West End’s second annual spelling bee, featuring a $1,000 grand prize. There was agony, elation, beer in boots, and a caller clad in a bumblebee costume—and our photographer was there to capture the contest in all its glory, G-L-O-R-Y, glory..." /> West End’s second annual spelling bee, featuring a $1,000 grand prize. There was agony, elation, beer in boots, and a caller clad in a bumblebee costume—and our photographer was there to capture the contest in all its glory, G-L-O-R-Y, glory..." /> West End’s second annual spelling bee, featuring a $1,000 grand prize. There was agony, elation, beer in boots, and a caller clad in a bumblebee costume—and our photographer was there to capture the contest in all its glory, G-L-O-R-Y, glory..." />
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March 2010
Weekend Photos: Spelling Bee at West End
As the last few Olympic events played out in Vancouver over the weekend, a clutch of battle-ready contestants gathered in the West Loop for a fierce competition of their own: West End’s second annual spelling bee, featuring a $1,000 grand prize. There was agony, elation, beer in boots, and a caller clad in a bumblebee costume—and our photographer was there to capture the contest in all its glory, G-L-O-R-Y, glory... Read more
Old Town Gem Sells at Foreclosure
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1,024,650
Sale Price: $1,195,000
The Property: This 19th-century row house, one block from Lincoln Park, was the subject of a potential seizure order by the U.S. Department of Justice in May 2009, according to documents from the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. Mihai Chezan, the developer who had... Read more
Table of Contents
The Table of Contents for the March 2010 issue of Chicago magazine. The cover story is "Where The Experts Shop" Read more