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Ukrainian Village
With the recent demise of EveryBlock, Facebook is becoming a more active venue for sharing neighborhood information. Check out the very active (nearly 1,400 members) Ukrainian Village Neighborhood Watch Group, for example, to stay informed on events, shots fired, burglaries, gang graffiti and more. The group, which is closed and requires an invite, covers Ukrainian ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on April 10, 2013
About a year ago the inventory of MLS-listed downtown Chicago rentals reached stasis and we stopped tracking it on a weekly basis. A correspondent’s suggestion that the market for MLS-listed rentals was a lot softer this year than at the same time last year prompted us to do an updated tally. The data don’t lend ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 28, 2013
If you do a Google search for the Chicago neighborhood that TimeOut calls the Grand Avenue Corridor you won’t find many results. And you won’t find any solid guidance as to the neighborhood’s boundaries. The March 14 issue of TimeOut offers some teaser clues to the neighborhood’s location: Advantages Close to Randolph Street restaurants; easy ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 18, 2013
Noah Properties has been one of Chicago’s best-selling developers the past several years. The six 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath single-family homes that Noah has under construction in the 2000 block of Erie have all been sold prior to completion. At the time of this video none of the Ukrainian Village homes was even completely framed ...
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Posted by sponsored post on December 11, 2012
Noah Properties has had a run of quick-selling hits lately. Its latest, a 4-bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home at 658 N Oakley in Ukrainian Village, is on a southwest corner lot. It has Noah Properties’ signature touches, including a showplace kitchen, large windows, an oversized master bath, and a light, bright finished lower level with ...
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Posted by sponsored post on April 9, 2012
The 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home nearing completion at 658 N Oakley in Ukrainian Village is another distinctive home from Noah Properties, a builder who’s had a run of quick-selling hits lately. The home is on a southwest corner lot walking distance of food shopping, restaurants and public transportation. It has Noah Properties’ signature touches, ...
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Posted by sponsored post on March 5, 2012
What’s the most commonly misspelled Chicago neighborhood? It’s not Lake View. The neighborhood’s official name is spelled as two words, but the more common usage, even at the city’s official tourism site, is Lakeview as one word. The purists may not like it, but it’s become acceptable. It’s not Montclare either. You’ll find it spelled ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on November 25, 2011
Thirteen Chicago homes at which we’ve shot video recently are open for viewing on Sunday, May 22. Preview the homes in our videos, then head out to your favorites. Check back often at YoChicago, or search our video page, for a closer look at the places, spaces and faces that make Chicago a great place ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 21, 2011
A dramatic floating staircase, soaring through 4 levels, is one of the highlights of this new single-family home at 2034 W Superior St, in Ukrainian Village. The home was just about to go live in the MLS as I was visiting, but buyers were already on the scene, admiring the high-style, distinctive finishes and open ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on May 14, 2011
Here are four more sites of new-construction condos in the West Town community area. (See yesterday’s roundup here.) 1414 W Grand Ave: Unit 3, a three-bedroom / 2.5-bath condo priced at $579,000. Features a duplex floor plan; an island kitchen with mocha cabinetry, quartz countertops, and an espresso machine; a private roof deck; and garage ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on September 28, 2010
During our brief walk down Division Street earlier this month, Eric Rojas and I stopped a couple times, once near Moonshine at Division and Marion and again near the Milk & Honey Cafe between Wolcott and Winchester, to talk more about Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, and the greater West Town community area from a real ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on September 27, 2010
These four condos are some of the newest you’ll find in the West Town community area. Check back tomorrow morning for listing from four more West Town addresses. 730 N Ada St (above left): Unit PH-E, a three-bedroom / 2.5-bath condo with 2,400 square feet, priced at $599,000. Designed by Studio Dwell Architects; slated for ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on September 27, 2010
Wicker Park and Ukie Village kids don’t get up early unless they have to, so don’t expect the Do-Division Street Fest and Sidewalk Sale to really get going before 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Open houses usually start popping up around 11 a.m., though, so if you’re hunting for a home near Division Street, you ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on June 4, 2010
View Redfin’s “West Park” boundaries in a larger map In the process of compiling of Redfin‘s sales data for North Side neighborhoods, I stumbled across this: a neighborhood page, complete with recent sales info, for a place called “West Park.” “West Park” must be shorthand for “West Wicker Park,” which Realtors and apartment agents still ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on May 4, 2010
Every Friday we record the number of condos, townhomes, and single-families listed for rent in 14 Chicago ZIP codes. This week I thought I’d give one of those ZIPs a closer look. The 60622 ZIP code comprises all of Wicker Park and the East Village, Bucktown east of Damen Avenue, Humboldt Park east of Kedzie ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on March 12, 2010
This segment from Joe’s Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti touches on a variety of topics related to residential and commercial real estate, from the redevelopment of major thoroughfares in Bucktown, Wicker Park, and Ukrainian Village (“North Avenue’s gone crazy, Damen’s gone crazy, Milwaukee is up and happening, Division is one of the hottest areas ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 11, 2010
Here’s a real-life scenario I encountered this morning. A friend of mine is looking for an apartment for the first time in a couple of years, and she wanted to know where she could look for homes outside of Craigslist. She wants to live in Bucktown, Wicker Park, or Ukrainian Village, she needs two bedrooms, ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 5, 2010
It’s not enough to compare one home in Roscoe Village to all the others in the neighborhood. As buyers on the North Side focus more on price point, Realtor Jenny Ames finds herself pulling together comps from as far north as Andersonville and as far south as Ukrainian Village. In this video, she talks about ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on October 25, 2009
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