Lofts break the mold on State Street
For the 278 new one- and two-bedroom units at 1401 S. State St., variety is in. The glass-walled 22-story South Loop building, with its lobby painted an exuberant red, offers...
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Decision time
Sometimes a casual question makes a person stop and think. Cynthia Pontier had been living in rental apartments since college graduation in the mid-1980s. When Lissa Weinstein, a tennis friend...
Duplex offers location, views
On ground level at 2850 N. Sheridan Rd., three duplex apartments have been carved out of space that just a few years ago housed a popular Lakeview restaurant. The building,...
Open plan, balcony provide window to the West Loop
Within a sea of West Loop living choices, new three-story apartment buildings line the south side of Monroe Street between Aberdeen and Morgan Streets. Known as "The Flats on Monroe,"...
Vintage 3-bedroom has windows on the lake
The real estate cliche "location, location, location" is certainly true for a red brick 1920s building at 1304 W. Birchwood Ave. in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. A three-bedroom, two-bath first-floor...
Uptown condo has harbor views
A spectacular view of Montrose Harbor will draw visitors to the windows of a three-bedroom, two-bath apartment at 4180 N. Marine Drive. Known as Polo Towers, the 189-apartment, 16-story 1950s...
AN ADVISORY ROLE MAY SUIT PARENTS OF COLLEGE-AGE KIDS
NAMES: Helen E. Johnson and Christine Schelhas-Miller BACKGROUND: Your daughter had a B+ average in high school. Now she's in college, flunking French and barely scraping by in her other...
SITE HELPS MAP A STUDENT TRIP
NAME: Michael Fridgen and Liz Sickler BACKGROUND: Michael Fridgen, 24, is CEO of on-line student travel source TripHub.com; Liz Sickler, 35, is chief operating officer. Fridgen started a travel tour...
THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW
The future. Whether it's tomorrow or 100 years from now, we are always imagining the time that is yet to be, wondering what it will be like and how we...
THE BIG ($$$) GAME
I was appalled by the excesses described. I don't know which is worse, the kids' need for fancy, overpriced meals and limousines or their parents' inability to offer guidance on...