A large, metal panel the color of molasses sits on a ledge — alongside pieces of the Wrigley Building and Navy Pier discarded during restorations — in a hallway leading to the office of Tim Samuelson, ...

Chicago couple Barbara Koenen and Tim Samuelson have for many years sent homemade calendars as holiday gifts. They would cut and paste together pages with an eclectic assortment of birthdates — of ...