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By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer
When we talked to Shawn DeAmicis, one of the partners in Flour & Stone, he told us, “We settled on Brooklyn-style. We like it, and no one is really doing it here...” Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $839,000
The Property: It’s no surprise to find lots of daylight surrounding you on the rooftop deck of today’s property, a three-bedroom condo in an old South Loop building tucked into a historical block. The surprise is inside, which during the day is nearly as bright as the outdoors, thanks to the clerestories, seven skylights, and a wall of tall windows... Read more
The Property: It’s no surprise to find lots of daylight surrounding you on the rooftop deck of today’s property, a three-bedroom condo in an old South Loop building tucked into a historical block. The surprise is inside, which during the day is nearly as bright as the outdoors, thanks to the clerestories, seven skylights, and a wall of tall windows... Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
One Moment in Crime
In a pre-Mob, precorruption chapter of Chicago history, horse thieves used to hide in the woods of what is now Beverly in the mid-19th century, giving the area a name that a brewpub will resurrect... Read more
By Jeff Ruby
STICKER SHOCK: Those #@*% parking receipts were driving me nuts—until I found a new purpose for the obnoxious clutter on my dashboard Read more
By Whet Moser
The press likes to write about Rahm Emanuel's fast-paced, intimidating managerial style. As these things go in the boring 21st century it's neat enough, but nothing like Big Bill Thompson and his "prize model sailboat." Read more
By Whet Moser
Starlin Castro is starting hot and showing speed on the basepaths, but his defense needs work; Jeff Samardzija looks like he's for real this time; Bryan LaHair is raking; and Paul Maholm isn't as bad as his 13.50 ERA. Read more
By Carly Boers
INSIDER’S GUIDE: Chicago’s newest neighborhood is also its newest dining destination Read more
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer
The top chef’s position at Chilam Balam has been filled by the promotion of another young cook: the 25-year-old Toledo, Ohio, native Natalie Oswald... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.3 million
The Property: In Chicago’s toddlin’ times, an era when train travel was the height of elegance, the Ambassador East and Ambassador West hotels were regular stops for movie stars, politicians, and society’s elite. Even Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 cross-country classic, North by Northwest, included a stop at the Ambassador East... Read more
The Property: In Chicago’s toddlin’ times, an era when train travel was the height of elegance, the Ambassador East and Ambassador West hotels were regular stops for movie stars, politicians, and society’s elite. Even Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 cross-country classic, North by Northwest, included a stop at the Ambassador East... Read more