The web of assistance for struggling Illinois homeowners got a little stronger after a pair of announcements from the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) last week... Read more
By Karen Springen with Geoffrey Johnson and Dennis Rodkin
When you face a health crisis, where should you go? We tapped the expertise of pros who know the metro area's medical care better than anyone—and crunched reams of data—to produce our first-ever ranking of the 12 best hospitals in Chicagoland. Read more
MERRY MANTELS: Just in time for holiday primping, Devin Kirk, vice president of merchandising for Jayson Home, and Angela Finney-Hoffman, interior designer and owner of the online shop Post 27 (post27store.com), show us how to dress up our hearths. Read more
List Price: $479,000 The Property: There’s a quiet block of classic houses and apartment buildings in Rogers Park where you can tell what a rooted part of the neighborhood it is just by looking at all the well-designed front gardens—several of which still look nice in late fall... Read more
One of the quirkiest houses on the North Shore—with light fixtures carved from wooden salad bowls, a Western-themed mural above the living room, and a distinctly offbeat fence—came back on the market this month, five years after it went up for sale for the first time since it was built more than 90 years ago... Read more
SWEET SETTINGS: Pastry chef Meg Galus and vintage-tableware pros Tricia Hyland and Lisa Spagnolo make the past present with artful arrays of festive treats. Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Kristina Vragovic
Pulling It All TogetherDavid Breo decided in March to gather his rosebuds and strike a new venture with longtime friends. The result, Gather, is scheduled to open in mid-December... Read more
