October 26, 2009– Chicago magazine and Chicago Home + Garden co-hosted a reception with Museum Park at Central Station for celebrated Chinese artist and cultural emissary, Jenny Guo, to welcome her to her new home in Chicago’s South Loop. Jenny Guo was honored for her work in the diplomatic, business, and artistic arenas to bring China and the United States together.
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We were thrilled to feature eight gorgeous staircases in the November-December issue of our magazine on page 46. We regret, however, that, in our Buy Guide, we misidentified the creative talents behind them. Please link to the corrected version of this story here. We are sorry for these errors.
-The Editors
The staircase can be a work of art. We love when designers take it to a higher level—in more ways than one
I’ve spent a good chunk of my eight years in Chicago chillin’ in 60614, but last week I was lured outside of its bounds for two adventures with only these directions in common: Take Lake Shore Drive south.
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Talk about your makeovers: the hood of this 1965 Chevy pickup became the material for this coffee table on custom steel legs in the hands of Joel Hester. Hester’s table, plus this settee by furniture maker and artist Jesse Hooker (from salvaged antique yellow pine slabs and upholstered with the original back seat and interior from a 1969 Ford Mustang fastback) will be on display at 360seegallery November 6 through December 15. An opening reception, which also features the art of Curtis Frillman, is Nov. 6 from 6–9 p.m.
—JAN PARR
List Price: $1.499 million
The Property: It’s a view property, but what you see from this two-story townhouse at the base of a River North condo tower isn’t the usual grand sweep of skyline or lake. Instead, you get a human-scale view of a quieter stretch of the Chicago River and tranquil Erie Park, with the handsome old
Gilt by Association
Brendan Sodikoff, who has worked with Alain Ducasse and Thomas Keller—and currently with Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises—plans to open a restaurant called Gilt Bar in the old…
We’ve always loved Flor carpet tiles, but a drawback of this Elmhurst-based catalog and Internet business was that you couldn’t easily see and touch its eco-friendly products. Now the company has opened a showroom in Lincoln Park (the third in the U.S.), where all styles are on display. Bonus: By having your order sent to … Read more
After years of carrying around a sketchbook filled with drawings of pieces he wished he could find, but couldn’t, interior designer Frank Ponterio decided to bring his sketches to life with help from local craftspeople; now the finished products are available for sale. The updated Chesterfield-style Agador sofa, with its cut-out center and bronze feet, … Read more
Two new burger projects by People Who Get It
