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CHICAGOCOOPERATOR.COM THE CHICAGOLAND COOPERATOR — FALL 2020 3 C W OIN ASHER C . O Old Fashioned Service with Modern Laundry Room Technology •Proudly Serving the Chicagoland and Midwestern Area since 1958 •Multi-Family Housing Laundry Room Sales, Service, Leasing, and Rentals. •Laundry Room Lease and Rental Programs Custom Tailored to Your property’s needs and expectations •Coin/Smart Card/Credit Card/Payment App Activated Equipment •Laundry Service with Integrity and Reliability For the “Best Laundry Service in the Business” Call Coin Washer at (800) 338-COIN | Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 TABLE OF CONTENTS Yale Robbins Publisher Henry Robbins Executive Vice President Joanna DiPaola Associate Publisher Hannah Fons Senior Editor Darcey Gerstein Associate Editor Pat Gale Associate Editor Shirly Korchak Art Director Anne Anastasi Production Manager Alan J. Sidransky Staff Writer Peter Chase Director of Sales The Chicagoland Cooperator is published quarterly by Yale Robbins Publications, LLC, 205 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016, (212) 683-5700. President: Yale Robbins, Executive Vice President: Henry Robbins. Subscriptions are available free by request to co-op and condo board members and homeowner associations. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Chicagoland Cooperator, 205 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10016. ©Yale Robbins Publications, LLC 2020. All rights reserved. Application to mail Periodicals postage rates is pending at New York NY. FREE Subscriptions for Board Members, Property Managers and Real Estate Decision Makers. To Subscribe, please visit us at: Chicagocooperator.com/subscribe Living by the Rules ......... 1 It’s a common bit for comedians and TV sitcoms: making fun of the ‘condo police’—those neighbors who take it upon themselves to enforce the rules set up by your condominium association or co-op corporation to regulate community liv- ing. They are sticklers for detail: Is your mailbox at the right height? Do you have contraband plantings in your flowerbeds? Are your window treatments approved in to keep these multifamily communities safe, clean, and operational. terms of both color and configuration? Community Meetings in the Time of COVID ...... . 1 Social distancing, lockdowns, quarantine, remote work, distance learning—these once unfamiliar terms have changed the way we live our everyday lives in the time of a global pandemic. In a society where a handshake is the social gesture that confirms a positive feeling between individuals, the imposed separation between us and our family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues is a heavy burden under which to operate. Supporting Essential Building Workers.... 1 While residents of condos, co-ops, and HOAs do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by staying in their homes as much as they can, they rely on the supers, porters, valets, doorpeople, janitorial workers, handymen and -women, security personnel, managerial staff, maintenance workers, and others to leave their homes Pulse..................... 4 Q&A..................... 5