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Former Chicago Athletes: Where Are They Now?
By Michell Eloy, Geoffrey Johnson, Jenna Marotta, Graham Meyer, and Shane Tritsch
What do star athletes do after their playing days are over? We tracked down a onetime Bears cornerback who’s now a practicing dentist and a missionary; a former Blackhawks star who copilots jetliners; an ex-Cub who became a jazz trumpeter; and more Read more
The Myriad Gene Patent Case: Who Owns Your Disease?
By Whet Moser
Today the court of appeals for the federal circuit court is hearing arguments in the Myriad gene patent case, aka Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It's the latest development in the attempt to patent the human body, a long story that's touched the lives of Chicagoans and won't go away any time soon. Read more
Lines and Squares
By Lisa Cregan
An architect and a designer pare a 1930s International-style house down to its essentials—and give it back its edge 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
Fogón to Open in Noble Square
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Lena Singer
Noble Prize
The team behind Amelia’s Mestizo Grill in Canaryville, cousins Leo García and Eusevio García, are opening a second spot, and they’re going to a neighborhood that’s as sceney as Canaryville isn’t—Noble Square... Read more
A Cabrini-Green Omnibus
By Whet Moser
Cabrini-Green passes into history today, bringing the project to an end, but not its story. As the Plan for Transformation continues and with it a new era of public policy, here are a few leaves from Cabrini-Green's history. Read more
Putting the ‘Hot’ in ‘Hotel’
This Week’s Five: Steppenwolf heats up … robots pursue world domination through opera … a rare Scorsese short gets new life ... plus, what the world-class comic artist Ivan Brunetti is doing this weekend Read more