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August 2011
A Well-Schooled Home in Lake View
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.39 million
The Property: Andy Bowyer, the president of the homebuilder Middlefork Capital, recalls setting out to build a new house a few doors south of Lake View’s Blaine Elementary School. “In my mind,” he says, “we were designing for a family...” Read more
Five Freebies
Top events this week: concerts, dance performances, overhead ogling—all free! Plus, what Grant Park Music Festival’s Carlos Kalmar is doing on his last weekend in town Read more
Tim Johnson on the Redistricting Map, the Debt Ceiling, Ron Paul, and More
By Carol Felsenthal
The issue of redistricting congressional maps is back in the news, with the League of Women Voters of Illinois filing a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming that the new maps are unconstitutional. In July, 11 of 12 members of Illinois’s GOP delegation filed a federal suit challenging the new map. Congressman Tim Johnson, of the 15th District, was the sole Republican lawmaker not to join in the lawsuit. “I’m too busy serving my constituents... Read more
Dwellevate Helps Home Sellers Cut Costs, Market Home
By Dennis Rodkin
Back when house prices were rising steadily, sellers could usually expect to cover an agent’s commission with the profit made on the home’s sale. But in today’s down market, with homeowners often selling a house for less than what they paid for it, that commission often comes out of the seller’s own pocket... Read more