We like to watch: inside Astor Street Victorian
For your pleasure, we cleverly timed our peek inside one of the most expensive homes on the Chicago market to coincide with the arrival of all those [...]
Wanted: Affordable pre-war home in cool Chicago neighborhood
The good folk over at Apartment Therapy have an interesting thread underway where a reader has asked for suggestions of affordable Chicago neighborhoo [...]
Magellan keeps the dough rolling in with Lakeshore East
Which developers dominate the housing market in Chicago and the suburbs? Crain's has republished a list of Chicago's largest homebuilders, based on 20 [...]
Burglars wish Bucktowners a Merry Christmas
So we got home to our little three-flat in the Wicker Park / Bucktown neighborhood last night to discover that burglars had broken in and made off w [...]
Sunrise brings modern mid-rise to Near West Side
Sunrise Development Group, the developer behind the Pure condos planned for the West Loop, has another project in the works: 2215 Madison, located i [...]
Are historic preservation and economic revitalization mutually exclusive in Lombard?
Head over to our new Lombard journal, where Yo's newest writer, Ayesha, is giving us the scoop on the real-life drama playing out over the DuPage Thea [...]
A Chadtastic good time in Highland Park
Being an expatriate Aussie, Yo's truly is having some difficulty letting go of Boxing Day, the hangover recovery day sanctioned in much of Europe, cer [...]
Tim-ber! Woodsy lofts for sale in River West
Speaking of timber lofts, as we were a little earlier, we hear that only six units remain for sale at Hubbard Street Lofts, 1050 W Hubbard St. The Riv [...]
Quote of the day: UIC's walls designed from the inside out
"There was a tremendous accusation that 'Walter put walls around the campus to keep people out,' and we put the wall in because we knew that black and [...]
Yo '07: Prairie District Lofts goes condo
Seemingly undeterred by reports of a softening condo market, Frankel & Giles plans to unveil the 116-unit project Prairie District Lofts in early 2007 [...]
525 Hawthorne Place condo residents want to have their pool – and own it too
When 525 Hawthorne Place was converted, there was a lot to recommend the development - competitive pricing, good floor plans and some great views. P [...]
Chicago architecture through a kid's eyes
As we watched my 10-year-old nephew rip the paper off various and sundry electronic goods yesterday, his mother happened to mention that he is startin [...]
Louis Sullivan's Pilgrim Baptist Church recreated – in gingerbread
What better way to honor a great lost architectural work during the holidays than to recreate it in gingerbread? That's what Geekgirl did for Louis S [...]
Marina City condo association agreed not to seek landmark status
Marina City resident and blogger Mike Doyle wondered why his condo association seemed less than enthusiastic about efforts to landmark Bertrand Goldb [...]
The Villa – a questionable landmark
My take: The Villa's landmark status reflects the talent of whoever wrote the nomination form rather than the character of the area.
It has some de [...]
A vision of suburban openness
Take a walk with us through the northern half of the Austin Historic District and see some of the results of Henry Austin's 1865 vision.
Read the [...]
A vision of suburban openness
Visit the northern half of the Austin Historic District with YoChicago's Joe Zekas [...]
Chicago at night
It's good for us that Looper has a day jjob, since it means that we get to enjoy more of his fabulous photos of Chicago at night. Take a look. [...]
Home for the holidays
The Yo staff has scattered until the 26th. You'll hear little from us until then.
We hope that you have much to share and give, and that your fortune [...]