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March 2012
A Touch of Europe in South Barrington
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $5.5 million
The Property: The homebuilder Joe Elias and his company, Vintage Elegant Family Estates, pride themselves on bringing an old-world timelessness to their projects. At Hidden Lakes, a gated subdivision of very large homes in South Barrington, Elias took it up several notches, layering on the European-inspired details when creating this 13,000-square-foot home for his family... Read more
Top 5 Plans for This Week
On your agenda: The Museum of Science and Industry busts myths … Silent movies find new-music soundtracks … The Black Keys rock United Center … plus, what author Megan Stielstra is doing this weekend Read more
Good Reads on the Upcoming Chicago Elections
By Whet Moser
Only five contemplating days 'til the next local election. In the contentious Cook County Clerk's race between Dorothy Brown and Rick Munoz, the crucial issue might just be information technology and access to data. Read more
Dunlay’s Owners to Open Crosby’s Kitchen on Southport
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Bottle Rocket
The owners of Dunlay’s, D.O.C. Wine Bar, The Smoke Daddy, and Frasca are gutting the space vacated by Leo's Coney Island, and adding a bar, woodwork, and street-front windows to create Crosby’s Kitchen which they aim to open mid-June... Read more
Howard Dean on Ilya Sheyman, the Presidential Campaign, Iran, and More
By Carol Felsenthal
He served as governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003. He ran for the Democratic nomination in 2004 and became infamous for the scream that ended his presidential hopes. He pushed a 50-state strategy as head of the DNC that helped Barack Obama win the presidency. And he morphed from traditional Democrat to full-fledged Progressive. So it’s not surprising that Howard Dean, 63, is drawn to Ilya Sheyman... Read more
Kenilworth: The Champ of Five-Year Home Values
By Dennis Rodkin
For the April issue of Chicago, which hits newsstands this week, we created charts that show how home values are holding up in the city’s neighborhoods and suburbs. For the most part, they’re looking wan, at best—except for Kenilworth... Read more