Design for Space Park in Lake View revealed
Triangle Neighbors Association has chosen a design for Space Park, a 50-by-125 foot community-managed park at 815 - 817 W Roscoe St in Lake View.
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We like to watch: single-family home in Ukie Village
If you're in the market for a house but want something with a little more character than these new-construction things they're throwing up all over, [...]
Monday, Monday: getting geeky on gardening
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo:
Over in West Lakeview / Roscoe Village, journal writer Robert Darrow breaks d [...]
Ripped from the headlines: subsidy likely for Union Station tower
Subsidy likely for Union Station tower Crain's
Permit problems stall CCH development Southtown
Grove Parc residents closer to losing homes Defende [...]
Comment of the day: old Uptown speakeasy should be resurrected as bar
Our photo post on the Uptown Broadway Building, at Leland and Broadway, prompted an entertaining insider's view from Commenter "Why require when I [...]
Quote of the day: make sure your home inspector checks common areas
"Home inspectors don’t typically look at common areas, even though that’s where the majority of a building’s problems occur. In my experience, that’s [...]
Parkside of Old Town, Part one
Parkside of Old Town is part of the transformation of the former Cabrini-Green site into a new neighborhood.
This development will include nearly [...]
Parkside of Old Town, Part two
Parkside of Old Town is part of the transformation of the former Cabrini-Green site into a new neighborhood.
This development will include nearly [...]
Bringing sexy back on Broadway
While we're on the subject of Uptown buildings, we recently noticed sexy black netting on two classic Uptown buildings under renovation. The wildl [...]
Condo conversion crops up near Carol's Pub in Uptown
While we were checking out Chase Park Commons, 4717 N Clark, the other day, we also spotted Leland Park Condominium (yes, it's singular) around the [...]
Quote of the day: housing commish on affordability
"The city has two challenges: rebuilding the most difficult neighborhoods in the city [while] promoting economic development in disinvested communitie [...]
Construction update: Legends South
We checked in yesterday on the construction at Legends South, the mixed-income development replacing the CHA's Robert Taylor Homes. The project, fr [...]
Comment of the day: spread the wealth in Uptown
"As for Uptown the areas that have real problems seem to be near where there are significant numbers of subsidized housing units. Concentrating povert [...]
Nonprofit: Area median income should be redefined
Affordable housing in Chicago (and across the country) rests on a key calculation: the area median income, which determines eligibility for a range of [...]
Construction update: Park Boulevard
Yesterday we headed down to the Bronzeville area to see the progress on Park Boulevard, 47 W 35th St, the mixed-income development replacing the CHA [...]
Scenes from the grand opening of eco18
Last night, we stopped into the opening of the sales center for eco18, located at 1830 S Wabash Ave (the building is planned up the street at 1818 S [...]
Sales update: West Loop's C/A 23
The first phase of C/A 23, a pair of condo buildings planned in the West Loop, was about 20 percent sold at the end of May, according to Geoffrey Ru [...]
Ripped from the headlines: in Northbrook, new homes versus old trees
In Northbrook, new homes v. old trees Trib
Kimball Hill backs out of Orland Park deal Crain's
Huge tax hike awaits homeowners Reader
Over-55 home [...]
Mainstreet Station Condominiums in Evanston launches sales
On Wednesday, we stopped by the opening of the sales center for Mainstreet Station Condominiums, a 71-unit development at the southeast corner of Ma [...]
Quote of the day: building big in Evanston
"We have to go up, but we don't have to go up to the clouds."
Evanston Mayor Lorraine H. Morton, when asked by Yo about proposed high-rise developmen [...]