Tag: Far North
The views from Edgewater’s Catalpa Gardens rooftop
When Joe Askins homed in on Edgewater's Catalpa Gardens last summer he wondered whether it was "short sale central."
The project has had an une [...]
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 [...]
Cooperative living at Stone Soup Ashland
If you like having lots of roommates you might want to check out Stone Soup Ashland, a cooperative living arrangement in a 100-year old convent wi [...]
New vs nearly new on Ravenswood
Today's e-mail update included a flurry of new construction offerings, including 3 listings at 4909 N Ravenswood Ave overlooking the Metra tracks [...]
Sunday Open House pick – 2164 W Leland in Lincoln Square
Our Sunday open house pick this week is priced at $774,900, and will be open from 1 to 3.
Prudential Rubloff's Eric Rojas, one of our sponsors, [...]
A brief visit to Winnemac Park
After stopping at a Saturday morning open house I headed a block east to Winnemac Park, a site I hadn't visited in years but that's been getting g [...]
Saturday open house pick – Lincoln Square 4-bedroom for $469K
I'll be in Lincoln Square tomorrow morning, checking out the highly-rated Winnemac Park on my way to video an open house a short block away from t [...]
Riding the Red Line: Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr isn't the last stop for northbound riders on the Red Line, but it will be the last stop for me in this Riding the Red Line video series. [...]
Riding the Red Line: Berwyn
Today's Red Line segment looks at the Berwyn 'L' station, located on the southern edge of Edgewater. It's a busier station than Argyle, has a very [...]
Riding the Red Line: Argyle
Last Friday I made my way to the Argyle Red Line station, located in a part of Uptown known as the West Argyle Street Historic District, New China [...]
Riding the Red Line: Wilson
Today's stop: the Wilson Red Line station in Uptown. It only smelled a little on the day I shot footage.
Watch all of my Riding the Red Line vi [...]
Kopley ordered to honor buyback guarantee at Renaissance Lofts
In February we introduced you to David Derk, an owner at the Renaissance Lofts in Rogers Park who wanted to exercise The Kopley Group's buyback gu [...]
Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids
Architect Pat FitzGerald built a new home in Ravenswood 20 years ago and has raised his two children there. He's recently put that home on the mar [...]
An architect-built home on a quiet Ravenswood street
When architect Pat FitzGerald set out to build a home for himself and his family, he had comfort and function, rather than architecture, as his pr [...]
A full-floor penthouse with three outdoor spaces in Ravenswood, priced under $500K
Yesterday I met Eric Rojas at one of his newest listings, a, top-floor, full-floor condo at 4610 N Ashland Ave, near Chase Park in Ravenswood.
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Spacious Ravenswood home on a large lot, listed $105K below 2007 price
This "fantastic and spacious" four-bedroom home at 4829 N Paulina St sold for $805,000 back in June 2007, according to Zillow. In February 2009, i [...]
Yo’s Believe It or Not: The Abbott House fence
Last month Curbed reported that the landmark Abbott House at 4605 N Hermitage Ave in Uptown had closed for $1.6 million. We recently picked up a b [...]
Rental deal of the day: An updated 2/1 in West Rogers Park, priced at $1,050
Today's rental deal of the day from Chicago Rentals Direct is one of their newest listings: an updated two-bedroom / one-bath at 6104 N Rockwell St in [...]
Chicago’s muddled real estate market
When I asked Sam Banks, a real estate agent with Sergio & Banks, for his take on the state of the market, Sam said he was a bit confused.
“The [...]
What do you love about Andersonville?
A hat tip to The Welles Park Bulldog for calling our attention to this slickly-produced video about Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood – no rela [...]