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February 2012
Why Chicago Isn't Detroit: More Theories
By Whet Moser
The collapse of Detroit is attributed to a familiar litany of reasons, but they're ones that, in many ways, are shared by our city. A local urban planner, born in Detroit, shares some ideas for why the Motor City's collapse was so much worse than its Rust Belt peers. Read more
Silestone Slab Vases
By KRISTEN WEGRZYN
The collaboration of Consentino Group and Form Us With Love has led to the creation of a truly striking and inventive concept... Read more
Weekend Photos: Academy Awards Viewing Party at ZED451
There were no tuxes or sparkly dresses last night at ZED451 but there were plenty of Oscars handed out for $12 apiece—Oscar cocktails, that is (bourbon, muddled oranges and cranberries, simple syrup) at an Academy Awards viewing party in the River North restaurant and lounge... Read more
In Winnetka, Everything a House Ott to Be
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $4.995 million
Sale Price: $4.4 million
The Property: A grand manor home on two acres in Winnetka’s Indian Hill Club was sold February 17 for $4.4 million—just 46 percent of what its sellers were asking when they first put it on the market nearly six years ago... Read more
What a Plague of Locusts Looks Like
By Whet Moser
In 1915, a group of Millennarian Chicago expats lived through a plague of locusts in Jerusalem. Their colony is now gone, but they left behind a hotel, Nobel Prize-winning literature, and some beautiful, eerie locust pictures. Read more