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July 2010
Seltzer Studios
By Gina Bazer
In November of 2009, Kalil had a soft “opening” for her online store, Seltzer Studios, named for her obsession with vintage seltzer bottles, which she has been collecting for 20 years. A real potpourri of fun-meets-functional... Read more
Weekend Photos: The Bar 10 Doors
The Bar 10 Doors—say it out loud, faster now; that's right: "the bar-ten-ders"—opened last week in Little Italy (1259 W. Taylor St.; 312-226-1611) next door to its slightly older sibling, the eclectic global-tapas spot and eccentrically punctuated One. Six One. "We're looking to get American craft beers and... Read more
Gouletas Son Short-Sells Penthouse at the Sterling
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $899,000
Sale Price: $885,000
The Property: In 2001, when Nicholas V. Gouletas was an executive with the family-owned firm that built the Sterling at 345 North LaSalle Drive, he posed for a publicity photo slicing into a five-foot-tall cake in the shape of the 50-story building. More recently, he did some cutting of a different kind, slashing the price on his 2,700-square-foot, 47th-floor condo... Read more
Crosell & Co. Sale
By Gina Bazer
The Bucktown/Wicker Park Summer Sizzle sidewalk sale is this weekend and we hear Crosell & Co. will have some great deals... Read more
Family-Friendly Renovation in Lake Bluff
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.395 million
The Property: “I’ve become a lover of sunrises because of living here,” John McKinven says of the circa 1938 home where he and his wife, Lynn, and their children live, across the street from Lake Bluff’s sublime blufftop Sunrise Park. Read more
Designs By Maida Sidewalk Sale
By Jan Parr
Designs by Maida in Woodstock is holding a sidewalk sale this Friday and Saturday, with good deals to be had on bedding, lighting, furniture, gifts, decorative objects, and more... Read more