Val’s block, in the heart of DePaul Trixieland
The fabled Lincoln Park Trixie is scarcely in evidence on the block where Val lives. Perhaps she's a mythical creature?
Join YoVal and YoJoe for a [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part four
In this final part of a 4-part series we talk about Malibu East's neighborhood.
Earlier, Helen Wagner walked YoChicago around the common areas at [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part three
Helen Wagner takes YoChicago on an insider walk through a corner two-bedroom unit at Malibu East. Part one was a tour of the common areas of this 45- [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part two
Helen Wagner takes YoChicago on an insider walk through one of the two-bedroom units at Malibu East. Part one was a tour of the common areas of this [...]
Malibu East, 6033 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, Part one
Helen Wagner takes YoChicago on an insider tour of the common areas of this 45-story condo in Edgewater. [...]
Hegewisch, Chicago, a great community
Hegewisch, in the far southeast corner of Chicago, is an aging community. Rosemary Haines, office manager of the Hegewisch Community Committee, talks [...]
Edgewater’s Senn High School – Avid about A.V.I.D.
Richard Norman, second-year principal at Senn talks about the new A.V.I.D. program and some of the accomplishments and changes at his diverse school. [...]
Edgewater’s Senn High School – It is the world
Chicago's neo-classical Senn High has one of the most diverse student bodies in the world. Newly-retired teacher Helen Murtaugh talks about some of t [...]
Window of the day: Tin musicians in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood
This window caught our eye on the 3300 block of South Giles Avenue. [...]
Revision of HB 4050 won't resolve main issue, ShoreBank exec says
The recently-announced revision of the infamous HB 4050 anti-predatory lending law, which would now apply to first-time homebuyers across Cook County [...]
Pace of mortgage applications steady in at-risk communities, ShoreBank exec says
Despite recent concerns about an avalanche of foreclosures expected to hit such areas as Englewood, Roseland, Back of the Yards and Auburn Gresham, Mi [...]
Designing your week: "Rock the House" at Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple
Edward Lifson, host of Hello Beautiful on Chicago Public Radio, and Tim Samuelson, cultural historian for the city of Chicago, will discuss the connec [...]
Ravenswood Manor by night
Remember the other night, when you and your buddies were trying to find a place to eat? One wanted Indian, the other wanted Mexican and you wanted Ar [...]
MidAmerica loan officer: Limit speculators to keep foreclosures down
As foreclosures begin to mount over the next year or so in the wake of the subprime debacle, Clint Conger, a loan officer at MidAmerica Bank, has a fe [...]
Opulence arrives in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood
When we saw that the new single-family house at 4831 S Champlain Ave in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood (now commonly referred to as Bronzeville) w [...]
Buyer at 156 W Superior airs grievances on Web site
The folks at Ranquist Development must be kicking themselves for not buying the URL www.156wsuperior.com. A buyer at 156 W Superior, a River North bui [...]
Review your street at StreetAdvisor.com
You can write online reviews of just about anything these days - books, music, real estate, and, beginning this week, the street where you live. Stree [...]
A corner museum in Chicago's North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhood
On a drive through the North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhood yesterday, we spotted the Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art, a collection of abstract w [...]
Construction update: Wabash Club townhomes
We've been following the construction of Dubin Residential's Wabash Club pretty closely because, as new townhome developments go, it is one of the b [...]
YoChicago hiring new-home shoppers, editorial assistant
Like what you're reading on YoChicago? Want to help us make it even better?
Well, you might be in luck. YoChicago is hiring a full-time editorial as [...]