The Emanuel administration pulls TIF data out of its inflexible PDF jail, making it sortable and downloadable; meanwhile, the Illinois Senate Redistricting Committee puts the process on Google Earth. Read more
List Price: $2.5 million
The Property: Now this is a ranch house. The Orland Park residence is infused with the character and materials of the American West, from its log-framed entry to the forest of timber beams and the huge stone chimney in the great room... Read more
This Week’s Five: A pared-down Porgy and Bess debuts … Chicago History Museum is out and proud … our pints runneth over with craft beer … four seriously big freebies … plus, weekend plans from the Midwest Independent Film Festival’s Mike McNamara Read more
FUTURE IMPERFECT: Ing’s heart is in the right place, but its science is not Read more
Dion Antic—Remember him? Iggy’s? Harry’s Velvet Room? The more recent but shorter-lived Shady Lady?—is back with a new nightspot, Porkchop, in the West Loop... Read more
The owner of Southport Grocery found a space that makes life as uncomplicated as possible—and created a beautiful home in it Read more
In a word, no. But asking the question raises some interesting answers about the soon-to-be former mayor, which tell us a bit about Rahm Emanuel as well. Read more