When the historic Two Gables estate hit the market earlier this year, local headlines weren’t about the famous East Coast architect who built it. Or the famous meat-packing family that…
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Park Luxe
Lake Forest’s historic Market Square and downtown area is iconic for many reasons. But soon the anchor of the city will have an elegant new addition unlike anything its seen…
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Story Starts Here
Any novelist may tell you that one of the most important ingredients to a good story is a sense of place. Sometimes authors take us to the grittiest corners imaginable,…
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Show House Diaries
Lake Forest resident Katie Ford never dreamed she’d be waking up inside architect Howard Van Doren Shaw’s Historic Preservation Award-winning English country estate. But planning a show house is a…
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Where The Heart Is
Fifteen years ago, the Spirit of 67 Foundation established a special events committee to look for new sources of revenue to fund programs at Lake Forest School District 67 schools….
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Modern English
Some little girls play with tiny tea sets and dollhouses. Shelley Johnstone spent much of her childhood in Madison, Wisconsin immersed in the imaginary world of her future home. “I…
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The Country House
The home that an architect or designer chooses to inhabit often becomes a living laboratory, a place where trends are tested and universal principles are employed in innovative new ways….
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No Filter
Writers know that the beauty is in the detail, that little nuance of texture and composition few people notice but that is an essential element of any scene. Kerri Sherman,…
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Chateau Bagatelle
Long-time Lake Forester Edward “Ted” Bennett III has only lingering memories of his famous grandfather, English architect Edward H. Bennett, but he knows the story well. Son of an English…
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Proud Past Builds Bright Future
When this “little brown church” was built on Rockland Road in 1866, one year after the end of the Civil War, there was no such place as Lake Bluff, Illinois….
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