Old Town cottage dwarfed by condo neighbors
You can tell by our obsession with Lake View's lonely Victorian that we love to look at (relatively) small single-family homes that are bombarded by [...]
Face of which Chicago 'hood?
A free YoChicago T-shirt to the first person with a correct answer. Good luck! (Photo credit: chifoto@gmail.com.) [...]
Chicago open house: GlasHaus
The Piedmont Group will open sales at its South Loop high-rise, GlasHaus, 1327 S Wabash Ave, on February 11.
Units have one or two bedrooms (some one- [...]
The Lofts (and the art gallery, the posh market and the wine store) at River East Art Center
Speaking of Streeterville, as we were a little earlier, the MCL Companies is gearing up to open sales at The Lofts at River East Art Center, a convers [...]
550 St. Clair on the rise in Streeterville
Streeterville has come a long way since a rough-and-tumble sea captain named George Streeter ran his boat aground north of the Chicago River in 1886 [...]
Comment of the day: proud to be excluded
Earlier today we posted (tongue firmly in cheek) on the "astounding good taste" of the American public, as reflected in the American Institute of Arch [...]
The last Robert Taylor Homes high-rise demolished
This video was posted by YouTube user artistmac as a response to a YoChicago video on "the Cha's daring experiment." [...]
Quote of the day: Troutman under fire
"There is no development in the ward, no job creation. That has a lot to do with leadership." - Willie B. Cochran, 20th ward aldermanic candidate, com [...]
How do you sell a curvaceous condo? Call in the folks from IKEA
When we looked at the whacky shape of one of the floor plans at the Citizens State Bank Lofts yesterday, it reminded us of a chat we had with the folk [...]
Construction update: Lakeshore East
So, perhaps you haven't heard. There's this project called Lakeshore East. It's got, y'know, high-rises. Lots of 'em. Okay, there are some townhouse [...]
A new grocery store for the Loop
A grocery store is coming to the building soon to be vacated by the Carson Pirie Scott & Co. department store, according to today's Sun-Times. City of [...]
Rent barometer: South Shore units from $600 to $1,350
Once an area with large Irish and Jewish populations, South Shore transformed into a predominantly African-American community during the tumultuous ' [...]
Modernists get no love in AIA poll
The American people, once again demonstrating their astounding good taste, think the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is a more favorable archit [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Food store to anchor Carson's site Sun-Times
Kamin slams AIA's design poll Trib
Smith Park residents challenge tall buildings Chicago Journal
Jol [...]
Buy this Uptown condo, and score a free Rolex, champagne, trip to Paris and a date with me, baby
Sorry to disappoint you, playas, but it's too late to take advantage of the mother of all deals, which was dangled on Craigslist back in January 2006, [...]
Streeterville condos served up raw
No cookie-cutter condos happening here. Sudler Sotheby's agents Andrea Tucker and Carol Browne are marketing 10 units of raw space at 900 North Dewit [...]
Take a long, hot shower at 1907 N Burling
There will be no fighting over who left the toothpaste uncapped or who's hogging the shower at 1907 N Burling (pictured above on the right), a singl [...]
Old laundry will soon transform into the Broadway Village Lofts
Sometime in February, developer Dino Amiros will start converting this old industrial laundry in Edgewater into the Broadway Village Lofts. We check [...]
Old Town hotel/restaurant update
That project at the corner of Wells, Lincoln and Clark that was reported on many weeks ago right here on the Yo is starting to take shape.
The entire [...]
Retail condos not for everyone, but are they selling faster than we think?
In a post yesterday, we speculated that retail condos might be holding back neighborhood commercial strips, such as the ones along Chicago and Califor [...]