Tag: South Shore

Is $14,500 the right price for a 3-bedroom in Terror Town?

Is $14,500 the right price for a 3-bedroom in Terror Town?

Unit 1S at 7708 S Essex Ave is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath duplex that's listed as 3,300 square feet and described as "completely remodeled with all stain [...]
South Shore squatters meet the world’s largest junk removal truck

South Shore squatters meet the world’s largest junk removal truck

The boom in foreclosures has contributed to the growth of a number of businesses that deal with the conditions found at foreclosed properties. It [...]
Jackson Park Highlands, a historic model neighborhood

Jackson Park Highlands, a historic model neighborhood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48fnF_S3yLI In 1905, the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood was commissioned as a model community featuring some of [...]
Price drops 44% in 14 days on Jackson Park Highlands home

Price drops 44% in 14 days on Jackson Park Highlands home

Talk about rapid-fire price reductions … The 5-bedroom, 3-bath home at 6710 S Euclid Ave in Jackson Park Highlands came on the market November [...]
What snow? Day sees plenty of new listings

What snow? Day sees plenty of new listings

The market marches on -- at noon, Redfin showed 139 homes listed since midnight. On the high end, there's a five-bedroom / four-bath triplex at [...]
City sending wrecking ball to South Shore’s ‘white elephant’

City sending wrecking ball to South Shore’s ‘white elephant’

Built for a then-hefty $9 million, South Shore High was planned to be "a pace-setter for the city," according to a 1968 Tribune story. The archite [...]
McCaffery opens marketing center for US Steel redevelopment

McCaffery opens marketing center for US Steel redevelopment

“This will change the entire face of the South Side, which now has the perception as not being a nice place to go. I saw a map the other day, a ba [...]
Kamin: More Chicago, less Virginia for South Works, please

Kamin: More Chicago, less Virginia for South Works, please

Trib columnist Blair Kamin digs the broad strokes of the South Works redevelopment plan but hopes developer McCaffrey Interests and architect Antuno [...]
South Shore bungalows going green

South Shore bungalows going green

The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association is putting the finishing touches on a fully renovated green model bungalow at 7622 S Cregier Ave in South [...]
Quick hits: South Works proposal is a go

Quick hits: South Works proposal is a go

The City Council has approved McCaffery Interests' plan for a whole lot o' condos, apartments, and retail spaces at the old US Steel South Works sit [...]
Zoning Committee OKs South Works plan

Zoning Committee OKs South Works plan

“We’re talking about developing a city here, with new schools, roadways, infrastructure, transportation. This area is larger than the Loop.” - Alde [...]
Touring South Shore: High schools and heavyweights

Touring South Shore: High schools and heavyweights

The Nation of Islam's presence in South Shore has been so significant that, as a child, Jeff Heilbrunn's wife played around with the Fruit of Islam [...]
Touring South Shore: bungalows and block clubs

Touring South Shore: bungalows and block clubs

Jeff Heilbrunn wrote the book on block clubs. Literally. These neighborhood organizations have existed for decades, but Jeff, with the help of Build [...]
Touring South Shore: Terror Town's troubles

Touring South Shore: Terror Town's troubles

For South Shore to rebound, someone will have address the problems of "Terror Town," an area plagued with boarded-up buildings and open-air drug mar [...]
Touring South Shore: Life on the lakefront

Touring South Shore: Life on the lakefront

Even with the economic hurdles South Shore will have to clear in the coming years, there's still a lot to envy about the neighborhood, including its [...]
Touring South Shore: A neighborhood native's first trip to the old Country Club

Touring South Shore: A neighborhood native's first trip to the old Country Club

If you don't know much about South Shore's history, you might be surprised to learn that a neighborhood native like Jeff Heilbrunn had never been in [...]
Touring South Shore, Part 1: History and the Highlands

Touring South Shore, Part 1: History and the Highlands

Our link to RedEye's "next hot 'hood" article generated a lot of comments, some of which touched on the present and future of the South Shore on the [...]
Crain's: City mulls TIF for South Works site

Crain's: City mulls TIF for South Works site

The city's Community Development Commission this afternoon is considering a tax increment financing district for the first phase of the 530-acre South [...]
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