Groupon CEO's $19.5M Home; Parking Dibs Bingo; More

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by Daniel Gerzina Jan 9, 2015, 4:30pm CST

GLENCOE—Last summer a suburban home sold for $19.5M, becoming the priciest home sale in Chicagoland ever. It turns out that the person behind the purchase is none other than Groupon CEO Eric Lefkofsky.

NEIGHBORHOODS—To mark the true beginning of Chicago winter, Curbed has teamed up with illustrator Michael Conway to create the first ever Chicago parking dibs bingo card.

LINCOLN PARK—Fences have surrounded the former Finkl Steel campus in Lincoln Park as demolition will soon raze the buildings on the 28 acre site.

EVERYWHERE—Chicago architecture buffs have a valuable new resource to learn up on their favorite buildings. The new Chicago Architecture Data website has listings for over 13,000 buildings.

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