Category: Video
Construction update: The Oak at Parkside of Old Town
A few days ago we set out to take a look at four projects that are underway in Chicago's Near North neighborhood: the demolition of the last of the C [...]
The last Cabrini-Green high-rise almost gone
The last of the Cabrini-Green high-rises is nearly completely demolished, as we see in the video. The project's legacy - the city's malign neglect of [...]
Old Town construction checkup, 1233 N Wells apartments
On a sunny Friday afternoon at the end of April YoChicago's Joe Askins and Joe Zekas headed out for a look at four Near North construction projects: [...]
SoNo rental tower construction checkup
Condo construction in Chicago may have come to a virtual halt, but there's a significant number of new rental projects underway.
We went out earli [...]
The views from Mondial, River West Chicago
A number of Chicago neighborhoods have great skyline views, but some of the best are from River West, a small neighborhood just west of the river and [...]
Riding the Red Line: The Belmont station in Chicago’s Lake View
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com profiles CTA's Belmont station, the Red Line's first station in Lake View (for riders traveling out from downtown, at lea [...]
Large courtyard apartments in Lakeview East
The drawback to many vintage apartments in Chicago's most popular neighborhoods is that the bedrooms are tiny. Not so in the courtyard apartments at [...]
Upgraded apartments in a Lakeview East courtyard
Many of Chicago's vintage courtyards have great bones -- and sagging skin. They're sorely in need of a modern update.
The beautiful vintage court [...]
The plusses of a Lakeview East 4+1
http://ppmapartments.com
The Chicago 4+1 takes its name from the four residential floors above a single floor that houses a lobby and parking unde [...]
Riding the Red Line: The Fullerton station in Chicago’s Lincoln Park
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com profiles CTA's Fullerton station near DePaul University in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Trains on the Red, Brown, [...]
Riding the Red Line: The North / Clybourn station in Chicago’s Lincoln Park
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com takes a look around the new North / Clybourn Red Line station on the border of Chicago's Lincoln Park and Near North Side [...]
Riding the Red Line: The Clark / Division station on Chicago’s Near North Side
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com takes a look around the neighborhood near CTA's Clark / Division Red Line station, on Chicago's Near North Side. The stat [...]
Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids
Architect Pat FitzGerald built a new home in Ravenswood 20 years ago and has raised his two children there.
He's recently put his home on the mark [...]
A beautifully renovated East Ravenswood 5-bedroom
The 5-bedroom, 6-bath home at 4552 N Dover, in the Sheridan Park Historic District of East Ravenswood, recently underwent a complete renovation.
S [...]
An architect-built home on a quiet Ravenswood street
When architect Pat FitzGerald set out to build a home for himself and his family he had comfort and function, rather than architecture, as his priori [...]
A full-floor penthouse with three outdoor spaces in Ravenswood
Prudential Rubloff Realtor Eric Rojas shows Joe Askins of YoChicago.com around one of his newest listings, a full-floor three-bedroom condo at 4610 N [...]
A sunny summer day at Buckingham Fountain
It's been a while since we've seen the sun in Chicago, but it was shining gloriously on the day last summer when Joe Askins, YoChicago's editor, shot [...]
Riding the Red Line: The Chicago Avenue station in Chicago’s River North
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com takes a quick look at the Chicago station on Chicago's Red Line. The subway station, located below the intersection of Ch [...]
Riding the Red Line: The Grand station in Chicago’s River North
Joe Askins of YoChicago.com gives a short profile of the Red Line subway station at Grand and State in Chicago's River North. The station has been un [...]
New 3-bedroom extra-wide Avondale condos
http://sergioandbanks.com
The newly-built 5-unit condo at 3543 W Belmont in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood has 3 simplex and 2 duplex units.
A [...]