Big-box stores boost Chicago's Chatham neighborhood, says small-business owner
The increasing presence of big-box retailers in the Chatham area may strike some as a problem, but to Alisha Goins, their entry into the market has [...]
YoChicago does Old Irving
The Yo has tapped two new writers to dish on the Old Irving neighborhood, so here's a hearty welcome to Amalie and Mr. Race. Stop by the Old Irving jo [...]
Mather's is more than just a cafe to Chatham
Many neighborhoods have well-loved cafes, but few are as integral to the community as Mather's is to Chatham and its environs. From the outside, Ma [...]
Spring comes early to Chicago's Avalon Park neighborhood
This homeowner in Avalon Park isn't waiting for the spring growing season to spruce up the yard. Most of the houses we saw on a recent drive through [...]
Argyle is one of North Side's biggest Asian retail hubs
We've talked a little this month about the vibrant retail emerging in pockets of Uptown and Edgewater, but most of these corridors pale in compariso [...]
Scenes from Burnside, part 2
Yesterday we began our look at homes in Burnside, including one single-family home that we saw under construction. Today we check out more older sin [...]
Comment of the day: Chicago doesn't need the Olympics
"We don't need the Olympics, and the Loop & South Loop's infrastructure don't need improving at the expense of the schools and the rest of our crumbli [...]
Holy cow, it's Harry!
As opening day nears, you can go to Google Maps and gaze down from space at this image on the roof of Harry Caray's Restaurant. [...]
Rental high-rise under construction in South Loop
We know that you can't trip in the South Loop without landing in a construction site, but not all of those buildings going up are condo. A rental hi [...]
Quote of the day: Olympics a "white man's, rich millionaire's" club
"The face of the Olympics is an elite, white man's, rich millionaire's kind of party club...That's [the way] it's being portrayed in the media. That's [...]
Scenes from Burnside, part 1
We learned so much about East Garfield Park by just wandering around its residential streets that we thought we'd brave the 70-degree weather yester [...]
South Kenwood's Harvard School converting to condos
When planning the conversion of the Harvard School for Boys in the South Side's Kenwood neighborhood, developer Steve Soble pored over old yearbooks [...]
Here's looking at you, Lake View
We've told you all about Centrum Properties' Lofts at Lakeview Collection, but we just got our hands on a better rendering of the building, which wr [...]
Lot at Broadway and Granville undergoes slow transformation
Hard to believe that this vacant lot at Broadway and Granville soon will be occupied by Access Group Chicago's 11-story condo and retail project, Th [...]
Ripped from the headlines: subprime mortgage concerns rattle Wall St
Subprime mortgage concerns rattle Wall St AP (via Trib)
$70M condo towers to open in South Loop Globe St.
2 partners in Heritage condos in profit [...]
A walk through Ravenswood Manor
Chris Moran, a 20-year resident of the neighborhood, takes us to the new Francisco Brown Line stop, down the 2900 block of Eastwood to Ravenswood Ma [...]
A bit of Burnside
Watch a few scenes from one of Chicago's south side neighborhoods - ranging from the solidly middle-class to the solidly seedy. [...]
Name the nabe of the yellow window bars
Although we've seen plenty of buildings with bars on the windows, we're not used to seeing them in yellow - and we're absolutely positive that if yo [...]
A block club in Avalon Park gets creative
Signs like these, created by block clubs, proliferate across the South Side. We liked this one, from the block club of 8100 S Harper Ave in Avalon P [...]
Stay in yo car
Newsstand spotted in the South Triangle on Cottage Grove Avenue and 95th Street. [...]