List Price:$2.3 million
Sale Price: $2.3 million
The Property: This newly built 15-room house scored the record price for a residence in East Ravenswood, the Chicago neighborhood that is home to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The house, two blocks south of Emanuel’s house, is the third on its block built by the developer Christopher Olson…
Renovating a home is a labor of love, so we think it’s great that Chicago bungalow owners can win $1,000 for their efforts…
Mayor Emanuel proposed doubling water rates over the next five years as part of his first budget. It’s a big increase, but are we being squeezed or just catching up to our civic peers?
The reality-show winner and Design Shoppe owner does a local kitchen art deco-style for tomorrow night’s episode of HGTV’s “Great Rooms.”
Nella Grassano first drew the drooling hordes at Spacca Napoli, where she made the Neapolitan-style pizzas that packed the place as soon as it opened in 2006. Then Grassano teamed up with Scott Harris of the Francesca’s chain in late 2009 to open Nella Pizzeria Napoletana on Clark Street in Lincoln Park, with plans for a second location in Little Italy…
A young reporter’s job goes down in flames after a plagiarism scandal. There’s a better way. Plus: the Reuters correction I’d like to see.
October 4, 2011–Chicago’s design community met at the DreamHome in the Merchandise Mart to celebrate the official launch of Chicago Home + Garden’s new coffee table book, Chicago Spaces: Inspiring Interiors. Chicago Home + Garden staff members mingled with guests and signed copies of the book throughout the evening. Launch party sponsors included the DreamHome at the Merchandise Mart and Nick’s Fish Market.
Chicago Spaces is a compilation of Chicago-area homes that have been featured in the magazine over the last five years. Chicago Spaces goes where most other books about the city’s design culture have not—inside. To purchase a copy, visit www.chicagohomemag.com/chicagospaces.
Edited by Gina Bazer Ever love a hotel so much you wanted to move in? The Hotel Maison furniture line, which was just picked up by Walter E. Smithe, is based on that idea. Comprising five collections—Luxe Lodge, Regency, Pan Asian, Linen Hills, and Metro Club—the line is well suited to worldly shoppers with a … Read more
Too much going on: prosciutto-wrapped monkfish, heirloom tomato risotto, lobster arancini, Madagascar prawns @ Café des Architectes, and all of it salty. CAFÉ DES ARCHITECTES: SOFITEL CHICAGO WATER TOWER, 20 E CHESTNUT; 312-324-4083
Dinner @ Café des Architectes gets off to a rousing start when the amuse is baby coho salmon w/fennel, lentils, and a shot of tarragon. CAFÉ DES ARCHITECTES: SOFITEL CHICAGO WATER TOWER, 20 E CHESTNUT; 312-324-4083
