Tag: Hyde Park
The views from The Sutherland in Hyde Park / Kenwood
I find rooftops irresistible, especially when they offer a clear view of the near and far surroundings.
The recently-renovated Sutherland [...]
The Sutherland, renovated luxury apartments in Hyde Park / Kenwood
The Sutherland, a historic property at 4659 S Drexel in Hyde Park / Kenwood, has newly-renovated studio, 1- and 2-bedroom apartments available for [...]
Why a MAC resident likes Bronzeville’s Sutherland apartments
Listen to a woman who has rented from MAC Property Management for four years in two different buildings talk about why she likes the Sutherland ap [...]
Chicago Weekly’s Hyde Park 2013 Housing Guide
One of the things we most enjoy doing at YoChicago is finding useful resources at other websites and linking our visitors to them.
Chicago Week [...]
A video look at Helmut Jahn’s University of Chicago utility plants
Architect / photographer Tom Rossiter and architectural historian Jay Pridmore are teaming up on a new book titled Building Ideas; an Architectura [...]
Historic Del Prado offers renovated Hyde Park apartments
The Del Prado, built in 1918, is one of a group of distinctive buildings that mark the gateway from Lake Shore Drive into Hyde Park in Chicago. Th [...]
The Del Prado’s terra cotta Native Americans
The exterior of the Del Prado Apartments in Hyde Park is distinguished by the Native American motifs of its extensive terra cotta detailing.
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Rolls-Royce resale prices elude Hyde Park’s Silver Cloud buyers
Silver Cloud in Hyde Park tried to cast itself as the Rolls-Royce of condo conversions with its allusive name and plans for a grille-shaped stainl [...]
Is greater Bronzeville a school desert?
There's been a great deal of attention paid to "food deserts" in Chicago, i.e. neighborhoods where fresh food is hard to find.
More worrisome f [...]
From the vault – faces along the bar in Hyde Park
My son Jordan recently completed the tedious task of transferring more than 50,000 of our archive photos from CDs to a hard drive to make them mor [...]
Sunrise at Solstice in Hyde Park?
When we last reported on Solstice on the Park, nearly a year ago, we noted that new listings had been entered in the MLS for a project that appear [...]
Chicago is losing its best real estate blogger
When Lockhart Steele told me he was moving forward with his twice-postponed Curbed Chicago launch I suggested he lock on to Mark Boyer, a former Y [...]
Hyde Park’s Regents Park reported sold
Crain's is reporting that New Jersey-based Antheus Capital has agreed to buy Regents Park, a 1,031 unit two-tower apartment complex on the lakefro [...]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House nominated as World Heritage site
Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House in Hyde Park is one of a number of Wright buildings nominated for inclusion on the United Nations World Heritage [...]
Mayor promises expedited U of C permits, endorses aldermanic shakedowns
If you'd hoped the change to a new mayor might lessen an alderman's ability to make irrelevant demands in connection with building permits, keep hopin [...]
First look: the Studio Gang apartments at Hyde Park’s Del Prado
If you've watched the earlier videos on the restoration of the exterior and grand public spaces at the Del Prado in Hyde Park, you may be shocked [...]
Rebuilding the Del Prado’s public spaces
Architect David Gwinn of the Silliman Group is overseeing the restoration of the old Del Prado hotel in Hyde Park and recently gave Joe Zekas a to [...]
Restoring the Del Prado, a Hyde Park classic
The Del Prado, built in 1918, is one of a group of distinctive buildings that mark the gateway from Lake Shore Drive into Hyde Park in Chicago. Th [...]
The view from Hyde Park’s Del Prado
The sun made a brief appearance just as I was wrapping up a sponsored video tour of the Del Prado apartments, which are currently undergoing renov [...]
Choice cuts: $90K for a lakefront two-bedroom in Hyde Park
A "M O T I V A T E D S E L L E R !!!" at Hyde Park's Parkshore Apartments, 1755 - 1765 E 55th St, is asking $89,900 for a fifth-floor two-bedroom [...]