As you probably noticed, Mark and I spent the past few weeks catching up on some of the larger residential projects underway on the South Side. We've blogged about those on YoChicago, and in the August issue of New Homes, we recap some of those findings for our print audience. You can read that story here or pick up a copy of the magazine at any of these locations after Thursday.

There's an animal in all of us, but I swear I can see a few on this facade as well. Be the first to name the neighborhood of the house that drives me bananas and win a Yo yo-yo or a lady's Yo t-shirt.

I was the kid on the right. Still am, actually, just a bit taller. I can't tell you how many things I run into while walking and reading. I've got the bruises to prove it! Be the first to name the neighborhood where this sculpture stands and win a Yo yo-yo.

Use the clues in this photo to identify the neighborhood pictured.  The first to identify it will receive a Yo yo-yo or a ladies' Yo t-shirt.

Not very many people outside of Chicago think of it as a "water city." That's a shame since we have the nation's largest municipal harbor system. Be the first to name the neighborhood of this lazy helmsman and win a ladies' Yo t-shirt or a Yo yo-yo.

Joe Askins and Joe Zekas of YoChicago took a new construction tour of Bridgeport on Monday with two great tour guides. Dave Samber, a friend of more than 30 years, is the proprietor of Bridgeport's Polo Café & Catering and a nearly 25-year resident of Bridgeport. Dave's Shark Veracruz recently won a Best of Taste of Chicago award. Our second guide, Donna Murray of Gordon Realty, was born and raised in Bridgeport and never left.

Part four of our new construction tour of Bridgeport begins with chatter about a back yard body and an at-home bowling alley and proeeds to a leisurely drive along Halsted Street.

The first three parts of our Bridgeport tour can be found on our Bridgeport channel at YouTube.

Anyone know the status of this high-profile corner?

Be the first to name the neighborhood where Yo gazed down and win your choice of a Yo yo-yo or ladies' Yo t-shirt.

Eleanor, Hillock, Lock, Short, Senour. These are streets whose names you've likely never heard and almost certainly never traversed.

They're found in Old Bridgeport, the gritty, formerly industrial area bounded by the Dan Ryan and Stevenson Expressways, Archer Ave and the Chicago River – and boast a surprising volume of newly-built homes and an unsurprising number of Bridgeport loyalists.

Joe Askins and Joe Zekas of YoChicago took a new construction tour of Bridgeport yesterday with two great tour guides. Dave Samber, a friend of more than 30 years, is the proprietor of Bridgeport's Polo Café & Catering and a nearly 25-year resident of Bridgeport. Dave's Shark Veracruz recently won a Best of Taste of Chicago award. Our second guide, Donna Murray of Gordon Realty, was born and raised in Bridgeport and never left.

Dave and Donna show us around Old Bridgeport in this third part of our tour. The first and second parts can be found on our Bridgeport channel at YouTube.

Bridgeport is a place where newcomers come and go, and old-timers stay and stay. And stay. And know their begats.

This afternoon Joe Askins and I took a new construction tour of Bridgeport with two great guides. Dave Samber, a friend of more than 30 years, is the proprietor of Bridgeport's Polo Café & Catering and a nearly 25-year resident of Bridgeport. Dave's Shark Veracruz recently won a Best of Taste of Chicago award. Our second guide, Donna Murray of Gordon Realty, was born and raised in Bridgeport and "never left."

In this first part of our tour Dave and Donna show us around the eastern stretch of Bridgeport that the locals fondly call "Bridgeport Heights," and introduce us to a bit of the culture of Bridgeport.

We'll be posting more of our tour as the week progresses.

Scrolls, studs, baskets and cherubs, these entrances are peppered with Classical references. All that's missing are the togas. Be the first to name the neighborhood that would make Julius Caesar grin and win a ladies' Yo t-shirt.