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April 2012
If You Want to Sell in a Few Years
By Dennis Rodkin
How to deal with the mechanicals and roof; splurge a little on your kitchen and bathrooms; and create more living space in your attic, basement, or backyard. Read more
DreamHome Opens at the Mart
By Bradley Lincoln
Can it be eight years already that the Merchandise Mart has given Chicago designers pie-in-the-sky budgets to create fantasy rooms for its DreamHome installation?... Read more
A Sophisticated Gold Coast Condo
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.3 million
The Property: In Chicago’s toddlin’ times, an era when train travel was the height of elegance, the Ambassador East and Ambassador West hotels were regular stops for movie stars, politicians, and society’s elite. Even Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 cross-country classic, North by Northwest, included a stop at the Ambassador East... Read more
A Party Tray for the Eco-friendly
By Bethany Leggett
Just in time for Earth Day, Morlen Sinoway will be featuring a limited-edition eco-conscious puzzle tray, created by Chicago-based husband and wife duo, Bruce and Stephanie Tharp of Materious. Read more
A Brief History of Block 37
By Whet Moser
Block 37 gets sold, again, as the city's cursed retail block limps along in the manner we've become accustomed to over the past few decades. Here's a (sort-of) brief history of Block 37: "to know Block 37 is to know Chicago." Read more