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The Good Neighbor in Bucktown
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.595 million
The Property: When Stacy Nigrelli and Ronald Berlind were building their home in Bucktown in the early 1990s, the neighborhood wasn’t yet a major hot spot, and the couple consciously tried to make their place fit in among the old-timers on the block... Read more
Dish Flash: Twelve Questions for Frank Brunacci
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer
Yesterday a press release announced that Frank Brunacci had left Sixteen, the high-end restaurant in the Trump Tower, but the release coyly left his destination unstated. Brunacci gave us the story. Read more
Kegged Cocktails? Don’t Knock ’Em Until You’ve Sipped ’Em, Says Tavernita’s Drink Guy
By Amalie Drury
The sprawling restaurant Tavernita, set to open in the old Martini Park space (151 W. Erie St.) in September with three separate bars inside, has been raising eyebrows for weeks. First came the news that the chef Ryan Poli would be leaving Perennial to head up this Latin concept from the group behind the nearby New York import Mercadito and its basement cocktail lounge, Double A... Read more
Rod Blagojevich: Done In By a Smart Jury
By Whet Moser
Far from the old "12 Angry Men" saw, Blagojevich's peers got along, developed clever techniques to weigh his guilt and innocence, and methodically analyzed the stagecraft that got him elected in the first place. Read more
Legislators, Realtors Oppose Down-Payment Proposal
By Dennis Rodkin
Members of Congress, real-estate associations, and some civil-rights groups are pushing back against a plan from federal regulators that would mandate a 20 percent down payment from many would-be homeowners. The groups are headed toward an August 1 deadline for comment on a proposal that would create a so-called qualified residential mortgage (QRM), which would require homeowners to have a one-fifth equity stake in their residence—an investment (the thinking goes) that might make them less willing to give up the home in tough financial times... Read more
What's Wrong With Adam Dunn?
By Whet Moser
The Sox big slugger is having one of the worst offensive seasons in baseball, a big surprise given his consistency over the years. But looking deeper at his numbers suggests there's nothing to be surprised about, except maybe some bad luck. Plus: are the White Sox too impatient as a team? Read more
The Housing Crisis on Chicago's South Side
By Whet Moser
The Tribune looks at the devastating effect the housing bubble had on Englewood, in a piece reminiscent of the paper's 2005 series on housing fraud in the same neighborhood. A look even further behind the numbers is no less shocking. Read more