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Saint Joseph's day in Heart of Italy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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 [...]
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