 1996, Solis finds himself in his first runoff—against a tenacious, much younger opponent, Cuahutémoc “Témoc” Morfin, 39. (For details on the race, see my interview with Morfin. Solis is a machine stalwart…
Discounts for humanity
We’ve always admired the work of Designs for Dignity (you might remember our Chairs for Charity benefit last November)…
The Saga of Chicago's Coyotes Continues
Canis latrans remains a fascination as sightings and rescues continue in the city. After years of unsuccessfully trying to rid ourselves of coyotes, we’re learning to live with them, and them with us.
Costume Jewelry Boutique Opens in Lincoln Park
Private Label Goes Public
Though its pieces are found all over the country—sold under fashion brands such as J. Mendel, Douglas Hannant, and Ralph Lauren, and carried at major department stores, such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Bloomingdale’s— Sequin, the company behind the jewelry, isn’t very well known…