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July 2012
Coffee, Crime, and Chicago
By Whet Moser
Do more coffee shops equal less crime? In Chicago, during a critical period in the city's violent history, the answer is yes: for homicides, at least. The results for robbery, however, are interestingly dependent on race. Read more
How Foreclosures and Land Banking Could Transform Midwestern Cities
By Dennis Rodkin
We’ve known for a few years that the foreclosure crisis has led banks to offer some seized homes at bargain-basement prices. Now an executive with a real-estate company that focuses on foreclosures has predicted that this sales trend could have an upside for hard-hit Midwestern cities, transforming them into some of the most desirable places to live in the country... Read more
Lovely Lavatory
By AMANDA KOELLNER
We’re a big fan of bathroom renovations, so these photos of a master-bath makeover in a fourth floor walk-up near the Merchandise Mart caught our attention ... Read more
U. of C. Prof. Charles Lipson on the Obama Library
By Carol Felsenthal
As soon as I saw the Sun-Times’s headline last week, “U. of C. prof wants to shelve Obama library idea,” I knew the story was about Charles Lipson. In the article, by Abdon Pallasch, the political science professor objects to housing the Obama complex because... Read more
Jayson Home Floor Model Sale
By Gina Bazer and Alice Oglethorpe
It’s July, and that means it’s time for Jayson Home’s Floor Model & More Sale. (It also means that it’s so hot I’ve deemed it acceptable to eat ice cream for dinner, but I digress) Read more
In Winnetka, a Tudor for the 21st Century
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $3.1 million
The Property: When it was built in 1903, this Tudor-style home in Winnetka was more of a country house, with just one large estate between it and nearby Lake Michigan. More than 100 years later, it still retains all its charm and comforts... Read more