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Tickets available for Wright Trust's Housewalk
And other real estate news
2012-03-06


Tickets are now available for the internationally acclaimed Wright Plus 2012 housewalk, showcasing rare interior tours of private homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries in historic Oak Park, Ill.

Wright Plus 2012, which will take place 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, June 2, features magnificent private residences from Oak Park—the community with the most Wright-designed structures.

Guests will enjoy interpretations based on in-depth research of the homes' history and architecture, including discussions of the original occupants' lifestyles. This housewalk, which attracts visitors from around the world, offers intimate looks at a collection of beautiful homes lining the historic streets of Oak Park. Tickets are available at Article Link Here . Tickets are $85 for Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust members and $100 for non-members.

Along with the housewalk tour, the Preservation Trust also offers the Ultimate Plus Weekend, an exclusive four-day weekend of events Thursday, May 31-Sunday, June 3. As part of the Ultimate Plus Weekend, guests will enjoy a reception at the 1905 Wright-designed lobby of The Rookery Building in downtown Chicago on Thursday and a Friday excursion to Wright-designed buildings in Chicago's North Shore. Guests will enjoy the housewalk; a private luncheon and lecture and Exclusively Wright Dinners on Saturday; and a behind-the-scenes tour of Wright's Frederick C. Robie House on Sunday.

The Ultimate Plus Weekend Package is highlighted by a three-night stay in a deluxe room ( double occupancy ) at the historic Carleton of Oak Park, the official hotel of Wright Plus 2012, as well as transportation from the hotel to all events. For more information about the Preservation Trust and Wright Plus events, visit Article Link Here .

Real estate news:

—Can we talk?: You can have Joan Rivers' New York City penthouse—for a cool $29.5 million, according to Curbed NY. The listing for the unit describes how "the original architectural detail was painstakingly restored by museum-trained artisans." Rivers actually first tried selling the penthouse in 2009, then asking $25 million for it. The unit—which has a $7,500 monthly tax charge—is 5,190 square feet, and features a terrace, library and expansive view of Central Park.

—Rosie weighing options: Talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell is "re-evaluating her real estate holdings" and, by the looks of it, open to selling her 6,000-square-foot Lakeview home, according to a Chicago Tribune item. The five-bedroom house, purchased from OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network President Erik Logan, has been listed for $2.5 million. The home has, among other things, a sports bar, three-car heated garage and 11-foot ceilings.

—Arrest: Prominent local real-estate executive Michael Sato was charged last Nov. 26 with trying to steal three Burberry neckties ( valued at $145 each ) from Bloomingdale's at 900 N. Michigan Ave. on Black Friday, according to the Chicago Tribune. Sato, 44, is president of Jameson-Sotheby's real estate. Attorney Jon Erickson said, "The evidence will show that it was a misunderstanding." The case has been continued until March 7.


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