Tag: Far North
Tracking MLS-listed north lakefront rentals
Last week we quietly began keeping track of the available inventory of homes and condos listed for rent in six north lakefront ZIP Codes in the lo [...]
Revisiting Edgewater condo conversions
The real estate crash that began late in 1979 hit Edgewater the hardest among Chicago's north lakefront neighborhoods. Edgewater condos sold for [...]
Prices power down at Edgewater’s Substation North Lofts
When we first focused on Substation North Lofts, in October of 2006, Yo's Alison Soltau marveled at the notion of a loft priced at nearly $500,000 [...]
Winter activities at Lincoln Square’s Welles Park
Welles Park in Lincoln Square packs a lot of activities into its 15-acre span, and there's some history behind that.
When then 47th Ward Commi [...]
They called it our bum-of-the-month club
We published print real estate newspapers and magazines until three years ago. We folded our popular New Homes Magazine, the last of our print pub [...]
Making a killing in Rogers Park condos
Back in 1992 we published Coops & Condos, a reference work for real estate agents. It contained accurate information on every North side lakefront [...]
New listing – builder’s $750K Rogers Park townhome
The listing for 7772 N Sheridan Rd, the easternmost unit in the Lakeview Pointe development in Rogers Park, boasts that "you can't live closer to [...]
Prices go south at North Beach Lofts in Rogers Park
North Beach Lofts, the conversion of an old Duxler Tire warehouse at 1225 W Morse, was one of the more successful projects completed in Rogers Pa [...]
A grand, gracious 6-bedroom Ravenswood home
Some homes have an air of settled, gracious, comfortable permanence about them, and this is genuinely one even though it's only four years old.
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Yesterday’s McMansions become today’s mansions
It’s anachronistic to refer to a home built in the early 1900s as a McMansion.
There were no golden arches in 1906 when the home at 920 W Cast [...]
Quote of the day: a symbol of Uptown’s ongoing dilapidation
It's been about 35 years since I first met an enthusiast for the Uptown Theatre and heard tales of its imminent revival and its promise to transfo [...]
A renovated 3-bedroom in a West Rogers Park high-rise
A West Rogers Park high-rise?
Winston Towers, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, comprises 5 high-rise buildings in a park-like setti [...]
Streamlining zoning decisions in the 48th Ward
Today's e-mail from 48th Ward Ald. Harry Osterman led me indirectly to the 48th Ward Community Process for Zoning and Land Use Approvals (PDF). Th [...]
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 [...]
Is that 3-months free rent deal in Evanston for real?
Or is it just a hustle to grab your attention?
415 Premier Apartments, formerly known as Skyline at Evanston, sits on the north side of Howard [...]
Sheridan Park (mostly) open house gallery
Uptown Update has a list of 13 condos that are part of a coordinated open house effort this coming Sunday, September 11. The units range in size f [...]
Ten years later, buyers under water at Uptown’s Polo Tower
We first mentioned Polo Tower, a 189-unit high-rise condo conversion at 4180 N Marine Dr in Uptown, in October of 2001, in the print edition of ou [...]
The courtyards of Rogers Park
Larry Shure, a preservation planner with the City of Chicago, has begun a fascinating project cataloging and categorizing the courtyard buildings [...]
Sunday open house pick, fronting Winnemac Park
Lincoln Square's 40-acre Winnemac Park doesn't garner a lot of attention outside the neighborhood, but it does earn rave reviews from almost every [...]
A creative Ravenswood short-seller builds a Web site
One of our frequent visitors sent along a link to a Web site that he's built to promote the sale of his condo at Ravenswood Court, 4514 N Ashland [...]