Want bipartisanship? Democrats and Republicans fight it out at the national level, but here in Chicago, they've been good frenemies since the first days of Richard J. Daley's reign. Read more
List Price: $699,900 The Property: As you will see in today’s video, the old informs the new in this century-old Swedish Evangelical chapel in LaGrange that’s now a three-bedroom house. For instance, the colors of the stained glass windows dictate the palette of the tile in the kitchen, as well as most wall colors... Read more
The adjective “farm-to-table” usually elides a significant distance between the farm and the table. Homestead (1924 W. Chicago Ave.; no phone), a restaurant opening in July on the second floor above Roots Handmade Pizza, collapses that distance to only a few feet... Read more
The second-generation Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke not only ran one of the city's largest companies, he introduced advertising's factory town to modernism and founded the country's most famous big-ideas festival. But he couldn't have done it without his wife, her diplomat brother, and a trio of University of Chicago intellectuals. Read more
The White Sox picked up a three-time All Star for a negligible amount of money and some spare parts, mostly in return for giving the Red Sox the future right to not have Kevin Youkilis. He's no longer the fearsome hitter of the Red Sox's championship teams, but the Greek God of Walks will be an improvement over the White Sox's league-worst third basemen. Read more
