Tag: North Side
A newer 3-bedroom, 3 ½ bath duplex in Lakeview East
The 3-unit building at 619 W Surf in Lakeview East was built just several years ago but has all-new kitchens and baths, and many features have bee [...]
An insider’s look at Logan Square and Palmer Square
A great way to learn about real estate in a Chicago neighborhood is to hop in the car and drive around it with a real estate agent who lives there [...]
From the archives – a defunct Lakeview East high-rise
Five years ago today Jim Letchinger of JDL Development Corp was touting plans for a 24-story high-rise at 541 W Cornelia in Lakeview East. Constru [...]
Large, updated apartments in Lakeview East
The mid-century modern buildings of the 60s and 70s have a great advantage over newer buildings: large apartments with excellent closet space.
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Buckingham Lofts, great living close to Wrigley Field
Step outside the front door of Buckingham Lofts, 865-867 W Buckingham in Lakeview Central, and you're confronted by an incredible array of shoppin [...]
From Yo’s archives – Bucktown’s elementary schools
Five years ago today we featured a video on the paradox of Bucktown elementary schools.
The paradox or, more accurately, the anomaly? Bucktown' [...]
A remarkable new 5-bedroom a half-block from Hamlin Park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkZQPUUpuFE
A few years from now newcomers to this part of the North Center neighborhood, just south of Roscoe Villa [...]
How to enjoy a rainy day in a Chicago apartment
Planned Property Management, one of our sponsors, continues to explore the ways in which video can engage an audience of renters and tell a story [...]
An extra-wide Bucktown home close to Holstein Park
The 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 2060 N Oakley is unusual in a number of respects in its $1.3M price range in Bucktown.
For starters, it sits on [...]
Check out Yo’s new Lincoln Park High-rise Guide
We've just published the latest in our series of Guide pages – A guide to high-rise living in Lincoln Park.
If you're trying to get a grip on [...]
New Montana rowhouses on the market in Lincoln Park
When we last looked in on the 1500 block of Montana in Lincoln Park it was being marketed as up to 14 individual lots, with 50-foot combination lo [...]
A wide, bright Ravenswood townhome under $400K
Most townhomes are long and narrow and face either east or west, resulting in an environment that can too often seem cramped and dark.
The spac [...]
From the $230s to $4 million on one of Chicago’s best blocks
At 2:00 in the video I pause in front of 2333 N Cleveland and reminisce about its asking price in 1978 - $235,000, as I recall. The home is today' [...]
Scenes from Churchill Park’s DFA
A DFA, for those among you unfamiliar with the acronym, is a "dog friendly area." Judging by the sign at the Churchill Park DFA in Bucktown, howev [...]
Needing a lot less dough for Domain 1700 in Bucktown
When YoChicago first wrote about Domain 1700, back in August of 2010, six homes in the Bucktown development were offered for sale at prices rangin [...]
Great expressway access, very motivated Bucktown seller
Separate listings offer 1843 N Marshfield Ave in Bucktown as a 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath custom home for $789,000, and as a vacant lot for $339,000. Bot [...]
Was Common Sense Lofts the city’s first loft condo conversion?
Last Friday Cribchatter featured a unit at 2435 N Sheffield Ave, the Common Sense Lofts.
The 12-unit building takes its name from the Common Se [...]
From Yo’s archives – The Lofts at Lakeview Collection
When we first wrote about The Lofts at Lakeview Collection, almost five years ago to the day, groundbreaking was scheduled for the summer and deli [...]
A cold wind blows at 2930 North Sheridan
Five years ago YoChicago was writing about the recently-announced condo conversion at 2930 North Sheridan, in Lake View. We revisited the developm [...]
A block from Roscoe Village, killer-priced new 3 and 4-bedrooms
Noah Properties may well be the hottest-selling developer on Chicago's North Side. Its detailed-to-the-max single-family homes and condos have bee [...]