CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - LINCOLN PARK, UPTOWN, LOGAN SQUARE, WEST RIDGE/ROGERS PARK, OAK PARK
LINCOLN PARK, UPTOWN, LOGAN SQUARE
If you're most people, you practically live in your car. You eat, drink, groom yourself, and use it
for storage.
Keeping your
second home clean is getting very costly.
Here are a few suggestions for cutting corners. Start with a no-frills exterior car wash. Most places charge about $8-$10, however, Lincoln Park's White Glove (1415 W. Shakespeare Ave.; 773-404-7300), a
spray-wax job bumps the final bill up to $21.99. Throw in detailing, and that can run up to $99.00. People can and do pay that much, sometimes
weekly according to White Glove manager Edgar Hernandez of eight years.
"Most customers come here at least twice a month," he says. It's a
good habit, but for $99.00? It's
certainly not for everybody.
Why not save your money and do it yourself.
Just a bucket of mild soapy water, a sponge and/or, and a hose will do
it, weather permitting.
If you are
pressed for time, try these alternatives:
Do an exterior wash at a
basic drive-through. Chicagoland's
#1 Carwash in Uptown (4900 N. Broadway, 773-784-9002), charges only $3.75
for a regular wash.
The Logan Square Citgo (2338 N. Sacramento Ave., 773-342-0318) is
even less expensive. Washes here start
at just $3. Wax upgrades cost up to $5
or $7.
Click here for additional savings suggestions
for cleaning your vehicle.
WEST RIDGE/ROGERS PARK
Dominick's
has announced that it will reopen its store in Rogers Park, located at 6623 N. Damen Avenue. This was previously one of 14 underperforming
Chicagoland facilities which were closed last year.
The new store will feature Dominick's "lifestyle" concept. It will focus on ready-to-eat foods, fresh
baked goods and an wider range of organic-foods lineup. The store is expected to reopen by mid-2009.
OAK PARK
At
the Farnsworth House restoration costs are mounting after the house was flooded
with water during September's record-shattering rain. The house's managers announced that they
would hold special tours to give visitors a firsthand look at the damage, including
warped wood cabinets.
The tours, which run through the end of October, will not be cheap. If you go
Wednesdays with the house's site director, Whitney French, it'll cost $100. Weekend tours will cost $50.
According
to Landmarks Illinois, the non-profit organization that runs the house, "come
see the Farnsworth with a black eye" indicating that there's a market out
there for something other than the traditional guided tour of the
picture-perfect house.
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JENNIFER ARCAND & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
