Streeterville

Chocolate- and vanilla-flavored formulas for toddlers are criticized

2010-05-06 00:00:00

Blogging moms and nutritionists are criticizing a new formula for toddlers that comes in chocolate and vanilla flavors as an early start to obesity. "Is it really a good idea to get our kids hooked on all things chocolate at the same time they're...

Chicago, city of the uplifted gaze

2004-08-22 00:00:00

By 8:50 a.m., they temporarily had to close the women's restroom at the Chicago ArchiCenter. "There were so many people here already, they had to restock all the toilet paper," said Elaine Rosen, a retired biology teacher from the Streeterville area of...

Wright's Unity Temple gets $10 million grant for face lift

2013-05-15 09:44:00

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, a pilgrimage site for architectural buffs, will get a face lift, thanks to a $10 million grant from a Chicago-based foundation. Wednesday’s announcement about the striking Oak Park structure comes as...

Oprah sells West Side store space at huge loss

2013-05-13 16:25:00

Oprah Winfrey's Chicago real estate foibles continue. Almost two years ago, the talk-show queen signed off on her massively popular, Chicago-based national chatfest.� Soon afterward, she closed her flagship Oprah Store, which was located at 1017 W....

Emanuel campaign taking donations from hotel developers with projects in works

2013-04-22 00:00:00

On his first day in office, Mayor Rahm Emanuel signed a series of executive orders banning political giving from lobbyists and contractors doing business with the city, part of his campaign pledge to move City Hall beyond the pay-to-play culture that...

Ryne Sandberg sells Streeterville co-op for $580,000

2013-03-21 00:00:00

Retired Cubs star Ryne Sandberg sold his 2,500-square-foot, vintage co-op unit last week in Streeterville for $580,000. With the sale, Sandberg no longer owns any real estate in Chicago. With the exception of two years in the 1990s, he had owned...

Remarkable Woman: Kay Alden Nelson

2013-03-03 00:00:00

Kay Alden Nelson's big break into daytime television sounds like a plot out of one of her soap opera scripts. "I was doing a dissertation for my Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin at Madison on how daytime television serials can be used as mediators...

Chicago's hunger and hip-hop collide on Tumblr

2013-02-21 15:05:00

Hip-hop and food are not strangers to each other--in fact the opulence and eccentricities of rap music has often lended itself well to cuisine. From Common's classic single, "The Food," to Kanye's classic snark, "What she order?/Fish filet," Chicago...

Lawsuit dropped over Prentice preservation

2013-02-14 22:01:00

Two preservationist groups have dropped a lawsuit challenging the City of Chicago’s decision to deny landmark status to the old Prentice Women’s Hospital. Northwestern University plans to demolish the building in Chicago’s Streeterville...

Pizza review: Flour & Stone

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Pizza review: Flour & Stone 355 E. Ohio St. 312-822-8998 Rating: 3.5 (out of 4) When Flour & Stone opened in Streeterville last week touting "Chicago's Brooklyn-style pizza," I wasn't sure quite what to expect. I spent a few pizza-eating years as a...

Downtown apartment units add up, as do rents

2013-01-17 00:00:00

They're back: Construction cranes. In downtown Chicago. Lots of them, a visible sign of the more than 2,600 luxury rental units that will be added to the apartment market this year. About every downtown neighborhood has a project in the works or in...

Prentice Women's Hospital gets a temporary reprieve

2012-11-15 17:56:00

A judge Thursday gave at least a temporary reprieve to old Prentice Women's Hospital by stopping the city from issuing a demolition permit to Northwestern University until it can be determined whether the process by which the building was denied...

Streeterville area of Chicago

2013-02-27 16:05:36

Streeterville's new Local Root (601 N. McClurg Court 312-643-1145) serves counter-service sandwiches by day and classic cocktails by night, all through a locally grown lens. Not to be confused with ... Roots Handmade Pizza (pictured, 1924 W. Chicago Ave.

2012-11-08 00:00:00

With the Boeing 80A, introduced in 1929 and pictured here flying over Streeterville, United introduced the world s first stewardess service on flights between Chicago and San Francisco.

2012-08-31 11:48:00