Tag: North Side
Floor plans in focus: Different homes, same price at The Lofts at 1800
A lot of readers find their way to YoChicago in their search for info on the Kopley Group's Lofts at 1800, at 1800 W Grace St in North Center. It [...]
A one-of-a-kind Lincoln Park rowhouse at The Pointe
Over a span of 30 years, Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design. By the mid-Nineties, when The Pointe was built, ma [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks: 23 $1,000 reductions in 42 days for a Graceland West Victorian
OK, everybody in class stare at the single-family at 4023 N Paulina St. It obviously wants our attention, so we'll give it some.
In May this 6,400 [...]
A kid’s view of living in Lincoln Park
Nicholas Apostal grew up in Lincoln Park and attended Lincoln Park Elementary School (currently the city's best boundary-area elementary) and Franci [...]
Know your limits: Identifying the boundaries for Chicago’s top neighborhood elementary
Last week the Sun-Times published its 2010 report cards for public elementary, middle, and high schools in the Chicago area. The top seven public el [...]
A wide, light-filled Lincoln Park rowhouse
In the 1990s MCL Companies transformed the former site of Augustana Hospital into The Pointe, one of Lincoln Park's signature developments. The 150 [...]
The patient type: 877 days and counting at 2440 Lakeview
Are there no takers for this parkside home? That's OK, the sellers will wait. Unit 14A at the 2440 Lakeview co-op has been on the market for 877 conse [...]
New construction roundup: Lincoln Park single-families
"The high end real estate market in Lincoln Park is in constant motion," says Realtor Eric Rojas in a recent blog post about new infill construct [...]
Floor plans in focus: A 1,600 square-foot two-bedroom at 433 Briar in Lake View
The C-tier condos (PDF) at 433 Briar in Lake View are two-bedroom / 2.5-bath residences with 1,600 square feet. The plan features a wrap-around kitc [...]
The South Pond's new Nature Boardwalk
Join me on a quick walk around the new Nature Boardwalk ringing Lincoln Park's South Pond. [...]
Group tapped for Lathrop redevelopment
Related Midwest, Heartland Housing, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, Magellan Development Group, and Ardmore Associates will lead the multi-phase [...]
New to the market: A top-floor two-bedroom in Lincoln Park for $450K
You'll find today's new listing can be found on the top floor of this turreted 12-unit building at Altgeld Street and Lincoln Avenue. Ed Hester of D [...]
A Bucktown home in a "Walker's Paradise"
Realtor Jim Gramata's home at 2321 W McLean Ave gets a Walk Score of 92, high enough to be deemed a "Walker's Paradise." It's close enough to the We [...]
A brief look at Pulaski International School
Pulaski Fine Arts Academy, the neighborhood school located a few doors from Jim Gramata's Bucktown home, was known for years for its poor test score [...]
Baer Lofts returning at lower prices
The unsold units at Baer Lofts in Bucktown have started creeping back onto the market -- a couple showed up on the MLS in June, another in July, and n [...]
Pre-fire vintage in Lincoln Park for $1.74M
Is this the oldest Chicago home currently on the market? It's a Victorian single-family at 2029 N Seminary Ave that dates back to 1861, just 24 years [...]
Lincoln Park's "new civic jewel"
This morning Lynn Becker published the first part of a two-part reflection on Lincoln Park's South Pond and the new Studio Gang-designed Nature Boar [...]
Chopping block: $100,000 trimmed over 18 months at 3300 North Lake Shore condo
Unit 5C at 3300 North Lake Shore has been on the market since April 1, 2009. In the year and a half since, Realtor Mike Liska has adjusted the hom [...]
The appeal of Roscoe Village
Midway through our walk around his latest listing, I asked Eric Rojas to set the scene for any viewers who aren't familiar with Roscoe Village. Here [...]
The bedrooms of a Roscoe Village duplex
In an earlier segment from our video tour through 2049 W Addison St #1, Eric Rojas and I at the the living spaces on the duplex's main level. Here, [...]