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Does Chicago's Old Housing Stock Lead to High Carbon Emissions?
By Whet Moser
Cook County is the third-largest producer of CO2 emissions in the country by county, according to the Vulcan Project out of Purdue. Why? Our emissions are pretty well-balanced, but old houses and apartments mean that it takes more fossil fuels to live here than in similar cities. Read more
An Old Hyde Park House Remade for Today
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.25 million
The Property: If you had designed a home in the late 1880s knowing how families would live in 2011, you might have come up with today’s residence: imposing on the outside—all that rough-cut limestone and a pair of turrets—but warm and casual on the inside... Read more
Penny Pollack's Favorite North Side BYOs
By Penny Pollack
Today, an old friend requested recommendations for a North Side BYO dinner spot—making restaurant suggestions to pals is one of the unofficial duties of a dining editor. After writing him a lengthy reply, I figured I’d pass along the list to you, our readers... Read more
Ravine Dreams
By Kari Richardson
Sensitive design and smart engineering turned a topographically challenged property into a lovely, multilevel landscape Read more
Game Changer
By Gina Bazer
A dated Bucktown loft becomes a modern bachelor pad with a party-ready attitude Read more
Sheffield’s: Still Friendly, Soon with More Beer
By Amalie Drury
I only met Ric Hess, the longtime co-owner of the Lake View bar Sheffield’s, a handful of times, but he was right up there among the most gregarious proprietors I’ve known. Hess died of a heart attack in January, and I still think about him every time I drive past his place... Read more