By Whet Moser
Before the Wicker Park scene was all over MTV, there was The Pulse, a public-access show that captured Chicago indie music just as indie music was coming into existence. Read more
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By Joanne Trestrail
HOUSE INTERRUPTED: One designer completes the work of another—with respect, affection, and a shared aesthetic Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $479,000
The Property: On a block in Beverly where no two houses look alike, one of the most intriguing is this Tudor, whose brick pattern sometimes goes a little crazy. That gives the façade a hand-built look, which is helped along by the weeping mortar between the bricks and the occasional stone protruding from the chimney... Read more
The Property: On a block in Beverly where no two houses look alike, one of the most intriguing is this Tudor, whose brick pattern sometimes goes a little crazy. That gives the façade a hand-built look, which is helped along by the weeping mortar between the bricks and the occasional stone protruding from the chimney... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
A Picture of Health
“I know that we are planning on doing something again,” says Erwin Drechsler, who closed his namesake Lake View restaurant Erwin on July 1 after a 19-year run. He and his wife, Cathy, have decided to open a refocused restaurant, possibly in the old Erwin space... Read more
By Whet Moser
The Cubs have a problem: they're the least patient team in baseball, and among the least patient teams in recent history. And while recent roster moves might improve the offense overall, it looks like an even less patient team will finish the season. Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $4.4 million
Sale Price: $3.8 million
The Property: Two longtime philanthropists linked to the old Chicago-based Encyclopedia Britannica have sold their lakefront home in northeast Evanston... Read more
Sale Price: $3.8 million
The Property: Two longtime philanthropists linked to the old Chicago-based Encyclopedia Britannica have sold their lakefront home in northeast Evanston... Read more
By Matt Schur
Chicago designer Billy Baumann, one half of the printmaker duo Delicious Design League, talks about the inspiration for his festival poster Read more
By Whet Moser
In an extraordinary two years, a young Chicago volunteer fireman became a national drill-team star, a friend and employee of Abraham Lincoln, a sex symbol, and finally the first officer killed in the Civil War. Read more
By Elly Fishman
Lollapalooza 2012 may have some big headliners scheduled, including Black Sabbath and Red Hot Chili Peppers, but the fest is also an opportunity to check out rising talent. Among the newbies this year is one of my favorite local acts, the neo-soul group JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, playing their first Lolla this Saturday... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $669,000
The Property: Situated in Lake County, about 30 miles northwest of the Loop, Riverwoods was envisioned as a model town of an unusual sort: all its homes would nestle themselves in their natural surroundings, a deeply wooded plain adjacent to the Des Plaines River... Read more
The Property: Situated in Lake County, about 30 miles northwest of the Loop, Riverwoods was envisioned as a model town of an unusual sort: all its homes would nestle themselves in their natural surroundings, a deeply wooded plain adjacent to the Des Plaines River... Read more