All Entries in the "Suburban Cook" Category
Where Did All the Chicagoans Go?
The Census Bureau has released some new facts about Illinois and the 2010 Census, and some of the statistics are startling. Let’s start with the Windy City, which is still the third largest city in the country, despite the fact that more than 200,000 Chicago residents have moved out over the last decade. In fact, [...]
President Declares Chicago a Disaster Area Thanks to the Blizzard of 2011
This weekend marks something very important to Chicago: Sunday is the first day of Spring. Since temperatures have risen above 35 degrees it seems like most Chicago residents have stripped their bodies of winter coats in anticipation of warmer weather. And, we deserve those warmer temps. This winter was brutal. So brutal that President Barack [...]
Landmark Evanston Home Gets a Role in TV Show
Chicago housed the Playboy Mansion for years, and over the next two days, one piece of metro Chicago real estate will pretend to be just that. Film crews from Twentieth Century Fox TV will be inside the Charles Gates Dawes House in Evanston over the next two days filming scenes for an NBC television series [...]
Rough News Day for Chicago Real Estate
Harsh. One of the the area’s most expensive pieces of Chicago real estate has been declared uninhabitable. The Burr Ridge home, named Villa Taj, was flooded with millions of gallons of water after several pipes burst on the second floor. The mansion, which was listed for $25 million in 2009, has never been lived in. [...]
Cook Among Counties on Storm-Aid List
The snow may have melted, but Chicago-area residents won’t soon forget the Blizzard of 2011. The storm is on the mind of our president, too, and not just because his Chicago home was buried in snow like the rest of us. President Barack Obama on Monday received a formal request from Governor Pat Quinn asking [...]
