Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 10:22
After a long, chilly, and even snowy winter that kept us inside and pushed spring's opening bell back several weeks, it now seems like there's a backlog of stuff to do nearly every day around here. This weekend's no exception, and if you don't get out, you have no excuse. Here's some of the community options for this weekend:
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 13:48
I was fortunate to attend the exciting 2008 Chicago Green Festival at Navy Pier on May 17-18. Over 350 businesses and organizations exhibited, demonstrating the large existing amount of economic activity related to "green" business, as well as the enormous potential in that area.
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:20
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Wonderful example of adaptive reuse, this conversion of the old Saxophone Shop store by the firm of Morgante-Wilson Architects, Ltd., now serves as their headquarters at 2834 Central Street. This picture was taken in 2007 when the old firehouse was still standing, and before the firm had finished out the building with a balcony and landscaping.
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:10
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McDaniel Place, slated to be a 6-unit condominium development across the street from Ackerman Park. Click here to read the June, 2008 story. For an update and to see how the building had progressed by late 2009, click here.
Submitted by jeffpsmith on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 19:05
One of our regular readers and contributors asked what's up with the condos at McDaniel & Central. I assumed she meant the project just a little south of that intersection, so I decided to check it out next time I biked by. I had met the developer and architect of McDaniel Place, a 6-condo structure on the site of an old 3-flat farmhouse across from Ackerman Park, at a SPAARC meeting, and they seemed like nice folks.
One of our regular readers and contributors asked 