West Suburban Homes for Sale With Sunrooms

It’s only December and we still have a lot of cold weather ahead of us, but there’s no better time than now to catch some real estate vitamin D. The following five properties for sale, all located in the western suburbs, offer plenty of that. They all feature sunrooms, which are the perfect place to … Read more

Why Does the City’s Border Extend North of Howard Street in Rogers Park?

Former Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Jr., right, stands with ex-Mayor Edward F. Dunne in 1933.

When Rogers Park was annexed to Chicago, in 1893, Howard Street became the city’s boundary with Evanston. The little 80-acre neighborhood just north of Howard along the lake was known as Germania, after the German immigrants who had settled there. But Germania had a problem. It was cut off from the rest of Evanston by … Read more