Beatrice Michaels Shapiro

Added to the ample ethnic diversity of Devon Avenue is Argo, a Georgian bakery that opened in March (2812 W. Devon Ave., 773-764-6322). Not a typical bakery, Argo specializes only...

Name: Richard Lissner Background: Lissner, 47, grew up in his family's scrap iron and metal business. His father started bringing him down to the scrap yard at age 7, and...

Chicago is my home. I was born here in 1929 and grew up on the South Side, on 41st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. I went to Oakland grammar school,...

I came from Russia in 1932 with my mother and sister. We stopped in New York for a couple of days, then moved to Chicago. I have been here ever...

I'm from Manitowoc, Wis., but I always had ties to Chicago. My mother was born here on East Ohio Street; she lived in Humboldt Park as a young girl-part of...

Name: Peter Hoppe Background: Hoppe, 52, came to the United States from Germany in 1960, where he did his apprenticeship in the sheet-metal trade. He worked briefly for a number...

Name: Peter Hoppe Background: Hoppe, 52, came to the United States from Germany in 1960, where he did his apprenticeship in the sheet-metal trade. He worked briefly for a number...

Gotta second? Marcy Glick recently expanded her North Side storefront studio to include a "seconds outlet" featuring imperfect, but high quality, objects d'art such as handblown glass, dinnerware, pottery, wooden...

Background: Hoskins, 62, grew up on a Mississippi farm, where she picked cotton. She came to Chicago in 1952. Before acquiring her present job as a 24-hour emergency caretaker for...

Name: John P. Hopkins Background: Hopkins, 41, was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Barrington. He attended Northwestern Michigan College and Ft. Lewis College in Colorado. He was a...