Tag: Chicago Magazine
Chicago real estate video shootout – YoChicago vs Crain’s and Chicago Magazine
YoChicago's YouTube channel has taken you to more Chicago places and inside more Chicago spaces and introduced you to more of the faces that shape Chi [...]
Dennis Rodkin goes to heaven
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin didn't have to die to get to a place he deems to die for, the 6-level 19th floor penthouse at 6 N Michigan in the [...]
The West Loop is in the news
Earlier this year we wondered whether the West Loop is the next hot neighborhood, and outlined some of the reasons it appeared poised for take-off [...]
A home on a 6-Rodkin wide Lake View lot
The price of a new 6,500 square foot home at 3539 N Bosworth in Lake View? $2,899,000.
The visual illustration of the lot's width, beginning a [...]
Nearly 90% sold four years ago, Legacy now at 63%
Back in April of 2009 we rode the construction elevator to the 71st floor of Legacy at Millennium Park with Mesa Development's Jim Hanson.
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Would you live with 90s décor at the right price?
Listening to Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin walk through a 2-flat at 1119 W Schubert, you might conclude that buying it as-is and living with 19 [...]
Another rental service trawls for suckers
We've posted repeatedly about the perils of filling out an online rental application. Supplying your Social Security Number and other personal informa [...]
Are high-end Lincoln Park homes in high demand?
I stopped by the Ranch Triangle neighborhood in Lincoln Park on Wednesday to photograph 1703 N Dayton in preparation for a blog post. The home is curr [...]
The South Loop, from the country’s hottest neighborhood to Chicago’s Las Vegas
When our then-editor Barry Pearce picked up his copy of the June 2007 issue of Chicago Magazine, he was "astounded … to learn that the South Loop is p [...]
A fresh look at a duplex riverfront penthouse
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin's most recent video tour focuses on a two-story penthouse on the Chicago River. The home boasts dramatic views fr [...]
Dennis Rodkin sees the light in the South Loop
The latest Deal Estate column video features Dennis Rodkin's take on a South Loop loft that we visited last December. We focused on the loft's cha [...]
Is Kenilworth the 5-year home value champ?
Chicago Magazine's April issue hits the stands this week, and one of its features is a series of charts on how home values have performed between [...]
Mrs O’Neill’s home in DePaul is for sale
Dennis Rodkin recently visited a Victorian home on the 2000 block of Seminary, in Lincoln Park's DePaul neighborhood, and recounted some of its ea [...]
YoChicago’s YouTube channel passes the two million view mark
Videos at YoChicago's primary YouTube channel have been viewed more than two million times.
To put that number in some perspective, YoChicago [...]
Video tours of Playboy Mansion condos
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin takes you inside the largest unit at the Playboy Mansion, 1340 N State Pkwy, in the above video. The 7,874 squar [...]
Politicians and gangs – Uptown, Little Village and more
The January 2012 issue of Chicago Magazine features an important article for anyone interested in Chicago's neighborhoods – Gangs and Politicians: [...]
Missing the elephant in the room on million dollar sales
It was "a pricey roller coaster ride" blares a brief article in the current issue of Chicago Magazine, accompanied by a chart that illustrates the [...]
Quote of the day – Kenilworth market time trebles
Chicago Magazine's October issue, with its annual look at real estate market conditions, hits the newsstands tomorrow. Following the archaic tradi [...]
Check out Chicago Magazine’s Real Estate Look Book
Chicago Magazine's Real Estate Look Book is a multi-media advertising program for luxury homes that combines print, online, e-mail and social medi [...]
Two video tours of a West Loop loft
Real estate agents have been slow to understand the appeal of video to home buyers and sellers.
One of our clients, Coldwell Banker’s Apostal [...]