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Christmas in Portage Park

Christmas in Portage Park

The holiday season will linger on for the Bears. [...]
Loose talk about crime in Pilsen

Loose talk about crime in Pilsen

There's been a lot of talk about lower crime stats in Pilsen. Everyone has to set their own comfort level and many, I suspect, will find the real numb [...]
Condos replacing DeMar's Coffee Shop in East Village

Condos replacing DeMar's Coffee Shop in East Village

We knew it wouldn't be long before the building that used to house DeMar's Coffee Shop on Chicago Avenue and Paulina Street was replaced with another [...]
Chicago open house: Lake View (or is it Lower Uptown?) three-bedroom condos in the $480s

Chicago open house: Lake View (or is it Lower Uptown?) three-bedroom condos in the $480s

Jaded with the standard granite / cherry cabinets / stainless steel combo deal? Rubloff is marketing three-bedroom units with kitchen islands complet [...]
Work in progress: Edgemoor Park

Work in progress: Edgemoor Park

It looks like one of the three courtyard buildings that make up Edgemoor Park is all finished and lived in. The frosted glass on the entryway and b [...]
POW Lofts at McKinley Park?

POW Lofts at McKinley Park?

Next to McKinley Park Lofts on Pershing Road (near Western Boulevard) is a slew of old brick warehouses that once made up the largest (and first, we' [...]
Condo owners get in the holiday spirit, too

Condo owners get in the holiday spirit, too

You don't have to have a single-family home to show off your holiday spirit-- although we do wonder if a condo board would let ol' bodyless Rudolph [...]
Pilsen through a poet's eyes

Pilsen through a poet's eyes

Carl Sandburg's poem, "Blue Island Intersection," was published in 1922. This is what the intersection of Loomis and 18th streets and Blue Island Av [...]
A winter's afternoon in McKinley Park

A winter's afternoon in McKinley Park

Somebody was colder than I was on Tuesday out at McKinley Park. This little guy has the coat for it, but I could have sworn he was shivering. The lag [...]
Construction update: Magnolia Court

Construction update: Magnolia Court

We told you about Magnolia Court, located at 5653 N Magnolia Ave in the Magnolia Glen section of Edgewater, about a month ago, and readers commented [...]
Pilsen, the land of flying turtles

Pilsen, the land of flying turtles

What, you say, there is no such thing as a flying turtle? Well, say I, I've seen evidence of flying turtles in Pilsen — as much evidence, tha [...]
Pilsen — there were trees here once, just passing through

Pilsen — there were trees here once, just passing through

It's hard to imagine, but the Pilsen wasteland partially occupied by the Fisk generating plant, above, was once the heart of Chicago's "lumber distr [...]
Rudolph gets decapitated in Edgewater

Rudolph gets decapitated in Edgewater

We've seen some festive houses in McKinley Park, Pilsen and Bridgeport, but this single-family home in the Lakewood / Balmoral section of Edgewate [...]

Huron Street Lofts sells seven condos at auction

A few readers asked us about the outcome of an auction at Huron Street Lofts earlier this month. Well here's your update: Opening bids for the one-bed [...]
Even Artful Dodger couldn't avoid wrecking ball in Bucktown

Even Artful Dodger couldn't avoid wrecking ball in Bucktown

Here's a look at the Goliath that's being built over the rubble of the elegant, turn-of-the-century Queen Anne-style building that used to sit at 17 [...]
Love is in the Aerosol in Wicker Park, Bucktown

Love is in the Aerosol in Wicker Park, Bucktown

It was last summer when I first noticed this tender tagging that has shown up all over Wicker Park and Bucktown. This example was spotted on Milwaukee [...]

How about some closets and wall space instead?

It seems that every new development I read about has a full range of goodies: granite, hardwood, stainless, 42-inch cabinets, flat-screens, etc. But [...]

Blog alleges political "gang-vertising" in Rogers Park

The folks over at The Broken Heart of Rogers Park blog claim to have found some "gang-vertising" on local street walls. Gang-vertising, they say, is p [...]
Critics fear Calatrava's larger Chicago Spire will cause havoc in Streeterville

Critics fear Calatrava's larger Chicago Spire will cause havoc in Streeterville

The debate continues over Santiago Calatrava's new design for the much-anticipated Chicago Spire. Most of the discussion so far has focused on the ae [...]
Yo ho ho: A McKinley Park Christmas

Yo ho ho: A McKinley Park Christmas

First we brought you holiday greetings from Bridgeport, now we present Christmas in McKinley Park. These homes are located on a residential street ju [...]
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