Chicago property taxes could rise 36%
A new study by The Civic Federation estimates that Chicago homeowners could see their property tax bills rise by 36 percent in 2007 if the 7 percent t [...]
The Elston Edge – you know, the area between Bucktown and Lincoln Park
Every now and then we report on real estate agents' and business groups' efforts to brand a new neighborhood. Anyone buying River South, so far? The l [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Wicker Park: North and Ashland development?
Irving Park: The Wire service [...]
Comment of the week – common sense from PilsenPoet
A reader with the screen name of PilsenPoet posted the following must-read comment in response to a post on Chantico Lofts.
Actually the wiki entry i [...]
Take a ride around Roseland
Chicago's Roseland neighborhood is on the far south side — roughly from 115th St north to 91st St, centering on State St.
Get in the car with W [...]
Lee Bey leaves SOM
We just learned, via architecture writer Lynn Becker's always informative Architecture Chicago Plus site, that former Sun-Times architecture critic Le [...]
A 3-D look at the CHA's Plan for Transformation
Whatever else you might think about the Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation — "the largest reconstruction of public housing in t [...]
Turkey Day with a Jewish flair every day in the Loop
You will not find it on the menu--or at least I didn't--but if you ask your server (as I did the other day) to have the kitchen whip up a turkey reube [...]
Have a happy Thanksgiving
All of us at YoChicago give thanks for the abundance we enjoy, and the liberty that enables us to enjoy it to the fullest.
To me, there's no better r [...]
How is Ald Vi Daley doing in the 43rd ward?
In an earlier post, two Yo readers expressed discontent with Ald Vi Daley (43rd)'s policies for her ward, which takes in (much or all?) of Lincoln Par [...]
Yo knows West Lakeview and Roscoe Village
Robert Darrow, YoChicago's Johnny-on-the-spot in West Lakeview and Roscoe Village has loaded up his journal recently with all kinds of neighborhood [...]
Work in progress: Lakeshore East's Chandler
This summer, as construction on Lakeshore East's Chandler began to get off the ground, we wondered what buyers at both the 35-story Chandler and it [...]
We like to watch: inside triplex loft
The West Loop is known for its stylish lofts, but this three-bedroom triplex loft takes things to a whole new level... quite literally. The 2,800-s [...]
Second-largest Whole Foods in North America headed for Chicago
The second-largest Whole Foods in North America will soon open its doors in Chicago. The Chicago Plan Commission has approved developer CRM Properties [...]
Only 25 units remain at hotel condo development The Raffaello
We've got to hand it to The Raffaello. As other hotel condo projects quietly withdraw from the market due to buyers' lack of interest or developers de [...]
A look at Lake View's Grand Briar condo conversion
While some developers are copying the Art Deco style of the early 20th century in new-construction buildings, Absolute Builders has the real McCoy a [...]
Rokas International launches 2100 in South Loop
Last month, we dished on developer Andrius Augunas' plans to build a 27-story high-rise in the South Loop, adjacent to an existing four-story buil [...]
Optima Old Orchard Woods
YoChicago's Joe Zekas visits this striking high-rise in Skokie, IL [...]
Optima Woods update
We know that you're always curious about the progress of Optima Old Orchard Woods, so we stopped by Skokie last Saturday to pan our videocam around th [...]
Millennium Park — a sense of neighborhood
Last Thursday, The Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate at Roosevelt University, presented a number of perspectives on the redevelopment of Chicago's [...]