By Sarah White
SOMETHING’S AFOOT: Bricks? Natural stone? Reclaimed cobbles? Here’s a step-by-step approach to choosing the patio material that’s right for you Read more
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By Corinne Mucha
A FEW STARS SHORT: In which we take some of Chicago’s worst problems and give them “awards” Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.79 million
The Property: Some of the greenest buildings are old ones that get reused rather than torn down. That was the philosophy behind this single-family home in Bucktown, which was built into and atop an old two-flat... Read more
The Property: Some of the greenest buildings are old ones that get reused rather than torn down. That was the philosophy behind this single-family home in Bucktown, which was built into and atop an old two-flat... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Empirical Analysis
When Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser opened the French restaurant LM in Lincoln Square in 2009, that storefront was the extent of their business. After expanding their holdings with Troquet and Brasserie by LM earlier this year, the wheeler-dealers now are trying their hands at a merger... Read more
By Carol Felsenthal
We haven’t heard much from the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the man who married the Obamas and baptized his children. Rev. Wright preached last Sunday morning, not from the pulpit here at Trinity United Church of Christ, where he is pastor emeritus—he retired on May 31, 2008—but from the pulpit of Washington’s historic Florida Avenue Baptist Church... Read more
Yes, the city is great—but it has problems too. Good thing it’s bursting with innovative people who have lots of ideas about how to fix them. Here are six. PLUS: Share your views on these ideas—or propose your own—in the comments below Read more
By Whet Moser
Garry McCarthy's predecessor saw a spike in crimes early in his tenure running the Chicago Police Department—including 64 murders in July of 2008. The numbers came down, however, and cops and aldermen are looking back to the adjustments Weis made. Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
A Kenilworth residence designed by the legendary planner escapes the endangered list, goes on the market Read more
By Whet Moser
Noah Isackson profiles Garry McCarthy as the police superintendent deals with rising homicides, low manpower, and an intractable gang problem; meanwhile, Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky show how all that resulted in the marijuana-decriminalization ordinance. Read more
By Whet Moser
Today's near-record high, coming right after a record-high Fourth of July, lifted temperatures higher than we've seen in years—but it's still nothing like Chicago in the 1930s. Plus: why increasing low temperatures are more worrisome, and the possibility that corn might have something to do with that. Read more