Author: alison
Wabash Avenue to get a Botox shot
Wabash Avenue, the ugly stepsister of Michigan Avenue and State Street, is headed for the spa.
In spring, the metalwork of the overhanging el statio [...]
We've been around the Block 37 too many times
After many long years the city was finally daring to hope that Block 37 would flower into the promised land of 108 North State Street, with hotels, re [...]
Getting into the Park
Rare condo conversions selling while luxury resales linger in Lincoln Park
Margot Huston was visiting her son at his rental apartment in the vintage h [...]
The North Branch as a neighborhood…
We can see why some people are raving about the North Branch of the Chicago River as a nice place to live.
While people are referring to the new dev [...]
When will Uptown rival downtown?
When is Uptown going to really regain its buzz? Yes, we know it's starting to get more expensive around there but really, with the lake so close by an [...]
Endangered species: the Chicago back yard
With all the condo construction running amok across Chicago it was nice to have a rare sighting of a dog playing in a spacious backyard.
This picture [...]
Lincoln Park: luxury homes and homeless shelters
You just never know what is around the corner in Lincoln Park and money can't necessarily buy freedom of mind, it seems. A storm is brewing just a bl [...]
Teachers and cops moving to McKinley Park
We mentioned the other day that loft developments are shifting west to neighborhoods like Avondale because downtown land prices are so expensive and t [...]
Lincoln Park's Emerald City
YoChicago took a breather and sat down next to the Tin Man in Lincoln Park's Oz Park the other day after spending an hour or so gawking at the starter [...]
The good burghers (and yuppies and aging fratboys) of Lincoln Park
Just when we thought Lincoln Park had ventured beyond gentrification straight into la-la land (multimillion dollar homes, restaurants with cell phone [...]
One Gouletas blessed by Lincoln Park, the other must be hoping for a miracle
We've been wondering what were the topics of conversation around the dinnertable at Thanksgiving at the Gouletas family home. The elder Nicholas Goule [...]
Avondale worries about yuppies in lofts
When you stand at the intersection of West Belmont Avenue and North Pulaski Road in Avondale it feels like the calm before the storm. On one side of B [...]
Chicago loft dresses in designer label
If we see yet another granite countertop and cherry cabinet combo in a new-construction housing unit (cue picture of boring granite counter), we're go [...]
Millennium Park area gets another condo highrise
Maybe the city needs to designate Millennium Park an actual neighborhood rather than a mere green space, judging by the seismic boom in residential de [...]
Photographer Joeff Davis' exhibition opens tonight
For a unique and insightful perspective on some of the leading political figures of our time get along to New Homes Magazine photographer Joeff Davis' [...]
Chicago lofts – survival of the hottest
We knew that first-home buyers made up a large proportion of the loft market, but after checking out dozens of ads on Web sites for loft developments [...]
Chicago art gallery gets some loft units upstairs
How would you like to come home to this guy every night (see right)? He's the inspiration for a new loft condo/art gallery project in the West Loop.
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Live/work lofts making a comeback in Chicago
Back in the day, the loft evolved as a housing style for struggling young artists who needed an affordable space that doubled as a studio and a home. [...]
The changing face of North Sheffield Avenue
The stretch of North Sheffield Avenue between Belmont and Wellington is transforming before our eyes. Within the next couple of years there will be 12 [...]
Chicago lofts get softer and keep selling
Chicago developers like to say that they can judge a loft development's potential for success by how horrified the buyer's parents are when they see i [...]