Author: steph
Chicago rent barometer: the Gold Coast for $1,200-$1,300
"Along the Gold Coast, high-rises began to glow, window added to window, against the dark. In every lighted bedroom, couples home from work were strip [...]
What can you rent for around $600 in Chicago?
This week, Yo found an apartment building (shown below) in Uptown with studios renting from $496 to $616 a month.
Studios in this Edgewater buildi [...]
Are you feeling secure down in that garden apartment?
Our friend Steve's garden apartment sits on a nice street in Lake View, but the fact that he considers the area safe doesn't ease his anxiety a great [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Old Town Triangle: The workman's dilemma
West Loop: Feud in Fulton Market stopped with threat of zo [...]
The smallest coolest apartment in Chicago?
Marc C. from Chicago is one of several renters who have entered Apartment Therapy's smallest coolest apartment contest. His entry photos show he might [...]
Chicagoland rental of the week for $2,195
Lee Street Properties has a three-bedroom "Townhouse Apartment" at Coronet Place in Evanston for $2,195 per month.
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The good, the bad and the ugly of Chicago apartment hunting
Our friend Jessica is in the midst of searching for apartments. She found the apartment she's moving out of on Craigslist posted by two guys looking f [...]
Chicagoland rentals for around $2,500
What can rent of $2,500 to $3,000 get you in Chicagoland? At the Park Evanston, an 1,100-square-foot two-bedroom unit is about $2,500.
For one dol [...]
Breakfast nook means tight dining in Chicago rentals
A breakfast nook: what might be the dining room of a studio, but minus the "room." Our friend Ben let us in his Lake View studio's kitchen to show us [...]
Rentals between $1,200 and $1,400
What can you rent for $1,200? In the Gold Coast, $1,200 [correction: $12,000] will get you a two-bedroom apartment at 800 N Michigan Ave.
There's a [...]
Rentals for $600 or less
What can you rent for $600? In Old Irving Park, $600 will get you a one-bedroom in this vintage elevator building.
Want to live farther north? A 60 [...]
The ins and outs of online apartment hunting
Can anyone even remember how we made decisions on hotels, airline tickets, or restaurants without comparing prices and reviews online? Apartment hunti [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Streeterville: Meet some neighborhood treasures
West Loop: The only clothing store in the West Loop [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Irving Park: Out with the new in West Walker
Andersonville: Where in the world is Bomanville, Thaila [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Streeterville: The Captain certainly started something
South Loop: Yo Chicago South Loop photo gall [...]
Wrong side of the tracks
City hopes Wabash can emerge from shadows of the el
As well-heeled homebuyers snap up units in highrise developments near the dazzling new Millenniu [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Bucktown: YoChicago's Bucktown photo gallery
West Loop: The Tailor on Jackson is sewn into the West [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Old Town Triangle: A Crilly wonderful block
Lincoln Park: A Lincoln Park photo gallery
Edgewater [...]
A go around the Yo
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Edgewater: Are we there yet?
Irving Park: The Balkanization of Irving Park?
Wilmette 60091: Snow Whi [...]
The Loft Ledger
Classy converted college is far cry from frat house
Apparently a lot of young homebuyers like the idea of living in a loft that was once an old sch [...]