Aurora is known as the City of Light, a homage to the fact that the city was the first city in the nation to install electric streetlights. Though overshadowed by its big brother Chicago, Aurora can easily stand toe-to-toe with the Wind…
With the price of gasoline rising, daily traffic snarls, a desire to live a healthier life and the responsibility to lessen the effect of one's carbon footprint, there are many reasons to own a bike. Buying the bike is just the beginnin…
“Location...Location...Location,” is the age old adage of real estate and Jefferson Park's location, affordability, safety and access to transportation are the primary factors that lure people to this lovely corner of the Northwest Side…
Heating and cooling systems within condominium developments are called upon to provide safe, consistent energy to residents. The people who bring you heat, air cooling and refrigeration know that, and want to find what works—and what do…
It goes without saying that individuals and associations alike need to be properly covered by insurance; that's just common sense. But the wide variety of choices can make obtaining that coverage a daunting process. To help boards and HOAs…
For nearly 20 years, the Community Associations Institute (CAI) has recognized excellence in the practice of community law through the Falls Church, Virginia-based College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL). Of the tens of thousan…
Once a Rogers Parker, always a Rogers Parker, it seems. Whether a current or long-removed resident, folks seem to take pride in their links to the community bordered by the lake, Western Avenue, Evanston and Devon Avenue. It m…
Chicago is known for having some of the very best urban opportunities in the world—among the best colleges and schools, museums and libraries, as well as some of the finest parks, the most interesting architecture, the most intriguing m…
You don't have to walk far to find architectural gems in Oak Park. With its patchwork of stucco, frame and brick homes punctuated by Victorian and Prairie Style structures, the community is an architecture geek's dream. "Oak Park is an…
Fans of the television show Mad Men, set in the mid-1960s, are often shocked by the near-constant presence of smoldering cigarettes in nearly everyone's hands. Indeed, if if you told any of the show's characters that in just a few decad…