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March 2011
Jeanne Gang Talks Architecture at Stop Smiling
By Whet Moser
The local starchtect discusses "Reveal," the new monograph about Studio Gang, as the Gang-designed Ford Calumet Environmental Center hangs in the balance. Alternately, Lisa Madigan appears on the Interview Show tonight at the Hideout. Read more
This Week In Beer: Beyond Goose Island
By Whet Moser
The sale of Goose Island to Anheuser-Busch InBev dominated headlines this week and drew the attention of the city's boozehounds. But two pieces of legislation--one on the state level, one on the national level--promise to impact big beer, small beer, and beer drinkers in Illinois and throughout the country. Read more
Big Ben
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.499 million
The Project: By far the largest home in the St. Ben’s neighborhood, this newly completed mansion fills the shell of a former six-flat apartment building. The builder Bill Varney took advantage of the wide, shallow structure to create a home whose expansive southern façade lets virtually every room bask in sunlight... Read more