Saint Joseph's day in Heart of Italy
What is it with St Joseph's day? I hadn't heard it mentioned since my mother died — until I hit the Heart of Italy, where it seemed everyone w [...]
Church of the day
Addison Street Community Church, 2132 W. Addison St. [...]
Quote of the day: the CTA concedes that construction will be "awful"
"We are trying to prepare our riders for the worst. But it's not a PR kind of thing where we're saying it's gonna be awful and it's just gonna be bad. [...]
Work in progress: Michigan Avenue Tower II
Okay, so there's not so much progress to report yet, but we wanted to let you know that work has started on Michigan Avenue Tower II because we kno [...]
A peek inside The Arches at Oakwood Shores
We recently checked out a model "City Home" at The Arches at Oakwood Shores, a massive development underway in Bronzeville led by Granite Developmen [...]
New sidewalks underway – Chicago's Heart of Italy
We thought we'd celebrate the start of construction season with these photos taken just a short dash to the east of Heart of Italy, where city worke [...]
Name the Chicago nabe of the cafe
While not every corner of Chicago needs a cafe, this one is a welcome addition to an underserved neighborhood. The first person to name this nabe ge [...]
Cafe Duvall, Heart of Italy, Chicago
Want to see some art and dance some tango with your food? Cafe Duvall can satisfy. Jacqueline Cahill tells you all about it. [...]
Villa 24, new condos in Heart of Chicago
Vanessa Gonzalez tells us a bit about the neighborhood and walks us around the model for this new development. [...]
Kendall whups Cook: population spikes in 'burbs, shrinks in city
Suburban Kendall County was the second-fastest growing county in the nation between 2000 and 2006, according to a Crain's story. Census data shows its [...]
Cure for a rainy day – pho and window shopping on Argyle in Chicago's Asian village
Nothing will perk you up on a rainy day like a little pho and a stroll - or dash - down Argyle Street, in Uptown. During yesterday's deluge, we head [...]
Deluge of new condo buildings can be neighborhood scourge
Sorry for the biblical headline there, but yesterday's relentless rain and peals of thunder put us in a biblical frame of mind. Noah, no doubt, woul [...]
Mansions mingle with vintage greystones on Drexel Boulevard
Sutherland Pearsall Development Corporation has had success building condos and townhomes in the North Kenwood and Oakland neighborhoods, but when p [...]
Venture Statuary: no longer saying it with concrete
Venture Statuary, one of Uptown's strangest and most wonderful businesses, has closed its doors. A "for rent" sign now occupies its shop window at 5 [...]
Boomer penchant for reinvention spreads to Chicago building facades
Yo's good friend and sometime contributor Phil Berger asserts that a flurry of reinvented Chicago buildings, from the made-over Montgomery Ward headqu [...]
Are condos the new dot coms?
In the April issue of New Homes Magazine, columnist Don DeBat looks at how the current Chicago condo market compares to both the condo crash of the la [...]
We like to watch: inside South Loop loft
"Edgy and opulent" are the words used to describe this South Loop loft at Trevi Square, 1439 S Michigan Ave. We're dying to introduce whoever thinks [...]
Quote of the day: Wicker Park doesn't need another bank
"That's pathetic. There's already two banks on this corner. Wicker Park really needs a movie theater, not another bank."
- Ukrainian Village resident [...]
Ripped from the headlines: West Loop apartment building on the block
West Loop apt. building on the block Crain's
Predatory lending law to require counseling AP (via Sun-Times)
Shangri-La developer to get $20-millio [...]
Work in progress: 1400 Museum Park
Architecturally, Pappageorge / Haymes' 1400 Museum Park lags far behind some of its Museum Park brethren, but, hey, it could be worse. The 32-story [...]