All the Marbles, in River North

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $975,000
The Property: One section of River North could be called the town that Montgomery Ward built. Over several decades, the now-defunct retailer built... Read more

La Madia’s Jonathan Fox to Open Firecakes, a New Doughnut Shop in River North

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Doughnut Call Us; We’ll Call You
If Jonathan Fox were to create a resumé about his dough expertise, here are some items he might include... Read more

Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Dark Days

By Steve Rhodes

Once one of the most promising politicians in the nation, Jesse Jackson Jr. has seen his career go horribly wrong—marked most recently by his mysterious disappearance and the revelation that he’s suffering from bipolar depression. What happened to Junior? Read more

Playwright Neil LaBute’s North Barrington “Sanctuary”

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $835,000
The Property: For a man whose plays and movies often show the dark and ugly side of human nature, Neil LaBute sure has a light and pretty home... Read more

Tavi Gevinson, the New Queen of Media?

By Meribah Knight

The teenage blogger, style icon, singer, and magazine editor eyes a new target: Hollywood. Read more

Tavi’s ‘Rookie’ Road Trip

By Meribah Knight

A look at the coast-to-coast tour aimed at promoting the magazine and a new book. Plus, more on the Oak Park girl who started it all Read more

Pieces of Historic Glencoe Mansion Hit Auction Block on Saturday

By Dennis Rodkin

A historic mansion on Glencoe’s blufftop whose asking price was cut down by over $3 million is itself now getting ready to be taken down—and fans of architectural salvage will get a chance to haul home pieces of it this weekend... Read more

Avant-garde Home of Lukas Machnik and Lonney H. White III

By Gina Bazer

ARTS EFFECTS: A gallery becomes the perfect space for living, working, and being curatorial Read more

Be It Ever So Humboldt

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $879,000
The Property: Stately older homes line several blocks of Humboldt Boulevard, one strand of Chicago’s “emerald necklace.” Notable among them is this brick house... Read more

Dish Flash: Six Questions for Iliana Regan

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Regan, 33, plans to open her restaurant, Elizabeth (4835 N. Western Ave., no phone yet) on September 19. The ambitious project is gunning for the highest echelons of fine dining and growing out of the underground-dining series, One Sister, through which she made her name... Read more

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