Monday, August 30, 2010

Manny's in Chicago!



Hip Hip Hooray! 

(B-ball was getting a little boring around this town lately.)


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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

So...it's come to this...


Click below for inquiries and access to FHA approved condos in Chicago.  So much for the ahem....'Upper Bracket' market but hey, it's all good. It's still America and needless to say, there's a lot to choose from in the housing market.


https://entp.hud.gov/idapp/html/condlook.cfm



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Friday, August 20, 2010

Metracide: the last stop



I often wondered  how and why so many people die in Metra commuter train accidents each year in Chicagoland.  As the video shows, a million tons of rumbling steel is kind of hard to miss...unless of course, the act is willful intent. Sadly, two more people were killed (in separate incidents) by Metra trains this week. In early May, Metra CEO Phil Pagano, took his own life by stepping in front of a train in Barrington. Personally,  I think I'd prefer to drink myself to death in a row boat off Bora Bora. Just sayin'...

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Chicago's Home Weblog has a new look


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Forest Glen Historical Neighborhood






Some walk around photos of the Carpenter-Builder vernacular of the late 19th Century in Chicago's Forest Glen neighborhood.  My own home (below) was built at the end of this period and although a circa 2000 gut rehab, it is architecturally similar to the example above. Both original frame  homes had adjacent horse stables on their grounds and once provided into-town transport for a Chicago-to-Milwaukee train depot stop. The tracks, still in use today, are currently shared by Metra, Amtrak, and various freight train roll bys. In other words, the presence of trains is pretty much a part of the background noise around here. Personally, I love it (but my wife still requires the aid of ear plugs, an eye mask, and the occasional diphenhydramine nightcap).



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