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April 2012
Weekend Photos: Scofflaw
It’s been close to a month since the doors opened to Scofflaw, a Logan Square bar and lounge that, like certain cocktail-driven predecessors, resembles an alluring, dimly lit sitting room... Read more
The Cubs and White Sox in the Age of Austerity
By Whet Moser
Of all the teams in major league baseball, only three cut their payrolls more than 20 percent over the offseason—and the two most drastic discounters are the Cubs and the Sox, with Theo Epstein leading all of baseball in payroll cuts in his first season. Otherwise, about the only notable thing remains what Ozzie said. Read more
Foreclosure Comes to Exclusive Woodley Road
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.549 million
Sale Price: $1.537 million
The Property: An 11,600-square-foot mansion on Woodley Road outside Winnetka has the dubious distinction of being the first foreclosure sale in that enclave of prominent families, high-level executives, and other eminent people... Read more
Weekend Reads
By Whet Moser
The beginnings of an oral history of Chicago school teaching; the state of Chicago health care; the neighborhoods with the most flower power; DIY urbanism in Logan Square; and more Read more
Why the Kids Aren't Driving These Days
By Whet Moser
Millennials are interested in city living, both in the city and the suburbs—and cities and suburbs are meeting that demand. But social media is also a substitute for meetspace, and the Information Superhighway for the highway. Read more
Week 26: Name That Baby
By Jeff Ruby
I don’t recall arguing about baby names the last two times. Hannah and Max. In my mind, both kids popped out, we had the names ready to go, and that was that. Boom, done. The names fit, and they stuck. In retrospect it’s impossible to imagine them as anything else. You’d think we’d have this process down pat by now, but this time, we can’t imagine the kid at all... Read more