A person was in custody after police fired gunshots, but didn’t hit the person, Thursday near the Parkway Gardens complex on the South Side.
The shooting happened about noon in the 6300 block of South King Drive, according to Chicago police spokesman Tom Ahern.
The person was in custody and a gun was recovered, Ahern said. No one was hit by gunfire, he said.
Ahern shared a photo of the person’s gun on the ground.
A photo of gun allegedly used by a person who was shot at, but not hit, by police March 11 in the 6300 block of South King Drive.Tom Ahern/Chicago police
Just off the main living room of 405 East Seventh Street in Hinsdale — currently listed with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago for $3.95 million — you’ll find a firewood alcove with a leaded glass window in an intricate spiderweb composition. It was a signature of local architect R. Harold Zook, who designed this home in 1927 and 30 others in Hinsdale in the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s, according to the village’s website. Whenever he was particularly happy with how a house had turned out, noted a 1985 Tribune story, he would incorporate a spiderweb into it.
“We were not looking, and we drove through Hinsdale and saw the house for sale and decided to check it out. It was like love at first sight,” says Alanna Mixter, who in January 2019 purchased the home (5,900 square feet, not including the coach house) with her husband, Matt Mixter, managing partner of Hofseth North America and owner of Wixter Seafood. “We like putting our own feel into a house, but this just didn’t need anything.”
You could describe the English Cotswold–style manse as modern meets vintage. The original, restored front door in a wavy chevron pattern and a wood-beamed cathedral ceiling accent rooms that were opened during an HGTV award–winning massive remodel by the previous owner, Berkshire Hathaway broker Erin McLaughlin. “We wanted to keep the integrity of the home but still modernize it,” explains Michael Abraham, the architect behind the redo. The update also included rebuilding a sunroom as an interior keeping room and expanding the primary bedroom suite above it (one of six bedrooms in the main house, with the roughly 340-square-foot coach house considered the seventh); further digging out the basement, which now boasts a lit-up bar and wine cellar; enlarging the footprint of the kitchen, which Kathy Manzella of De Giulio Kitchen Design and Mick De Giulio himself reimagined — oh, and paving a patio in a spiderweb-esque motif.
The suburb made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright boast some of his houses, and one of his great public works, Unity Temple, neighbored by the sort of big, old Old World-style houses that defined high-end American architecture before Wright gave us our own style. They’re still pretty great, though.
So, yeah, it’s a great architectural town. And it’s walkable, and it has good schools, and it’s green, and it has a store that only sells CDs when all the cool kids are buying vinyl. And… it’s pretty affordable. You can certainly buy a lot of house there, but you can also buy not as much and it’ll be a good house, too. Perhaps because it has a reputation as a good place to buy a house, the condos are more affordable still, and just as handsome.
Own your own penthouse for just over two bills! It’s a third-floor penthouse, granted, but it’s big (1,627 square feet with three beds and two absolutely wonderful period pastel bathrooms and a real dining room) simultaneously nicely preserved and tastefully updated, and it overlooks Columbus Park. Imagine a handsome old Victorian house cut down to just generously sized essentials, and the price reflects that, with reasonable HOA fees for the size of $385 a month that include a parking space.
This dignified 1904 American Foursquare is on the market for the first time in 50 years, and it looks it, mostly for the better. There’s work to be done, but the details that make it special remain: the stained glass, the woodwork in the entryway and staircase, the stout fireplace and cozy built-in nook, the patina on the built-in floors. Even the midcentury kitchen stove fits in comfortably and looks like new. Not a lot has been done to it since the last time it was sold, and hopefully whoever buys it will resist the urge to do much.
A little less plainspoken than a Foursquare but not as busy as a Victorian is a good old Georgian Revival, and this is a beauty: Bishops Hall in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District. It’s been thoroughly renovated but with carefully chosen throwback details, like the toile wallpaper in the study and kitchen and the slate roof. The first two floors maintain the gracious modern-vintage look with a carefully chosen soft color scheme; if you need to let your hair down, there’s an open-plan nook on the third floor that’s more stripped-down and contemporary.
Architect Frederick Schock was active in Austin before it was part of Chicago, designing what are now some of the city’s finest houses, including his own oddball Queen Anne at 5804 West Midway Park. This Italian Renaissance Revival is more conservative, and it fits in nicely in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District, including among the master’s own work (the 1888 house he designed for his mother may have influenced Wright’s own studio). Gorgeous woodwork covers this home’s 6,000 square feet of living area, which features three wood-burning fireplaces—one of which, mirroring the archway entrance, overlooks the in-ground pool in the backyard, while another serves the centerpiece of the sunroom.
This 2005 house marries old and new: very Prairie Style, very 2005. Whether it clicks with you depends on how much you like the pyramidal second floor, which encompasses a massive open-plan great room with the kitchen, dining area, living room, and 180-degree fireplace, as well as a bedrooms. If FLW got in on the big 2000s loft craze, it might look like this.
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This offseason, there is no more important facet for the Chicago Bears than the quarterback position.
That’s the number one priority and it must get fixed — everybody knows that. At this stage, plenty of folks have their opinions.
We have seen national reporters and insiders say different, varying things in regards to what the Bears will do. Some have said the Bears cannot afford to go after a big splash. Others say it simply won’t happen.
We have heard that the Bears may end up with an Alex Smith, along with Nick Foles and maybe a Day 2 rookie. Does that sound like it’s going to save the job of Ryan Pace? Absolutely not. Yet, there are sources connected to the team who believe this is the most likely outcome.
But, then, there are even more people who are not only saying that it’s possible, but that the Bears are ready to go after two of the biggest names in the NFL.
The first report states the Chicago Bears are prepared to go all-in on a quarterback
CBS Sports insider Jason La Canfora published a piece on Wednesday morning regarding the Bears and their desperation at the quarterback position. La Canfora noted that Deshaun Watson, along with Russell Wilson, are the two main possible targets for Chicago.
He stated that the Bears were prepared to toss the whole farm at both teams in an attempt to land either quarterback:
“Well, sources said they are prepared to throw a boatload of picks at the Texans — for Deshaun Watson — and Seahawks — for Russell Wilson — in an attempt to upgrade at the most important position in all of professional sports.”
That was just the first report of the day, and there were many dominos to fall after La Canfora’s intriguing words.
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The Chicago Bears were a big part of the “franchise tag discussion” that went on for most of Tuesday morning/afternoon. There were rumors about the status of their star wide receiver, Allen Robinson. Well, they did end up placing the franchise tag on him and they are going to try and lock in a long-term deal. We don’t know the long-term solution to it but we do know that he is at least not going to be a free agent this year. He isn’t happy about it but that is the way the CBA works in the NFL.
The Chicago Bears were not the only team dealing with franchise tag news on Tuesday.
There are plenty of teams that had to make tough decisions on Tuesday. Plenty of teams franchise-tagged their guy and plenty let them go. The Bears are a team that has a coach and GM on the hot seat so they need to win in 2021. We have heard plenty of rumors about their potential quarterback solutions but that is a different story. There are other positions on the football field that need resolving as well. There are plenty of options out there for said positions that the Bears can pounce on.
The players who were let go are going to be looking for new homes this offseason. The Bears could find help in one or two of them. Just because they were not tagged doesn’t mean they are bad players by any means. In fact, there are some very good players who weren’t tagged. Teams won’t tag someone if they don’t want to pay them anymore.
Improving the team to be a true NFC contender won’t be easy but it is sure possible. If they want to do it, there are plenty of available options. These are three non-tagged players that the Bears should consider right now:
The Chicago Bears need a quarterback. That has been a correct phrase for over 35 years as this team hasn’t had one worth much in a very long time. Well, Russell Wilson‘s name is out there in trade rumors and the Bears need to pounce on it. It would take a lot for him to come over but he listed the Bears as a team he would accept a trade to.
The Chicago Bears landing Russell Wilson would change the franchise forever.
It was a crazy day around Chicago when that news came out because we usually don’t hear the Bears in these types of rumors. They are usually the team that just lands a bottom-of-the-barrel type player. That still might happen this year but the Wilson stuff does feel a little bit different than in most years.
One thing that we do know is that it would change the future of the Bears for a long time. They have had incompetent play for so long but they would be replacing it with a superstar. Russell Wilson is a multi-time 4000-yard passer and the Bears have never had a single one in their 100-year history. He is on a Hall of Fame trajectory so you know that is simply different from what the Bears are used to.
Wilson is such a big star that he would impact the team with more than just football as well. The perception and marketability would change for a very long time. He would also help them with off-the-field things that need to be taken care of in this city as well. For a player like that, you risk it all. If the Bears wanted to include at least one prominent roster player in the deal, it might look like one of these trade packages (assume each team does what is needed to make the money work with the cap):
A man was fatally shot March 10, 2021, in Lawndale. | Sun-Times file photo
The man, 28, was sitting in a parked vehicle about 8 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him in the 2100 block of South Keeler Avenue, Chicago police said.
A man was shot to death Wednesday in Lawndale on the West Side, according to police.
The man, 28, was sitting in a parked vehicle about 8 p.m. when someone walked up and fired shots at him in the 2100 block of South Keeler Avenue, Chicago police said.
He was struck in the back and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he died, police said.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not identified the man.
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