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La Selva Beach, Calif. | $1.25 Million A sculptural concrete house built in the early 1970s, with one bedroom and one bathroom, on a 4,792-square-foot lot with ocean views In 1972, Mary Gordon, a landscape architect, designed an organic concrete house near the beach in an unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County, which she intended to use as retirement quarters for herself and her husband. Constructed by boat builders — with tubular forms protruding from a rounded base, including a windowed c...

Chicago’s top attorney resigns over fallout from botched raid that saw naked Black woman handcuffed in wrong house Theresa Braine Chicago’s top attorney resigned on Sunday amid fallout from his office’s attempt to squelch the public release of video from a botched February 2019 raid. During the raid, cops went to the wrong house and handcuffed a naked Black woman as they sought someone who didn’t live there. “Today I have offered my letter of resignation as Corporation...

The Ashmore model with a spacious and open great room. Courtesy of Mary Kay Jenker   Posted12/19/2020 12:01 AM Donven Homes, Lombard -- Finding a well-designed ranch home is difficult, finding one that is new construction, affordable, and in a great location is almost impossible. Almost. Donven Homes has created the upscale Woodmoor townhome community in Lombard close to an abundance of shopping, dining, recreation, as well as to expressways and Metra. Affordably priced from $306,900 and...

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times North Michigan Avenue has lost a good deal of its sheen this year, thanks to the pandemic and the summer’s unrest — with its looting and widespread store damage — scaring away shoppers. So we support the creation of a special taxing district that would raise funds to revive the Mag Mile. But we also agree with the aldermen who put the brakes on the measure this week, claiming that rushing to approval in just five months, when the process normally takes a year or ...

David Alexander at American Haircuts in Atlanta. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg) Vehicles travel along a nearly empty highway in Atlanta. (Lynsey Weatherspoon/Bloomberg) Pedestrians pass in front of customers sitting in the outdoor dining area of a restaurant in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago in November. (Taylor Glascock/Bloomberg) Published December 13. 2020 12:01AM  By MICHAEL SASSO and ANDRE TARTAR, Bloomberg Get the weekly rundown Email* Submit The Chicag...

Chicago Loop foot traffic is down 70% from 2019 amid the coronavirus pandemic, but hopes are high for the holiday season.

The picturesque rooftop of London House Hotel in Chicagos Loop is typically a popular nightlife destination in the summertime but now, its helping everyone get into the holiday spirit with its whimsical pop-up dining destination called Rudolphs Rooftop. "With so many things taken away, its nice that theres a space where something special is happening," said Chicago resident Carly Nusser. "We wanted to do something for the holidays this year," said Adam Peabody, general manager of the London Ho...

We are facing a democratic party going pretty far left. some republicans may not be comfortable with the way he does things, some of the things he says. some of his policies maybe trade, maybe immigration, but they cant imagine supporting someone like elizabeth warren. its an unstudyeady alliance. on a lot of the issues, theres a lot of agreement. they would like to see trump be more disciplined, focused, particularly given the crises swirling around him. >> we will leave it there. thank you. ...

The united states saying, i, donald trump, im going to take on wall street. these guys are getting away with murder. and then suddenly he appoints all the billionaires, his major financial adviser comes from goldman sachs and now hes going to dismantle legislation that protects consumers. another story were following, a new york subway car was vandalized this weekend with swastikas and anti-similar attic slogans written across every window and advertisement. the vandalism was discovered by a g...