By Whet Moser
What Rahm Emanuel's ties to big business, and aldermanic ties to local gangs, tell us about the evolution of the Chicago Machine from Hinky Dink to the present day—and what the Machine of the Future might look like. Read more
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By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $5.8 million
The Property: When this Gold Coast mansion belonged to the surgeon George Isham and his wife, Katherine, its palatial ballroom hosted Theodore Roosevelt and Admiral Robert Peary. But past presidents and polar explorers fade in comparison to the home’s most notorious denizen, Hugh Hefner, who lived and played in the house between 1959 and 1974... Read more
The Property: When this Gold Coast mansion belonged to the surgeon George Isham and his wife, Katherine, its palatial ballroom hosted Theodore Roosevelt and Admiral Robert Peary. But past presidents and polar explorers fade in comparison to the home’s most notorious denizen, Hugh Hefner, who lived and played in the house between 1959 and 1974... Read more
By Whet Moser
Playboy's leaving Chicago for the sunny climes of Los Angeles. It's been a long time coming, as the magazine left the Second City in spirit long, long ago. Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
Six Questions for Curtis Duffy
Duffy announced this past Monday that the haute-cuisine restaurant he plans to open this summer in the West Loop will be called Grace. He has yet to announce the address... Read more
By Whet Moser
The Cubs' offseason has been a bit boring so far, but it's been a lot more exciting for their NL Central opponents—who have lost, or stand to lose, the three best hitters in the division. The Cubs might not be better next year, but neither will the teams they play the most. Read more
By Whet Moser
The Miami Marlins will come into 2012 with some high-priced new stars, an expensive and gorgeous new stadium to surround them... and no public transportation to get there. Why can't teams learn from the Cubs and the Twins? Read more
By William Weathersby
Kristina Albaugh and Josh Ingmire are home-makeover veterans. Since meeting at the University of Oklahoma 17 years ago, they have rehabbed two houses and three condos in various cities... Read more
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.75 million
The Property: Outside the windows of this 46th-floor condo at Water Tower Place lie two of Chicago’s great beauties: its architecture and its shoreline. They are a good complement to the beauty that resides inside the condo—as well as to the Hollywood beauty that was its most recent resident... Read more
The Property: Outside the windows of this 46th-floor condo at Water Tower Place lie two of Chicago’s great beauties: its architecture and its shoreline. They are a good complement to the beauty that resides inside the condo—as well as to the Hollywood beauty that was its most recent resident... Read more
By Whet Moser
The long-dreamed-of reclamation and renewal of the river is picking up speed, thanks to an EPA directive... and those Asian carp. Read more
By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers
I’m So Hungry I Could Eat a Horse
It started with the name Ox Diner, then it was Sweeney’s Diner, and now, as Au Cheval, it’s about a month and a half from opening... Read more