Category: Neighborhood journal
Comment of the day: burned out in Rogers Park
A commenter with the screen name of "old timer" weighs in as follows on a nearly 3-year old article on the Rogers Park condo boom in our New Homes Mag [...]
We love lists: South Loop lofts and mid-rises
Not every new development in the South Loop is a high-rise in Central Station or on Michigan or Wabash avenues. Judging from our NewHomeNotebook.co [...]
From the archives – Auburn Gresham's Carlos Nelson
Spend a few minutes with Carlos Nelson, Executive Director of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation. Nelson is an engineer with an MBA [...]
They call it the Christmas block
If your holiday ramblings take you to the Homan Square section of East Garfield Park, be sure to pay a visit to the 3300 block of W. Flournoy. It's [...]
We love lists: Palmer Square condos
Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, as the saying goes, but if you dig a bit deeper, you find that it's also a city of sub-neighborhoods and pocket ne [...]
We love lists: New condos and townhouses in Bronzeville and Grand Boulevard
A lot of South Side developers and agents use drop the name "Bronzeville" in their ads and listings, enough so that it's surprising to see how relat [...]
We love lists: Condos and townhouses in Pilsen
It's been a while since we've had a rousing discussion about Pilsen. (Oh, the fun we've had!) That's why I thought I'd devote today's list to the ne [...]
We love lists: New Avondale condos and townhouses
A few months ago, during a discussion about the North Side, Garry Benson of Garrison Partners told me that in a down market like ours, real-estate a [...]
Name the nabe of the surrealistic seat
Somewhere in Chicago, this leafy-winged lounger prowls a front yard on its long, iron stilts. Be the first to name the neighborhood where this recli [...]
Kardas of the day – a makeshift bike rack
No bike rack nearby? Use your imagination, as someone did at 565 Quincy, captured in this Michael Kardas photo. [...]
We love lists: Living in the James G. Blaine School District
The James G. Blaine School, located at 1420 W Grace St in Lake View, is one of the city's most acclaimed primary schools, so it's no wonder that rea [...]
Development roundup: Park West places
I spent yesterday afternoon in Park West, the Lincoln Park "neighborhood-in-a-neighborhood" bounded by the lake, Fullerton Avenue, Halsted Street and [...]
Development roundup: Uptown, east of the 'L'
I took the Red Line north to Buena Park on Friday afternoon to tour Water Color Condominiums development at 4150 N Kenmore Ave (more about that next w [...]
Chicago's Cross Ashland neighborhood
Over the past 20 years I've chipped away at building a definitive list of Chicago neighborhoods – real and imagined – and their boundaries. I recently [...]
Will the West Bucktown moniker stick?
Something had to be done. After years and years of touting Wicker Park as the next Lincoln Park, no one was buying it any more. Too little had chang [...]
Name the nabe of the wasteland
At the moment, this block doesn't seem particularly verdant or profitable, but at least one developer looks at this street and sees "green." Be the [...]
Ya gotta love Chicago's West Loop
But not everyone does love it.
It's a place that doesn't quite hang together, and a place where your Lincoln Park and Bucktown friends refuse to ha [...]
From our archive – Driving North Kenwood
As the remaining units at Jazz on the Boulevard head to auction, it's timely to revisit our drive through Chicago's North Kenwood – Oakland neighbor [...]
Name the nabe of the many-dormered home
Be the first to tell us the neighborhood within a neighborhood where we spotted this oft-punctuated roofline and we'll send you a snazzy YoChicago y [...]
Name the nabe with the plywood windows
Many of Chicago's neighborhoods offer sharp contrasts to the lakefront's wealth and promise.
Be the first to name the nabe where the city that work [...]