Tag: South Side
More video faves from 2009
Here are three more of our most-viewed videos from 2009:
A tour of Parkside of Old Town and Cabrini-Green
Trump Tower, from the Chicago Riverwalk
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Quote of the day: South Side speculation
"I think there's probably going to be a lot of speculation going on in some of these lower income neighborhoods where the property values declined to [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: South Triangle
The area we call the South Triangle is big enough to contain several South Side "neighborhoods for the rest of us." Within the boundaries of the Dan [...]
Sampling transit-friendly homes in Beverly and Morgan Park
Now that you've seen all of my Beverly / Morgan Park drive-around with Marcia Walsh, let's look at some of the homes for sale in both neighborhoods. [...]
The Walter Burley Griffin homes of Beverly
The final segment of my Beverly and Morgan Park drive-around features the homes of Griffin Place (formerly 103rd Place), site of the largest concent [...]
Exploring the variety of Beverly's homes
Part 4 of my driving tour through Beverly and Morgan Park with Marcia Walsh showcases the variety of home styles that line the neighborhoods' street [...]
Out of the city and into the woods: Driving Beverly's residential streets
Plant a newcomer down amidst the winding roads and rolling lawns of Beverly, and she'd have a hard time identifying the neighborhood as a part of Ch [...]
The retail heart of Beverly and Morgan Park
In the second segment from my video tour of Beverly and Morgan Park, I ride along with Marcia Walsh of the Beverly Area Planning Association down on [...]
Touring Beverly and Morgan Park, Part I
Two years ago, Joe Zekas shared footage of a leisurely Saturday drive through North Beverly on our YouTube channel. YoChicago hasn't paid many visit [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Arizona
With an eastern boundary of South Avenue K, few Chicago neighborhoods boast a closer proximity to the Indiana border than Arizona, also known as The [...]
Quote of the day – it's not a museum
From a recent Tribune article:
No, it's not a museum, at least not in the sense of a brick-and-mortar edifice housing exhibits. But few museums could [...]
Plugging Auburn Gresham's grocery gap
For a "food desert" like Auburn Gresham, the arrival of a new Aldi grocery store is a reason for celebration. This morning I drove down to the South [...]
The nearly news: high-end Bronzeville
The most expensive home for sale in Bronzeville today is 3443 S Indiana St, built in 2007. This five-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home, markete [...]
Finding new developments in Bronzeville and North Kenwood
Earlier this week, Clarence Thompson of Coldwell Banker took me around Bronzeville in Chicago's South Side, with a short visit to a street in North [...]
Humboldt Park's "historical memory"
On Friday participants of LISC/Chicago's New Communities Program took Adolfo Carrion Jr, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy, [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: Grand Crossing
Spend more than a minute Googling “Greater Grand Crossing,” and you’ll surely come across stories of a terrible train wreck at the intersection of t [...]
A very bad day for Pullman
The opening day of last year's Pullman / Roseland Parade of Homes was, according to the residents I interviewed there, "a great day for Pullman."
T [...]
The nearly news: what a million bucks gets you in Bridgeport
When Realtors guide a real estate reporter around their neighborhood, they're bound to pass a couple of their listings. The home at 2633 S Farrell A [...]
Bridgeport: solid roots hoping to branch out
During our tour of Bridgeport last week, Nicole and Joe Pusateri of Bricks Realty took me to a local hardware store that exemplifies the personality [...]
Thousands of new homes planned for Pullman
The non-profit development arm of Park National Bank hopes to build as many as 3,000 new single-family homes, townhouses and low-rises on 138 acres in [...]