Tag: Web sites
The courtyards of Rogers Park
Larry Shure, a preservation planner with the City of Chicago, has begun a fascinating project cataloging and categorizing the courtyard buildings [...]
How to keep up with Chicago real estate news
Several times a day we scan the news feeds from 100s of local, regional and national news sources and flag the items that merit your attention on [...]
A creative Ravenswood short-seller builds a Web site
One of our frequent visitors sent along a link to a Web site that he's built to promote the sale of his condo at Ravenswood Court, 4514 N Ashland [...]
Quote of the day – Excuse Mark from this nonsense
A few commenters have chimed in at Curbed on its "Chicago's hottest brokers" contest, and they're not happy about what they see.
Commenter untitled [...]
Chicago’s best real estate news roundups
Throughout the day, every day, YoChicago monitors feeds from 100s of local, regional and national blogs and news sites and flags and categorizes t [...]
Airbnb – illegal short-term rentals galore
A current New York Times article focuses on owners who rent out their apartments – or one or more bedrooms – to strangers on a short-term basis.
Ac [...]
Humboldt Park, real estate sites and the real world
Real estate brokerage sites typically feature upbeat overviews of Chicago's neighborhoods. The articles often appear to have been authored on a lo [...]
Chicago’s must-read real estate sites
YoChicago aggregates real estate and neighborhood news stories that are relevant to Chicagoans from 100s of local, regional and national news sources [...]
Will the new Lakeshore East apartment tower block Aqua’s views?
If you want to stay current on news about Chicago high-rise developments, the SkyscraperCity High-rise Development News forum is a must-visit. Th [...]
Easter open house warning
If you're planning to visit open houses on Easter Sunday, pay careful attention to the dates on open house listings.
Several broker sites are s [...]
Chicago photos that’ll blow you away
Chick, Saul Bellow’s persona in Ravelstein, wonders whether death is the time when the pictures might stop, and suggests an answer:
I wonder if [...]
Quote of the day: the hate at CribChatter
Over at CribChatter, Sabrina speculates about the reasons for what commenters perceive as a recent increase in the number of hateful, racist and anti- [...]
Are smaller lakefront condos headed for decline?
Recently, at sites where the wishful-thinkers don their blinkers and gather to blather about the future of Chicago’s lakefront market, there’s been a [...]
Loft post was YoChicago’s most viewed
Back in October of 2007, when then-editor Barry Pearce wondered whether loft condo design in recent developments was stylish or ‘super crappy’ he [...]
Curbed Cup scandals, NY and Chicago editions
Curbed New York discovered ballot-stuffing in its Curbed Cup matchup between Park Slope and Roosevelt Island.
In Chicago, Uptown surpassed Ri [...]
Toll Brothers, Glenview and CribChatter
Google Analytics tells us that many of our readers also visit CribChatter, and many of their readers visit YoChicago. We have very different appro [...]
Unfortunate headline of the day
From the Wall Street Journal.
Housing project goes dark [...]
Ravenswood and Montrose in Hyde Park?
Move.com recently rolled out a revamp of its rental search, and the site apparently has a few kinks to work out.
Silver Clouds (sic) Apartments [...]
The Curbed sensibility – That’s rather hideous
In general we’ve been thrilled with Curbed’s arrival in Chicago. In general.
Some aspects of Curbed’s sensibility do not, to my way of thinking, tr [...]
Welcome to a new YoChicago
Our new format, we hope, makes it easier for you to access YoChicago’s wealth of videos, photos and articles about Chicago homes, apartments and neigh [...]