Yo ho ho: Christmas in Bridgeport
The holidays are well and truly here, and residents across Chicago are representin'. We discovered Homer in the back blocks of Bridgeport. Let Yo kn [...]
Doesn't Chicago have building inspectors?
The Sun-Times reports on Oscar D'Angelo's lobbying for a city ban on concrete block. It's a fun read. In case you don't know D'Angelo, Gapers Block ca [...]
In resale condos, do empty rooms have the same appeal?
The existing interior design or staging of a resale property can increase or sometimes decrease a home's desirability, but it always leaves an impr [...]
Chicago open house: 565 Quincy and a free breakfast
Belgravia Group is offering $1,000 toward upgrades or closing costs on one- and two-bedroom condos at its converted loft / new-construction hybrid, 56 [...]
Plans afoot to revitalize McKinley Park, Brighton Park and surrounding nabes
Alderman George Cardenas has high hopes for the revitalization of McKinley Park, Brighton Park and other surrounding neighborhoods, welcoming projec [...]
Trump calls Spire "financial suicide"
Yeah, we're as surprised as you are to hear that Donald Trump, whose Trump Tower sits about a mile away from the site of the proposed Chicago Spire, [...]
Chicago Social highlights historic Prairie Avenue and South Loop
Yo! We were pleased to read in the December issue of Chicago Social that editor-in-chief Korey Karnes is a fan of YoChicago. Karnes says that real est [...]
A cut and run strategy in Chicago
It's OK. We're not talking Iraq here.
The Sun-Times reports that an agent for The Apartment People has been arrested for allegedly slashing tires on [...]
Bucktown wine warehouse to get loft makeover
A former wine storage facility at 1927 N Milwaukee Ave in Bucktown is set to get new life as a 16-unit loft development called The Baer Lofts. The d [...]
Electric reindeer grazing in Logan Square
YoJoe braved the -3 wind chill factor today to bring you the first of an occasional set of Christmas light display videos. This one's on the 3600 bl [...]
The Wilmette Christmas House
Also known as the Warren A. Perkins Memorial Christmas Display. [...]
Electric reindeer grazing in Chicago
Standing in the street in the 3600 block of Wrightwood Ave looking at the Christmas lights [...]
Finkl closing is bad news for second-tier neighborhoods
It seems like only yesterday — because it was yesterday — that we were suggesting that A. Finkl & Sons' acquisition of a south side site w [...]
Coming soon to South Loop: new Blackstone hotel
The Yo spent lunch with the Friends of Downtown at its monthly "brown bag luncheon," where we were treated to a sneak peek at plans for the renovate [...]
What price will make you move?
Zillow's latest holiday present for real estate agents is a virtual for sale sign.
Zillow describes Make me move™ as "a free and easy way to te [...]
Santiago Calatrava takes a leaf from Chicago architects with new-look Chicago Spire
Santiago Calatrava is already being influenced by the city that gets things done. Calatrava and Shelbourne Development (perhaps with some nudging fr [...]
Dancer on a bun in Glenview
A new northwest suburban gourmet hot dog joint is serving up genuine Reindeer Hot Dogs for the holiday season. The place is called fRedhots and Fries [...]
Introducing Augusta Court in Wicker Park
On a recent trip through Wicker Park, we came across Augusta Court, a new-construction building from Bucktown Homes Development and MCM Properties, [...]
A look at Lincoln Park's Deming Flats
We see so many new condo buildings that are made to look "vintage" that, on first glance, we thought Deming Flats, 548 W Deming Pl, was new construc [...]
Developer seizes on industrial parcel to build Bridgeport's Riverside Homes
This is DeGrazia Development's Riverside Homes, a project of fairly bland single-family and townhomes wedged between industrial sites including the H [...]