The
author thought he’d escaped his father’s feverish, sentimental, problematic fascination with old cars. Then how is it that he found himself driving
a 1970 International Harvester Scout—and towing a 1964 behind—from
Albuquerque, New Mexico to Chicago?
“Our House,” Chicago Reader
That ugly green house on the corner never seemed like much more than
an eyesore until the author discovered it’s one of the five oldest
houses in Chicago. It survived the Great Chicago Fire, but can it
survive the local developer who wants to tear it down to build
condominiums on the site?