• Smoque (3800 N. Pulaski) Love Food? Think Twice Before Jumping In

  Indeed, Barry Sorkin and his four partners were well aware that the odds were tough for Smoque, a Texas-style barbecue joint they opened a year and a half ago on the northwest side of Chicago. But they were determined to beat those odds, with both research and financing.

  Published by New York Times on August 26, 2008.

• Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies (618 S. Michigan Ave.) Creative Visions, but for Many Millions Less

  The Hyde Park Art Center, designed by Doug Garofalo, and the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, by Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton, have earned praise for realizing their clients’ big dreams on significantly smaller construction budgets — a bare-bones $3 million for the art center and $39 million at Spertus.

  Published by New York Times on March 12, 2008.

• Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell Ave.) Creative Visions, but for Many Millions Less

  The Hyde Park Art Center, designed by Doug Garofalo, and the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, by Ron Krueck and Mark Sexton, have earned praise for realizing their clients’ big dreams on significantly smaller construction budgets — a bare-bones $3 million for the art center and $39 million at Spertus.

  Published by New York Times on March 12, 2008.

• Wabash Street and the river Batman’s Burden: A Director Confronts Darkness and Death

  A DREARY office plaza at Wabash Street and the river, late afternoon. A mist blows in from Lake Michigan. Producers and idle actors huddle under a flimsy canopy; grips hastily unfold another over their high-priced gear. A few stories overhead, a stunt double in a familiar black-caped costume swings from a hoist, slamming into a window in a Mies van der Rohe tower that we shall imagine is Gotham City Hall. A noose is around his neck, a knife plunged into his heart.

  Published by New York Times on March 9, 2008.

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