Tag: Neighborhoods
Romanticizing Pullman, one of the nation’s great neighborhoods
The American Planning Association has select Chicago's Pullman neighborhood as one of its Great Places in America for 2011:
Pullman's timeless [...]
Reflections on visiting Chicago’s South Side
I've visited Chicago's South Side a dozen times during the past two months, and much of what I've seen is dispiriting.
There are large stretche [...]
Locating the heart of a neighborhood
When a real estate listing says a property is in the “heart” of a neighborhood, there’s a 50/50 chance that it's a) on the far edge of the neighbo [...]
Loyola students channel Chicago Tourism Bureau
Streeterville is "the ultimate destination for a night on the town with friends" according to the video. That's the kind of statement you'd expect [...]
Loving the dogs in Independence Park
It was one of those afternoons in Independence Park where the thing to do was to spend some time trying to pay back your dog's love. This gal was [...]
Name the nabe with the Victory Garden
Eleanor Roosevelt had a victory garden planted on the grounds of the White House, one of 20 million planted during the Second World War. The gard [...]
Is Andersonville Chicago’s “premier residential LGBT neighborhood?”
The A-ville Daily blog boasts as follows:
New 2010 census figures released by the United States government yesterday confirm what many in Chica [...]
WTTW visits Chicago’s fascinating little-known neighborhoods
WTTW's Geoffrey Baer has taken us to many places throughout Chicagoland and told us their often wonderful stories.
Architecture critic and WBE [...]
The view from the 18th Street Bridge
I stopped for a moment late this afternoon to shoot the skyline view from the 18th Street Bridge.
The South Loop has some of the city's be [...]
Views on the cheap – University Village and South Loop
If you’re a view junkie but can’t afford a high floor on the north side, check out the views from the South Loop and University Village.
Th [...]
Name the nabe with the bas relief goddesses
The pictured sculpture is one of a series found in a neighborhood that we're challenging you to name. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Be the fir [...]
Name the nabe with the field artillery
A City Council committee has recommended an ordinance that would permit firing ranges within city limits. It doesn't apply to ordnance of the calibe [...]
Get out and enjoy Chicago’s neighborhoods
I think it's fair to say that most Chicagoans have never seen most of Chicago. Many Chicagoans have never ventured beyond the downtown and north l [...]
Humboldt Park, real estate sites and the real world
Real estate brokerage sites typically feature upbeat overviews of Chicago's neighborhoods. The articles often appear to have been authored on a lo [...]
Neighborhood change – Pilsen, Avondale and West Englewood
For one Pilsen business owner, neighborhood change means that "no one is stealing my flowers."
A Schurz High School student sees Avondale [...]
Where Chicagoans want to rent
What are the most sought-after locations among Chicago renters? Ask people in the real estate business and you'll get a wide variety of answers, m [...]
MLS-listed downtown Chicago rentals at new low
We've been tracking rental homes and condos listed in the MLS in 14 downtown ZIP codes since November of 2009.
When we began tracking, there w [...]
Quote of the day – White hipsters get out of Pilsen
Transcribed from a Flickr photo linked from Steven Vance’s Steven Can Plan blog:
White hipsters get out of Pilsen. You are gentrifying cultura [...]
The biggest apartment search mistakes – Number 2, starting too late
In the first post in this series, we suggested that failure to focus on your ideal and affordable location is the biggest mistake you can make whe [...]
The biggest apartment search mistakes – Number 1, failure to focus
The biggest mistake that Chicago apartment seekers make is failing to focus their search on one or two relatively small areas where they'd genuine [...]