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Posted inCity Life

Long live the classifieds!

by Taryn Allen October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

A young person’s dive into the history of the once lucrative section and its humble future.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago police detective who killed Rekia Boyd quits the force, and other news

by Kate Shepherd May 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, the city recommends arriving three hours early if you’re flying out of O’Hare or Midway.

The dining room is home to Sadler's largest collection—paintings by self-taught artist Stephen Warde Anderson.
Posted inCity Life

Outsider art inside an Uptown one-bedroom

by Andrea Bauer August 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Keith Sadler’s Uptown one-bedroom holds a gallery’s worth of outsider art and other oddities.

Looking south, Von Hartz's living room is illuminated by the large skylight.
Posted inCity Life

A mushroom-shaped party pad by the designer of Playboy’s headquarters

by Laura Pearson August 10, 2014August 18, 2021

North Center’s “mushroom house,” a 60s party pad by the designer of Playboy‘s headquarters

Inside the historic Edgewater Beach Apartments, Tish Kling's apartment is decidedly contemporary.
Posted inCity Life

Inside the Pink Palace of the Edgewater Beach Apartments

by Andrea Bauer July 27, 2014August 18, 2021

The Roaring 20s grandeur meets contemporary simplicity at the Edgewater Beach Apartments.

Glass brick wall in the main room
Posted inCity Life

An interior designer transforms a former tavern into a home

by Andrea Bauer April 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Interior designer Aleks Furman’s Bridgeport home was once an Elvis-themed bar and a notorious gang haunt.

Puppeteer Ralph Kipniss in his Michigan City basement
Posted inArts & Culture

The great puppet caper

by Gwynedd Stuart November 6, 2013August 19, 2021

The story behind a Wicker Park building full of “creepy wooden dolls with strings”

Kate's kitchen has wooden counter tops and cabinetry built from materials found at Rebuilding Exchange.
Posted inCity Life

Finding the light in a garden apartment

by Andrea Bauer October 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Kate Goshorn finds the light in her Humboldt Park garden apartment.

Todd Hembrook and Laura Moeller
Posted inCity Life

Nineteenth-century weirdness meets Hawaiian flair in Ukrainian Village

by Andrea Bauer August 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Nineteenth-century weirdness meets Hawaiian flair in Laura Moeller and Todd Hembrook’s Ukrainian Village apartment.

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Kayla Lane Freeman, new Chicagoan

by Anne Ford July 26, 2013August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan is Kayla Lane Freeman, new Chicagoan

Nathan Minnehan, hanging in the kitchen nook
Posted inCity Life

Dreaming big in small spaces

by Andrea Bauer July 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Nathan Minnehan transformed a modest Rogers Park studio apartment into an imaginative, boat-like getaway.

The fire pit on the Partio
Posted inCity Life

Four’s company on the Logan partio

by Andrea Bauer June 24, 2013August 19, 2021

A fountain room and a sprawling outdoor space (aka “partio”) shared with good friends is reason enough to stay in most nights.

A vintage 7 Up sign from an old convenience store hangs above the couch
Posted inCity Life

Bill and Lisa Roe’s Palmer Square eye candy

by Andrea Bauer June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Record label founders Bill and Lisa Roe have a home overflowing with records and antique toys.

Posted inCity Life

Steve Krakow’s magical history tour

by Andrea Bauer May 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Steve Krakow’s Humboldt Park apartment is teeming with records, comics, and an animatronic bear or two.

Posted inBlogs

Around the web: Grant Achatz’s health, downtown rents, and more.

by Whet Moser August 31, 2007August 19, 2021

Around the web: Grant Achatz’s health, downtown rents, and more.

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