Rodkin on People Affected by Foreclosures
Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named James from Buffalo Grove asks why no one he knows has been affected by foreclosure, despite the grim reports.
Year: 2011
Boutique Geared Toward Tweens and Teens Opens in Roscoe Village
Girl Power
Watch out, Abercrombie, Hollister, and Aéropostale: There’s a recently opened, independently owned shop in Roscoe Village that caters to tweens and teens. Crush (2138 W. Roscoe St.; 773-661-9481, crushonroscoe.com) features clothing and accessories from more than 20 established and up-and-coming brands for girls (as well as a few for women)…
Annals of Benton Harbor: Riots, Race, and Jack Nickalus
Jonathan Mahler, Mick Dumke, and Alex Kotlowitz: three writers on Benton Harbor, Michigan, its economic and social challenges, and the many attempts to address them.
Christmas Around the World at the Museum of Science and Industry, Circa 1978
Croats, Lithuanians, Belarusians, and Koreans talk about their holiday traditions as part of the MSI’s seven-decade Christmas Around the World tradition.
Chris Nugent's Goosefoot Opens
What’s in a name? This one must be code for “Eat Here”
The Bears are Doomed, and I'm at Peace
Fantasy sports has made me a cold, hard judge of my favorite teams. But they’ve also made me more empathetic—a necessity, as the crippled Bears slouch towards a disappointing end.
'Chicago's Classic Restaurants' Unearths City's Dining History
With an assist from Chicago magazine’s dining editor, Penny Pollack, who wrote the foreword, the authors have amassed an irresistible document.
Arun’s in Albany Park: The Accidental Masterpiece
Charting one restaurant’s winding path from birth to legend to forgotten treasure
2011: The Safest Year of Flying Yet
Evidence of progress from the annals of airline crash statistics. Plus: why Alec Baldwin should have put his cell phone away, and why reading about airline disasters or pretending that I’m in a Galaxie 500 video makes me feel safer.
Days of Rage vs Days of G-8: Fighting Protesters With Neoliberalism
To head off a second Days of Rage when the G-8 and NATO come to town in 2011, Rahm Emanuel proposes to hike protest fees… just like the first Mayor Daley did. But at 1968 prices, $1000 is practically a bargain.