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April 2012
Obama Backers Sell in Winnetka
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.395 million
Sale Price: $2.15 million
The Property: Howard Gottlieb and his wife, Anne, have sold their 11-room house on a secluded lane in Winnetka... Read more
A Short History of Chicago's Beautiful, Decrepit Guyon Hotel
By Whet Moser
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. Read more
Evening Long Reads: Sears, Muncie, and More
By Whet Moser
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. Read more
Immigration, Crime, and Population Decline in Chicago and Beyond
By Whet Moser
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. Read more