Rahm Emanuel names his transition team; more theories on why voter turnout was so low; the ongoing problems of Meritorious Good Time; sobering stats on minority poverty and unemployment; and more. Read more
The Blizzard of 2011 has mostly melted away, so it’s increasingly rare to see furniture/placeholders sitting on the street, holding dibs on parking spots for commandeering shovelers (and we saw a lot of them last month, huh?)... Read more
When local interior designer SuzAnn Kletzien shared her new a la carte business model, called suz.e.teriors with me, I thought, great, another designer making her services more accessible... Read more
List Price: $4.7 million The Property: The 1880s charm of this Lincoln Park home is intact in its detailed brick façade and its tall Italianate windows, but a big rear addition opens the home up from the usual beeline-straight city-house floor plan to an L-shape that invites both family living and entertaining... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, Lena Singer, and Carly Boers
Manifest Density
Two new restaurants, both under the same ownership, are scheduled to open this spring at 111 West Illinois Street, on what is already a big food corner... Read more
Meet the new boss, the logical next step after the old boss: Rahm Emanuel will replace Mayor Daley as the mayor of Chicago after a convincing win that emerged from money, power, and history. Read more
Five things to do this week: A midnight gig from our best new band … really dark comedy at Theater Wit … a professional dance-off, of sorts … opera genius Peter Sellars … plus two don’t-miss film freebies Read more
In 2008, hoping to reassure potential condo buyers that any further slide in the market wouldn’t hurt them, the Kopley Group development company offered a full-price buy-back guarantee on two of its North Side developments. The company’s chief, Nick Kopley, told me then that this was an “absolute, no questions asked” offer; the company made similar comments to the Chicago Tribune and Yo Chicago... Read more
