Sandmeyer’s bookstore has been family owned and operated in the South Loop Printing House District for 40 years this year. It sits within the first floor of the landmark Rowe Building at 714 S Dearborn.

The Chicago Theatre was the first large, lavish movie palace in all of America. Originally named “the Wonder Theatre of the World” when it opened in 1921, and refurbished a short decade later just in time for the 1933 World's Fair.

Disguised behind this neutral paint stands a historic red brick Italianate style home dating back to 1876 - just 5 years after the Great Chicago Fire!!!

Park your broomstick at the door! 🎃

Hard to imagine but in 1921, on the 4th floor of the row house to the left, once lived newlyweds Ernest & Hadley Hemingway…

Joe Little’s Old Town Market was a neighborhood fixture for decades and decades…

This unassuming Noble Square gem has tugged at my heart strings since 2006. I first stumbled upon Starsiak Clothing under the guise of Espace Running & Trail - an athletic shoe store with a tacky metal sign that competed with the cute art deco exterior…

Built in 1887 this super rare example of Moorish Revival Architecture was first designed as a single-family home. It was later subdivided into apartments in the 1920s.