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Chicago Tribune Article on New Urbanism!
Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune featured a fantastic article on the benefits of community planning in new urban developmehts:
Redeveloping “Redfields”: New Life for Foreclosed Properties
Read the blog post by By Ann Dillemuth, AICP on the APA blog:
Check out Sarah Susanka’s Minazine!
Sarah’s first Minazine of of 2012 is a special edition titled The Not So Big Showhouse in Libertyville, IL.
This issue features numerous articles about the Not So Big Showhouse®, including a guest article by StreetScape’s own David Pollard titled Redfields and the Beta Housing Model.
StreetScape and Libertyville to Speak at the American Planning Association
SchoolStreet’s John McLinden, and Libertyville’s John Spoden AICP, will give a talk at the APA, Tuesday February 21st at 5:30 pm.
John and John will be presenting the SchoolStreet project and discussing the benefits of its thoughtful planning for both the residents of SchoolStreet and Libertyville as a whole.
Learn more about the event and RSVP at:
http://www.planning.org/tuesdaysatapa/index.htm
See the Existing Spaces of SchoolStreet Lofts!
Interior Demolition has begun at the SchoolStreet Lofts School Building!
We have recorded the old classrooms as virtual tours so that you can see what they looked like before we begin transforming them into peoples’ homes and lofts.
Click Here to see all of the SchoolStreet Lofts Spaces
For more information about the SchoolStreet Lofts Project, visit:
Not So Big® Showhouse Announced For Sale and Featured on ChicagoMag.com!
Deal Estate: The Blog is the online extension of Chicagomagazine’s monthly “Deal Estate” column, which is written by Dennis Rodkin. On the blog, Rodkin—who has been covering the local housing scene for Chicago since 1991—provides timely updates on new homes to hit the market, recent high-end sales, and other residential real-estate news from the city and suburbs.
Read Dennis Rodkin’s Deal Estate Article
See the Video Tour of The Not So Big® Showhouse by Sarah Susanka!
Entering The Home:
Living Area and Kitchen:
Away Room and Downstairs Bath:
Upstairs Bedrooms and Baths:
SchoolStreet in the Chicago Tribune Again!
Sarah Susanka’s Not So Big philosophy and SchoolStreet Homes are mentioned in an article by Jeffrey Steele in Friday’s ‘Chicago Homes’ section of the Tribune.
Home, lean home
Designers, builders resolve to lose extra house flab
By Jeffrey Steele, Special to the TribuneDecember 30, 2011
Have you resolved to go on a diet and shed pounds in the new year? Why not also put your home on a diet in 2012?
It makes sense, said Sharon Kreighbaum, author of the new book “Is Your House Overweight? Recipes for Low-Fat Rooms” and owner of Staged Makeovers in Hudson, Ohio. When a house is overweight, it feels uncomfortable and sluggish and weighs on occupants, said the interior designer and home stager.
Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!
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