["Thoroughly Through" via Curbed Chicago Flickr Group/ Renee Rendler-Kaplan]
·Mayor Emanuel announces $492M in Blue Line upgrades [Sun-Times]
·City task force to address vacant Dominick's stores [DNAinfo]
·Trend: big companies saying goodbye to the 'burbs [WSJ]
·Dip in North Lakefront rental inventory [YoChicago]
·Photos: the city on a warm December night [ArchitectureChicago PLUS]
·Easing Chicagoland's congestion woes [MPC]
·Dumb Map Thingy: sardonic, stereotyped map of Chicago [Urbane]
·Watch realtors perform cringeworthy "12 Days of Christmas" [Estately]