By Gina Bazer and Alice Oglethorpe
Kelly Rauch of the interior design, decorative painting, and upholstery studio Twice is a maestro at reinventing vintage furniture, but she’s not one to hog the spotlight. Read more
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By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $6.499 million
The Property: Most people who talk about flipping a house don’t mean it quite as literally as Carole Segal does. At a Winnetka mansion she set out to restore and resell, Segal, who launched Crate & Barrel nearly 50 years ago with her husband, Gordon, flipped the front and back of the house... Read more
The Property: Most people who talk about flipping a house don’t mean it quite as literally as Carole Segal does. At a Winnetka mansion she set out to restore and resell, Segal, who launched Crate & Barrel nearly 50 years ago with her husband, Gordon, flipped the front and back of the house... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Partner Marc Bushala describes the many different parts of Untitled and its speakeasy concept... Read more
By Jeff Ruby
ROCK AND ROLL: Nellcôte makes Randolph the official epicenter of glam; Balena breezes onto Halsted as the essence of casual cool Read more
By Gina Bazer
THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE: Classic architecture gets a modern twist while staying true to its Midwestern roots Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.499 million
The Property: The view from the rooftop deck of this house takes in much of what makes Bucktown so great: a mix of vintage and contemporary homes, landmark buildings, church spires, and a blanket of trees. What’s more, the vista includes the lakefront and downtown skylines—and there’s also another interesting perspective inside... Read more
The Property: The view from the rooftop deck of this house takes in much of what makes Bucktown so great: a mix of vintage and contemporary homes, landmark buildings, church spires, and a blanket of trees. What’s more, the vista includes the lakefront and downtown skylines—and there’s also another interesting perspective inside... Read more
By Whet Moser
The save, a product of Chicago journalism, changed the face of baseball. But perhaps we can do better with shutdowns and meltdowns. Sabermetricians, and maybe Len Kasper, will lead the way. Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyers, and Carly Boers
Brand X-Tension
Eliminating an inherent irony, the underground and pop-up operation X-Marx is getting a spot. X-Marx’s owners, Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo, hope for a July opening of Flour and Bones (2957 W. Diversey Ave.; no phone yet), a 30-seat restaurant named for staples of everyday cuisine in different parts of the world—“flour” for noodles, breads, and dumplings, and “bones” for proteins and stocks... Read more
Eliminating an inherent irony, the underground and pop-up operation X-Marx is getting a spot. X-Marx’s owners, Abraham Conlon and Adrienne Lo, hope for a July opening of Flour and Bones (2957 W. Diversey Ave.; no phone yet), a 30-seat restaurant named for staples of everyday cuisine in different parts of the world—“flour” for noodles, breads, and dumplings, and “bones” for proteins and stocks... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $799,900
Sale Price: $799,900
The Property: Its contemporary exterior helps this newly built residence fit into the dynamic mix of old-line homes and dramatic new structures in Ukrainian Village... Read more
Sale Price: $799,900
The Property: Its contemporary exterior helps this newly built residence fit into the dynamic mix of old-line homes and dramatic new structures in Ukrainian Village... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.195 million
The Property: The tulips bloomed and faded a little early this year, but at one house in River Forest, they’re in perpetual bloom. The home is the design of Robert Spencer, a Prairie-style architect whose handprints are on one of the city’s prettiest public spaces: the south lobby of the Cultural Center, which is filled with glittering tile mosaics... Read more
The Property: The tulips bloomed and faded a little early this year, but at one house in River Forest, they’re in perpetual bloom. The home is the design of Robert Spencer, a Prairie-style architect whose handprints are on one of the city’s prettiest public spaces: the south lobby of the Cultural Center, which is filled with glittering tile mosaics... Read more