Dennis Rodkin

A billboard near the intersection of I-55 and Kingery Highway outside Willowbrook tells a lot -- by what it doesn't say -- about how the real estate business is changing....

STARTING UP ALL OVER AGAIN "Nouve@u riche" (June 4, 2000) When his dot-com startup and the rest of the New Economy were on the way up, John Rodkin was busy...

Books on subjects devoted to hearth and garden make a thoughtful gift with a long-lasting ripple effect. Such a book keeps on giving for years to come, with the added...

There's no need to lug a huge tome out to the garden when all you need is advice on the particular stuff you're working on--boosting the soil, choosing perennials, laying...

For nearly 10 years, Sharon White lived in an apartment with a dreary view out the back, a view that's not at all unusual for a Chicago apartment-dweller. Behind the...

When Laurie and Scott Booth got ready to have a swimming pool installed behind their house in South Barrington, they were sure of one thing: "We didn't want some stark...

Chicago auction buyers get their chance to be television stars when veteran auctioneer Leslie Hindman serves as guest auctioneer at Butterfields Chicago, 441 W. Huron St., where Thea Flaum Productions...