Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Gary from Chicago asks whether a composite fence or a wood fence would increase the value of his home. Read more
Every summer, gas prices go up. It's not just demand. Gas, like clothing, has to get lighter as temperatures rise, to prevent not just pollution but vapor lock. It's even pricier here in Chicago, one of America's "gas islands." Read more
Want to add the title “gladiator” to your resume? Make your way to Lake Geneva on March 31 for an event that will test the mettle of even the toughest tri-athlete... Read more
The Logan Center for the Arts is going up in Hyde Park; the Anshe Kenesseth Israel temple is coming down in North Lawndale; the Congress Theater is the center of a controversy involving Joe Moreno; and more Read more
Why is the Midwest in financial and population decline while the Sun Belt thrives? Annexation, which pulled in vast swaths of suburb just as people were fleeing urban cores, has a lot to do with it. Read more
At around 10 p.m., a line literally poured out onto Wells Street outside the nearly two-week-old Old Town Pour House. Inside, a well-heeled crowd buzzed with activity... Read more
