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The county fair is part of the landscape in the summer months, especially in more rural counties where agriculture is still a mainstay. Particularly in the Midwest, farmers and other residents gather for the annual event that often includes livestock shows, amusements and racing of cars, horses or both. Noticeably...
The craft of building houses has evolved in the United States as technology has changed and different construction materials became available. Back in the old days, one built a house out of whatever materials were available locally. In parts of the country where rocks were abundant, stone houses sprang up...
You’ve noticed some odd things happening inside your house lately – windows are hard to open, doors are sticking, cracks are appearing drywall. Outside, too, things don’t seem right. There seems to be some cracking in the brick on the front of the house and it looks like the trim...
Glencoe, IL is a small community with only 8700 residents and 3200 homes. What it lacks in size it makes up for in beauty and quality of life, not to mention a picturesque setting on the bluffs above Lake Michigan. Maybe the most impressive thing about Glencoe, though, is that...
There’s a lot of history in Park Ridge, IL. The town traces its early settlement to a Pottawattamie Indian encampment and later became a village centered on the brick industry, appropriately named Brickton. There are also celebrities and public figures that grew up in Park Ridge, most notably movie star...
In most parts of the country, homeowners are used to having a sump pump in the basement. They’ve been around a while (as many homes with the old pedestal-style pump will prove) and they play an important role in keeping a basement dry. In many homes, though, particularly in those...
There are lots of things to consider when buying a new home: Are the schools good? How high are the property taxes? What will my commute to work be like? All very practical considerations for any homebuyer but a smart buyer won’t stop there. Of course they’ll hire a home inspector to tell...
A lot of interesting stuff has happened in Wilmette. In 1928, for example, developers opened something called a “shopping center” in an area along Sheridan Road known as “No Man’s Land.” The “Spanish Court,” as it was called, remains in business today as the second oldest shopping center in the...
In the years following World War II, the United States experienced not just the famed “Baby Boom” but also a housing boom caused by military veterans returning to work in an expanded economy and the availability of mortgage credit to not only these veterans but a larger segment of...
Just like the homes they support, residential foundations are constructed in different ways. In the past, home builders used materials that were sturdy and available, often stone or brick set with mortar. In the Chicago area, some older homes may have foundations constructed of “telephone tile,” a large terra cotta...
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