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Win a Lego version of Mies’ Farnsworth House

Win a Lego version of Mies’ Farnsworth House

All you need do to have a chance to win one of two Lego versions of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House is leave a comment on the Architects' Jou [...]
Bungalow prevails in Legoland on Damen Avenue

Bungalow prevails in Legoland on Damen Avenue

When you find yourself a little David stuck between two Goliaths, cue Tom Petty and sing to yourself, "In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I [...]
Stanley Tigerman’s sophisticated spaceship at Water Tower Place

Stanley Tigerman’s sophisticated spaceship at Water Tower Place

Chris Hancock greeted me on the 57th floor of Water Tower Place saying "this home is like nothing you've ever seen before." Having seen many thous [...]
Stanley Tigerman’s spaceship in the sky at Water Tower Place

Stanley Tigerman’s spaceship in the sky at Water Tower Place

http://www.getanewhome.net/ Chris Hancock greeted me on the 57th floor of Water Tower Place saying "this home is like nothing you've ever seen bef [...]
Sales update: One Phase II home, seven Phase III homes for sale at Cornelia Court

Sales update: One Phase II home, seven Phase III homes for sale at Cornelia Court

With construction continuing on Cornelia Court's third round of townhouses, it sounds like Anchor General is eager to close the book on the developm [...]
Balcony railings at two River North high-rises

Balcony railings at two River North high-rises

In their design, The Gammonley Group's 757 Orleans @ Chicago (at left) and JFJ Development's Superior 110 (at right) couldn't be more different. Supe [...]
Please, share your "-views"

Please, share your "-views"

Love 'em or hate 'em, these brick condo developments with the polyomino-shaped balconies facing the street have carved out a niche in Chicago's a [...]
Find comfort, peace of mind in Avondale’s family-friendly townhouses

Find comfort, peace of mind in Avondale’s family-friendly townhouses

By Andrew Peck Some Chicagoans may be shocked to hear it, but there is in fact life west of Western Avenue – and not just any old rugged city life. [...]
Two Cornelia Court townhouses ready for occupancy

Two Cornelia Court townhouses ready for occupancy

A couple of townhouses from Cornelia Court’s second phase are still for sale and ready for immediate occupancy, says sales agent Gale Goldstick of C [...]
Construction checkup: Elstonview

Construction checkup: Elstonview

Our trusty intern Lou navigates the streets of Avondale all the time, so he gets a good look at all the new development going on in the neighborhood [...]

Ripped from the headlines: No parking podium for Streeterville towers

No parking podium for Streeterville towers Chicago Mag Lakeshore East builds on historic landfill Sun-Times Lakeshore East's developers speak Sun- [...]
Elston Avenue roundup: new construction from Belmont to Addison

Elston Avenue roundup: new construction from Belmont to Addison

Ah, Elston Avenue. The many lanes of whizzing traffic, the rambling industrial buildings, the new condos. Yep, condos are cropping up along this unl [...]
More geometric balconies at Ashland condo project

More geometric balconies at Ashland condo project

While we're on the subject of "Lego balconies," we have to wonder if this condo building, at 4213-4219 N Ashland Ave, was designed by the same archite [...]
Rogers Park condo development eager to prove its urban address

Rogers Park condo development eager to prove its urban address

Ask most Chicagoans to name the northern boundary of the city and they'll tell you Howard Street. Of course, they'd be wrong - a little patch of the [...]
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