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Sometimes, it seems that there is no end to the things that need to be done around the house. Of course, there’s the regular cooking, cleaning and shopping – the things that keep daily life going. Then there’s the minor maintenance – mowing the lawn, raking leaves, cleaning out the garage. Eventually...
Repairing or improving one’s home is like many other human endeavors – it has changed and evolved and generally become easier and more convenient, thanks mainly to developments in product technology. Painting a room, for example, used to be a lengthy, smelly ordeal. Oil-based paints took a long time to...
Skokie IL began life as a quiet village named Niles Center and didn’t begin to grow seriously until it was swept up in the postwar housing and baby boom in the 1950s. One key event in the economic life of the village took place in 1956 on a plot of...
Oak Lawn IL was originally founded in the mid-19th century by Irish, German and Polish immigrants. Together, these groups have continued to form the majority of Oak Lawn’s population and, in the recent census, residents claiming these origins accounted for nearly 70% of today’s population of approximately 57,000. Oak Lawn...
There are several old sayings that seem to glorify lack of knowledge, like: “Ignorance is bliss,” and; “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” A case could be made for the wisdom of these adages but, for most people, being aware of their surroundings and catching potential problems before they get worse...
Chicago’s residential foundations come in various materials – poured concrete, concrete block, brick and stone. There’s even a type of foundation material, though long out of use, that was once common to the Midwest – “telephone tile,” a webbed block of terra cotta was also used as an underground...
Ever since it was initially developed as quarter-acre residential “farmettes” in 1935, Palos Heights has grown gradually into a pleasant bedroom suburb west of Chicago with an enviable quality of life. Along the Cal-Sag Channel, however, land adjacent to a local gun club gradually accumulated junked cars and other debris...
Along with being one of the nation’s most well-to-do suburbs, Winnetka IL has some other enviable traits including great schools, beautiful parks and a scenic location along the shores of Lake Michigan. Perhaps one of its most interesting features is not a physical one but a unique civic structure...
For homeowners in the city of Chicago, urban life is different in many ways from that of their friends and relatives in the suburbs. Just getting around, for example, presents challenges like finding a place to park that isn’t blocks away from a destination and doesn’t cost a small...
Structural damage to a home’s foundation is serious business. When a foundation goes bad, everything in the structure above it follows suit – walls crack, windows stick, doors jam, floors go out of level. When the foundation damage is serious, the damage to aboveground structure gets worse, too – chimneys...
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