Fashion Designer Christina Fan’s Favorite Things
STORY TELLER: The woman behind C/FAN likes things that have a story of their own
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Will Rahm Ever Buy His Boutique Jeans from This Store Again?
The Sun-Times’ Mark Konkol has a full-page story that reveals Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s expensive taste in jeans. Konkol’s source is Emanuel’s “denim advisor,” David Shelist, owner of The Denim Lounge in Roscoe Village and on Oak Street. After reading the story, I wondered if Rahm might object to being featured in the Sun-Times story buying such pricey jeans…
John Conroy’s ‘My Kind of Town’ at TimeLine Theatre
OUR TOWN: In his first-ever play, an investigative reporter long dedicated to exposing abuses of power in Chicago asks us all to accept some responsibility
A Short History of Chicago's Beautiful, Decrepit Guyon Hotel
West Garfield Park’s Moorish masterpiece was once the center of a conservative media empire (in the moral sense), the home of WFMT, and a host to young Benny Goodman and old Jimmy Carter. It’s also been a crucible of low-income housing development, and despite being on the National Register of Historic Places, it remains in limbo, where it’s been for decades.
Evening Long Reads: Sears, Muncie, and More
A long and longform look at the past, present, and future of Sears; an examination of west Humboldt Park’s active heroin market; going back to Middletown; and the U. of C. and its role in law and order.
Immigration, Crime, and Population Decline in Chicago and Beyond
Why are GOP hardliners so opposed to the DREAM Act, and why is Mitt Romney seemingly following in their footsteps? Immigration boosted Chicago’s population during a period of substantial decline… and according to a study by sociologist Robert Sampson reduced crime here and across the country.
This Week in Urbanism: Stupid Milwaukee-Wood-Wolcott Intersection Gets Redesigned
Plus: could Illinois eliminate the school-bus mandate?; how to remake the Chicago region, starting with sustainable infrastructure; more questions about the Chicago Infrastructure Trust; and more
Rahm Emanuel’s Social Media Presence
RAHM.COM: Twitter feeds, Facebook posts, Foursquare check-ins, oh, my! Why Rahm loves social media
Week 29: A Word About Poop
It’s common knowledge that for new parents, everything revolves around poo and pee. It’s all we talk about and think about—every joke and every riddle and song. You don’t even want to know about my dreams. We spend a lot of time trying to keep our kids from engaging in Potty Talk, because it’s impolite and gross—but for those of you without offspring…
Scrubbing Pots and Pans—Blagojevich Comes Full Circle
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, behind bars for almost six weeks now, is washing pots and pans six days a week at the Englewood Federal Correctional Center in Colorado, according to Fox News’s Larry Yellin, who interviewed Blago’s former lawyers at the prison gate Sunday. After 90 days of pots and pans detail, Yellin reports, Blago will be teaching…