By Steve Stanek , Special to the Tribune History, architecture, interior design and landscaping come together this spring and summer as organizations in and around Chicago sponsor housewalks to showcase interesting homes and gardens. These housewalks give participants a chance to see inside some of the best homes and gardens a community has to offer.
Many people come away with design ideas for their own properties.
Others come away with their curiosity about a particular house or neighborhood satisfied or perhaps piqued even more. After all, the mosquitoes were dive bombing as if it were July. Bowling shoes were still the fashion craze on the street. Leslie Hindman Q. Enclosed are pictures of a grandfather's clock I received years ago from relatives in Germany. Please give me your estimate of its value.