A young person’s dive into the history of the once lucrative section and its humble future.
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Chicago police detective who killed Rekia Boyd quits the force, and other news
Also, the city recommends arriving three hours early if you’re flying out of O’Hare or Midway.
Posted inCity Life
Outsider art inside an Uptown one-bedroom
Keith Sadler’s Uptown one-bedroom holds a gallery’s worth of outsider art and other oddities.
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A mushroom-shaped party pad by the designer of Playboy’s headquarters
North Center’s “mushroom house,” a 60s party pad by the designer of Playboy‘s headquarters
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Inside the Pink Palace of the Edgewater Beach Apartments
The Roaring 20s grandeur meets contemporary simplicity at the Edgewater Beach Apartments.
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An interior designer transforms a former tavern into a home
Interior designer Aleks Furman’s Bridgeport home was once an Elvis-themed bar and a notorious gang haunt.
Posted inArts & Culture
The great puppet caper
The story behind a Wicker Park building full of “creepy wooden dolls with strings”
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Finding the light in a garden apartment
Kate Goshorn finds the light in her Humboldt Park garden apartment.
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Nineteenth-century weirdness meets Hawaiian flair in Ukrainian Village
Nineteenth-century weirdness meets Hawaiian flair in Laura Moeller and Todd Hembrook’s Ukrainian Village apartment.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Kayla Lane Freeman, new Chicagoan
This week’s Chicagoan is Kayla Lane Freeman, new Chicagoan
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Dreaming big in small spaces
Nathan Minnehan transformed a modest Rogers Park studio apartment into an imaginative, boat-like getaway.
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Four’s company on the Logan partio
A fountain room and a sprawling outdoor space (aka “partio”) shared with good friends is reason enough to stay in most nights.
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Bill and Lisa Roe’s Palmer Square eye candy
Record label founders Bill and Lisa Roe have a home overflowing with records and antique toys.
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Steve Krakow’s magical history tour
Steve Krakow’s Humboldt Park apartment is teeming with records, comics, and an animatronic bear or two.
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Around the web: Grant Achatz’s health, downtown rents, and more.
Around the web: Grant Achatz’s health, downtown rents, and more.