By Susan Marschalk Green ~ Every vintage building tells its own survival story, just by dodging fiery blazes and the wrecking ball. But Hildebrandt’s, a corner grocery store-turned-delicatessen in downtown Augusta, Georgia, also traces the remarkable survival of a family business. The Hildebrandt enterprise that began in 1879 has remained in the same family’s hands, even as it weathered such formidable challenges as: the…

By Susan Marschalk Green ~ Timing is everything, as they say, so the reaction you might get from a Chicago North Side resident when you say the name “Edgewater Hospital” today is likely to be a wrinkled nose and a shake of the head. The once-venerable institution closed at the end of 2001 amid scandals that included rampant fraud and shocking disregard for human…