Dead Reckoning
Part of O’Hare’s expansion has stalled, blocked by the religious beliefs and constitutional claims of the 160-year-old St. Johannes Cemetery. With the court battle nearing its end, time may have run out for the old burial ground
Year: 2009
The Bulls’ John Salmons Rents in Glencoe
List Price: $3,295,000
Monthly Rent: $7,000
The Property: John Salmons, whose late-season acquisition by the Chicago Bulls is credited with boosting the team’s playoff push last season, is renting a French Provincial–style house in Glencoe.
Knocked Out
Scenes from Daley Plaza as Chicago loses its bid for the 2016 Olympic Games
Planters A Plenty
Post 27 are having a fun joint event this weekend called Vintage Processing Plant, taking place at both stores. “We have amassed an amazing amount of vintage planters, and we’re planting up each one,” says the press release. All plants will be for sale. —GINA BAZER
Happenings at Vintage Pine
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Going on today through the rest of the weekend, Vintage Pine’s Fall Festival, featuring new shipments of antiques from France, England, and the Netherlands, and the opening of a new shop, Salvage Sisters, a collaboration between 11 local interior designers (including real estate stager Bethany Souza, a regular on HGTV’s “Designed to Sell,” and custom linen designer Maida Lin) who have come together to sell their vintage wares. Check Vintage Pine’s website for details.
—GINA BAZER
Dish Flash
A New Table
Giuseppe Scurato, a top-flight chef who made his bones at Boka, Landmark, and, most recently, Topaz Cafe, has been looking for his own place for a while now. He finally found it today in Uptown’s former Monticchio space (4882 N. Clark St.), where he plans to…
Art of Fashion
September 10, 2009 — The ‘Art of Fashion’ Cocktail Party, held at The Art Center in Downtown Highland Park, was part of Fashion Week Highland Park, an annual event celebrating Highland Park as Fashion Central on Chicago’s North Shore. For more information on fashion retailers in Downtown Highland Park visit www.downtownhp.com.
Animal Farm and Rugs
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Morlen Sinoway just got these fun cardboard animals, designed by an architect who decided to get creative with some leftover materials at the office. They come in two sizes: $35 for an approximately five-inch-high beast, $120 for eighteen inches high. Sold flatpacked in an envelope, they come with directions for easy assembly. Fun gift for a kid, especially one with designphiles for parents. Morlen also carries these awesome felt rugs. What’s great about them—in addition to the fact that felt is so darn cozy, durable, and unexpected on the floor—is that you can order them for about $20 a square foot in custom colors, designs, and sizes (not so great is that it takes 10 weeks for delivery—though good things come to those who wait!). I love how the stripes are sort of fuzzy, rather than hard; it’s a soft-yet-modern look, and you can go wide or thin for the stripes. The display samples in the store are currently 10 percent off, including the runner shown above ($504).
—GINA BAZER
See and Be Cedar
For weeks I had been driving by The Cedar Hotel (1112 N. State St.; 312-944-1112), giving the crowd the once-over and wondering if the vibe was still as rowdy as in the days of Melvin B’s. When Sunday looked like the last patio-friendly weather we’d have for a while—and even then it was iffy—my friend Kelli and I headed over for a farewell-to-September brew…