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Dennis Rodkin
Where Chicago Golf Began
By Dennis Rodkin
Bluff’s Edge is a handsome Georgian mansion built in 1928 on four acres above the south end of Lake Forest’s town beach. In 1892, the grounds were the scene of what is believed to be the first golf game played in Chicago, which led to... Read more
A Distressed House Rebounds in Lincoln Park
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.875 million
Sale Price: $2.830 million
The Property: Just 13 months ago, this house was a bank-owned mess. The bank, Countrywide, let it go as a short sale for $1.85 million—although in 2006 it had approved a mortgage on the place for $4.1 million. Read more
Georges Seurat, Jules Breton, and an Oak Park Victorian
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $989,000
The Property: When Gary and Marcia Myers first saw this 1902 Victorian in Oak Park 26 years ago, it was well past its prime. But the couple eagerly took it on—“I like to have a project,” Gary recalls—partly because of its excellent location on a street of impressive older homes only a short walk from Oak Park–River Forest High School and the town’s bustling central shopping district... Read more
Thankful in Lockport
By Dennis Rodkin
PJ and Jaime Klacko have 10,000 reasons to be thankful this week—the $10,000 that the city of Lockport will kick in on the purchase of their newly built house, which should finish construction next March. They are among the first dozen buyers to take advantage of an incentive... Read more
A Lap Pool in Noble Square
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.65 million
The Property: Situated west of the Kennedy and centered around Grand Avenue, Noble Square is one of those semi-secret Chicago neighborhoods some people whiz right past without realizing it’s there. Well, there’s a secret within the secret... Read more
River Forest’s Priciest 2009 Sale
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.695 million
Sale Price: $2.1 million
The Property: This elegant Mediterranean house in River Forest was the town’s first home this year to sell for over $2 million. In 2008, five homes in River Forest sold for over $2 million. In 2007, there were three sales in that price range. Read more
Scott Turow’s Glencoe House Under Contract
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $5.9 million
Sale Price: Not yet known

The novelist Scott Turow’s Glencoe lakefront home, which has been on the market for $5.9 million, is under contract with a buyer, Turow’s real estate agent confirmed for Deal Estate on Wednesday. Read more