Five Homes In and Around Albany Park
Get a real bungalow, or a fake castle, in a green, well-located North Side neighborhood.
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Why Chicago’s Grid Is a Model of Perfect Urban Order
Out of 100 major world cities, Chicago “exhibits the closest approximation of a single perfect grid.” It’s not quite the City of Light, but it befits our city.
Five Homes You Can Walk to a Cubs or Sox Game From
From a graystone to a starter loft apartment to a nicely renovated old worker’s cottage, you can find homes that reflect the city’s history by the homes of two teams that define it.
Five Getaway Homes Near (But Not Too Near) Chicago
Buy your own island, a place in the dunes, or an 1860s cabin as a place to summer (or winter) out of the city.
How Stephen A. Douglas Put Chicago On the Map (and Ruined His Career)
Most famous for getting beat by Abraham Lincoln, the senator’s other local legacy is making Chicago the railroad hub of America—at immense cost.
Five Chicago-Area Homes Next to Forest Preserves
Make every day a green day in your farmhouse (or apartment, or extremely ’90s mansion).
Why the Classic Chicago Accent is Disappearing
Integration, and the cultural changes that come with it, have changed the way Chicagoans (and Michiganders, and Upstate New Yorkers) talk.
Five Penthouses on the Chicago Market
Move into a luxury condo from the roaring ’20s… or a penthouse that’s a house on the top of (a)p(artm)ent.
9 Stereotypes About Chicago That Are No Longer True
We don’t drink Old Style, eat that deep dish, slaughter hogs, or battle the wind like the rest of the world thinks.