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Karl Forth

Karl D. Forth is online editor for CCI Media. He also writes news and feature stories in FDMC Magazine, in addition to newsletters and custom publishing projects. He is also involved in event organization, and compiles the annual FDM 300 list of industry leaders. He can be reached at [email protected].

FDMC Magazine

Dump your furniture

We first saw billboards saying “Chicago is going to get dumped” several months ago.I thought this was a reference to the city’s two major league baseball teams. They had combined to lose 195 games, eclipsing a record set in 1948. Certainly the billboard was not referring to a furniture store. Who would name a retail outlet The Dump?To see a dump when I was young, we had to travel to my aunt and uncle’s cabin in the far north woods of Wisconsin. A trip to the dump, necessary since there was no garbage collection, was a highlight for me at 14 or 15 years old.

FDMC Magazine

The art of decoration endures

A few weeks ago we took part in the annual Chicago Architecture Foundation's Open House Chicago, which gives residents and visitors a chance to see behind the curtain at many famous and not-so-well-known buildings.One day we were downtown and took tours of the Marquette and Fisher buildings, built in 1895 and 1896 respectively, the Chicago Temple and the Randolph Tower Apartments.

FDMC Magazine

Multifamily on the move

From conversations we’ve had with cabinet manufacturers over the past few years, those that serve multifamily construction have enjoyed a strong market.According to the July 2013 Housing commentary from Virginia Tech, multifamily will continue to grow. Its share of housing construction increased from 25 percent in 2009 to more than 35 percent in 2012, according to U.S. Census data.