Extra Extra: Home Alone House Sells For $1.585 Million
By Samantha Abernethy in News on Mar 9, 2012 12:00AM
Former Chicagoist EIC in front of the Home Alone house. marcusisabadass
- The Winnetka home featured in the film Home Alone has sold for $1.585 million...and keep the change, ya filthy animals. The original asking price was $2.4 million, but even celebrity real estate isn't immune to the economic downturn. [Fox]
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel is totally bummed that Rosie O'Donnell is giving up on Chicago so quickly. [Tribune]
- Occupy Chicago is planning a rally on April 7. [ABC7]
- The person who created the “Rahmfather” portrait and sent it to Tribune columnist John Kass has "revealed" himself, but we're still not convinced Kass wasn't in on it all along. [Tribune]
- The mother of alleged cyberhacker Jeremy Hammond says he does what he does because “America is evil.” [Sun-Times]
- The death toll in Harrisburg, Ill., is now up to seven after the death of 80-year-old retired coal miner Donald Smith. [Tribune]