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Chicago bars and restaurants offer fire-side comfort throughout the winter. Kacie Trimble/Sun-Times Share Even as part of a short list of people who love and appreciate winter, I have a hard time ...

The fireplace opening stands about four feet above the home’s burned foundation. A few planks of makeshift scaffolding allow access to the tiled facade. Cliff Douglas and his daughter ...