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Ken Ortiz Hopes No One in Chicago Will Ever Simply Demolish a Building Againnew

Ortiz is a contractor who takes down buildings and saves almost all the pieces. After doing construction for 25 years and throwing away "tons of good building materials," he delights in being able to save 23-foot-long two-by-sixes for reuse as two-by-sixes. And pretty much everybody else is delighted too -- environmentalists, preservationists, antiques dealers, even the folks who live around the houses he's taking down.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  07-28-2008  |  Housing & Development

Rick Perlstein's Conservative Americanew

The progressive scribe made his reputation finding the good in conservatives. Then they really started screwing up the country.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  01-28-2008  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Dynamic Flash for Democratsnew

Wanna raise funds to run for office, nag Schwarzenegger about health care, or just make fun of Bush? Call Articulated Man.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  01-15-2008  |  Politics

The Green Map System Lets Local Enviros Do the Talkingnew

The neighborhood maps seek to "help residents and tourists make ethical consumer choices during their daily experience of the city," but don't take them at face value. Like all maps, they're complex, extremely condensed, and subjective.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  11-19-2007  |  Environment

Daniel Biss is Banking on the Netrootsnew

Online fund-raising has proved startlingly successful for the independent-minded Democrat who hopes to be an Illinois state representative.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  08-20-2007  |  Politics

'Black on the Block': The Mixed-Income Mythnew

Northwestern prof Mary Pattillo on why even the black middle-class can't save a poor black neighborhood in Chicago.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  06-19-2007  |  Nonfiction

Their Job Is Murdernew

Kevin Davis takes a book-length look at the homicide specialists in the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  06-04-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

The Atheist Who Went to Churchnew

Hemant Mehta on his new book, I Sold My Soul on eBay.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  04-16-2007  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

Does Plagiarism Exist?new

Jonathan Lethem and Richard Posner butt heads over the question at a panel discussion.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  03-26-2007  |  Books

Who's Choosing the News?new

No one denies the media landscape is changing, but Eric Klinenberg's new book doesn't shed much light on how and why.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  02-26-2007  |  Nonfiction

Green Gray Areasnew

Environmental historian William Cronon says we've got to stop thinking pristine wilderness is the only nature worth saving.
Chicago Reader  |  Harold Henderson  |  12-11-2006  |  Environment

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