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October 2011
At the Heart of the Woods, in Oak Brook
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.999 million
The Property: Today’s house is named Woods End, but given its sylvan setting, it really ought to be called Woods Heart. It’s a series of steep-roofed pavilions, each containing a major part of the living space and topped with huge skylights. The rear of the house is walled with windows and wrapped with an elevated 175-foot-long deck... Read more
Repent Now: Become a Cardinals Fan
By Whet Moser
Tired of the Cubs, or your frustrating National League Central team of choice? You've got six hours to become a fan of baseball's most consistently boring, and boringly consistent, team. Read more
Puffy Coat Weather
Top Events This Week: The choreographer Faustin Linyekula bundles up for a performance at the MCA … free art, free film … plus what Northwestern’s Chicago-lit guy, Bill Savage, is doing this weekend Read more
Why Do You Keep Paying Your Mortgage?
By Dennis Rodkin
We’re five years out from the beginning of the housing market’s crash, and home values are lingering at about where they were in early 2002. Many forecasts predict the dark clouds will stay put, both because of the huge overhang of foreclosures and because the federal government has been slow to do anything effective about stopping the decline... Read more