Carl Street Studios are more like tutti-frutti. Converted from a Victorian mansion into a complex of artists’ homes in the 1920s, Carl Street (which is actually on Burton Place) is unlike anything else in the city with its layers of eccentric artistry, unusual materials, and crazy-quilt colors..." /> Carl Street Studios are more like tutti-frutti. Converted from a Victorian mansion into a complex of artists’ homes in the 1920s, Carl Street (which is actually on Burton Place) is unlike anything else in the city with its layers of eccentric artistry, unusual materials, and crazy-quilt colors..." /> Carl Street Studios are more like tutti-frutti. Converted from a Victorian mansion into a complex of artists’ homes in the 1920s, Carl Street (which is actually on Burton Place) is unlike anything else in the city with its layers of eccentric artistry, unusual materials, and crazy-quilt colors..." />
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August 2011
Beyond Eclectic at Carl Street Studios
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $549,000
The Property: You’ve heard the term “vanilla box” condos? Condos at the Carl Street Studios are more like tutti-frutti. Converted from a Victorian mansion into a complex of artists’ homes in the 1920s, Carl Street (which is actually on Burton Place) is unlike anything else in the city with its layers of eccentric artistry, unusual materials, and crazy-quilt colors... Read more
Why I Run
By Jonathan Eig
MAKING STRIDES: Our man wonders why he endures the mental and physical grind of long-distance running. Then, one nasty spring day, in a stinging horizontal rain, the answer comes to him Read more
Leave Barack Obama Alone
By Whet Moser
The debt ceiling debate has widened the progressive-centrist rift in the Democratic party, as liberals vent their frustrations at the president. In practical terms, it's misplaced. Read more
The Cubs: A Bad Baseball Team, a Good Franchise
By Whet Moser
No matter how bad they are, the Cubs always outdraw most teams in baseball. But during previous failed seasons, there was something interesting about the team. Could this year be the one that they're both bad and boring enough to give the franchise some incentives? Read more
Will Chicago’s New Vacant Building Ordinance Scare Off Mortgage Lenders?
By Dennis Rodkin
Last Thursday, the Chicago City Council passed a vacant building ordinance designed to get mortgage lenders with a financial stake in vacant foreclosed properties to help keep them from falling into disrepair. Four days later, Moody’s Investors Service issued a report arguing that the ordinance may actually discourage lenders from making mortgages in Chicago neighborhoods where foreclosures are concentrated... Read more
Lissie's Hit List
By Selena Fragassi
The Rock Island native won’t be a wallflower when she comes home to play this weekend's fest Read more