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A Window on Old Glencoe
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.195 million
The Property: The many windows that line the front of this 1920s Glencoe house evoke a summer day before air conditioning, when all those windows could be thrown open to lure in a cool breeze off Lake Michigan, just three blocks away... Read more
Congressman Quigley to Some Boat Owners: Shove Off
By Dennis Rodkin
This week, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-5th) is releasing a list of 60 ideas to reduce the federal debt and deficit spending—and already, one of the smallest proposals in the pack has stirred up angry opposition. Quigley advocates ending the home mortgage interest deduction for boats that owners have claimed as second homes... Read more
A New Home Takes Flight in Libertyville
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: N/A for this custom-built home
Sale Price: $3.2 million
The Property: Lots of houses come with a little workshop, but this Libertyville residence has a hangar-sized second garage, where the man of the house is building an airplane... Read more
An In-House Resort in Downers Grove
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.85 million
The Property: A cobblestone drive leads over a bridge and past a waterfall to the front door of this 15-room country manor in Downers Grove. “This is our resort that we don’t have to travel to,” says Joel Anderson, the Downers Grove homebuilder who created the place for himself, his wife, Maggie, and their children in 2008... Read more
Housing for Teenage Parents—and a Judge Resolves a Condo Buyback Standoff
By Dennis Rodkin
On Chicago’s West Side, work has begun on a project that will help stabilize young families. New Moms, Inc., a Chicago not-for-profit that provides counsel and other services to teenage mothers and their children, broke ground last week on an $11.7 million facility that, when completed in mid-2012, will contain 40 apartments with room for 40 adults and 60 children... Read more
Frank Galati Sells His Lakeshore East Condo
By Dennis Rodkin
On Monday, Frank Galati, the Tony Award–winning Chicago director and actor, and his partner, Peter Amster, who is also a theatre director, sold their condo at 340 on the Park, which overlooks Millennium Park... Read more