In Hot Rental Market, Appeal Of Attic Apartments Growing
Chicago — Nate King, 23, came to Chicago in search of an adventure. Timothy Englert, 25, wanted to pursue a career in improv. From the same small town in New Hampshire, the two moved out of their parents’ homes and stuffed their belongings into Englert’s Hyundai Sonata last spring hoping for new opportunities. The only problem was neither of them had jobs, and neither had a place to live. “A lot of the places fell through when they...
The House That Perseverance Built
Hanover — For more than a decade, Hanover landlord Jolin Kish has had her eye on a certain plot of land. It occupies the end of a quiet, shaded cul-de-sac overlooking downtown Hanover, where the chimes of the Baker Library bell tower ring across town to mark the hours. Small family homes stand at a respectful distance, shielded from one another by trees. Now her dream house is rising on that property on Ledyard Lane. With three...
Books Outside the Big Box
Pittsburgh — At the time Dan Iddings opened the doors of Classic Lines Bookstore in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood last year, his greatest fear was that the technologies that ate up some of his largest competitors would swallow his business whole. “I had this fear that I would be the Amazon showroom — that people would look at our selection of products, then go buy them on Amazon,” he said. Six months in, Iddings said he has...
