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November 2011
Did the CTA and Metra Save Chicago?
By Whet Moser
Milwaukee's former mayor, in an interview with Grid Chicago, says the fact that Chicago held onto its public transportation network during the massive road-building of the mid-20th century preserved it from the collapse its Midwestern peers have faced. Read more
A Lincoln Park House of Unknown Origin
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $4 million
The Property: Although it’s one of the biggest and most eye-catching homes on a Lincoln Park street lined with landmarks, there is very little known about the origins of today’s house. That’s surprising, because someone in the early 1890s did a fine job of creating a distinctive home with a broad façade of rough-hewn stone capped by a turret and a mansard roof... Read more
Great Gifts II
By GINA BAZER
The second in a series of our staffers’ recommendations for gifts for the design-savvy on your list... Read more