A River North ride
Spotted today in the 800 block of North Dearborn.
Make? Model? Year? Hint: check the license plate. [...]
A Wrigleyville slum for the dead?
No, not Wrigley Field. The Cubs ain't dead yet.
That's the Sun-Times take on Jewish Graceland, a cemetery that's perhaps a future condo site.
Barb [...]
Chicago’s Jewish Graceland – a slum for the dead?
That's how the Sun-Times recently described a portion of this cemetery. To Barbara, a visitor we met there, it's "an untouched, lovely place." [...]
Comment of the day: 22 minutes on the el
Our link to a Chicago Tribune story about the booming suburbs prompted this comment from Odujoko: "What's the point to my story? The point is that all [...]
Homes of Troy coming to Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood
New West Realty has begun marketing Homes of Troy, a gated community of 24 new-construction townhouses in Lawndale. The classical reference struck u [...]
Carnival Mondays: no kids allowed
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by NY Houses 4 Sale. Stop by to learn the skinny on sub-prime loans, ponder how pets make better tenants [...]
The busiest block in River North
It may not look like much, but State Street between Walton Place and Delaware Place is the busiest stretch of Chicago's River North neighborhood, if [...]
Opening day showdown: South Side condo takes on North Side condo
In honor of opening day at Comiskey - oops, did we forget to call it U.S. Cellular Field? - we thought we'd pit a North Side listing against a South [...]
River North developments roundup
The Yo counted about 19 new for-sale residential developments underway in River North, and all week we'll be giving you a look at some of the major [...]
Chicago's River North neighborhood: a snapshot history
River North is implanted in the minds of many Chicagoans as a ritzy enclave of upper-income homes. The venerable Encyclopedia of Chicago explains that [...]
Quote of the day: the ongoing story of sprawl
"The best deals in housing are usually farthest out. I don't care if it's Rolling Meadows in the 1950s or Schaumburg in the 1970s or now when it's eve [...]
Welcome to River North week
This week, Yo will zoom in on all things River North, the neighborhood bounded by Michigan Avenue on the east, Oak Street on the north and the Chica [...]
Ripped from the headlines: suburbs spread farther afield
Suburbs spread farther afield Trib
House represents a region on the move Trib
Chicago's suburban growth (graphic) Trib
Sale of the week: Lake Vie [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Wicker Park: More parks for Wicker Park
Pilsen: Latino Info Center communi [...]
Demolishing a Chicago high-rise
In Chicago, taking down the last of the ABLA high-rises is a tedious process.
In Glasgow, not so tedious. [...]
Demolition of the last ABLA Homes high-rise in Chicago
The wrecking ball is tediously smashing down the last high-rise from this notorious public housing project. [...]
Fall out of The Alley, into the Gap
Well, after Filter fell to the Bank of America machine, we figured it was only a matter of time before Lake View's last bastion for the leather-clad [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Facade of Farwell building to be attached to Wrigley building Trib
Tribune Tower renamed US Cellular Tower in licensing deal Sun-Times
Single family [...]
Bothered by Bronzeville
Dempsey Travis, writing in the Encyclopedia of Chicago, tells us that the term Bronzeville came about because many "citizens of color resented having [...]