The October Issue Of Chicago Magazine Has Arrived!

I recently received the October issue of Chicago Magazine. Living here in Denver after growing up on the South Side of Chicago, a subscription to Chicago, along with watching the WGN television newscast every evening, helps me to keep up with what is happening in my old home town. And the ads in Chicago are often as enlightening as the articles. Compass Real Estate has a two page spread this month featuring residences mostly in the 3 to 5 million dollar range, one page of which are either under contract or recently sold. This just amazes me. There are so many people who will never be able to afford to buy their own home, let alone pay millions of dollars for it. And in a section called The 312, a Gilded Age mansion located in Wicker Park is featured in one of the articles. It was once divided up into separate apartments, but later restored to a single family residence, and is now for sale at the bargain price of 6.95 million. Just in time for the new Gilded Age! It has 5 bedrooms and 5 1/2 baths, which immediately makes me lose interest - I have trouble enough just cleaning a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo. And happily, for those of us who want to see how the other half lives, the Chicago Architecture Foundation is hosting Open House Chicago this coming weekend, featuring 170 sites spread across 20 different neighborhoods. All for free. Denver has had a similar weekend in the past called Open Doors Denver, but it has been on hold, at least for in person visits, since the pandemic. And even before then, a lot of the sites were not free to tour. In any case, this month's issue has many other interesting articles, including a story about 40 things to do this fall in Chicago, how the city is handling the migrant crisis, and a review of a new book about how the Chicago Fire of 1871 changed Chicago. Pick up a copy at your local newsstand today, especially if you are interested in making an offer for that Wicker Park bargain.