Author: barry pearce
Residents protest $45M development planned for South Side's Carney Gardens
This is the first we've heard of the $45 million mixed-use development planned by Royce Messner for the South Side neighborhood of Carney Gardens. In [...]
Comment of the day: old Uptown speakeasy should be resurrected as bar
Our photo post on the Uptown Broadway Building, at Leland and Broadway, prompted an entertaining insider's view from Commenter "Why require when I [...]
Bringing sexy back on Broadway
While we're on the subject of Uptown buildings, we recently noticed sexy black netting on two classic Uptown buildings under renovation. The wildl [...]
New Belmont Army a cool addition in Lake View
No one is too thrilled with the construction underway on CTA el tracks, but there have been some positive side effects, such as Belmont Army Surplus [...]
Comment of the day: Uptown's new Aldi could have been better
"In terms of the parking, the new Aldi is street friendly. In terms of creating a pedestrian-friendly street it ain't. Notice how the entrance is actu [...]
Quote of the day: grand South Works plans malleable
"There is a sense with everybody that this is somewhat malleable."
-- Daniel McCaffery, president of McCaffery Interests on plans to build more than [...]
Seniors housing project missed opportunity on refurbished Irving Park Road
So, you don't expect a seniors housing development called the Martha Washington to be especially innovative, exciting or even interesting. Still, I [...]
Scenes from Uptown
New condominiums in Uptown, conveniently located next to the Tattoo Factory, 4441 N Broadway St. [...]
New Aldi opens at Wilson Yard
The one piece of the mixed-use Wilson Yard project in Uptown that has moved to completion is the relocation of the old Aldi store on Broadway to a n [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Mondrian Hotel coming to Gold Coast?
Mondrian Hotel proposed for Gold Coast Crain's
Fox & Obel might take South Loop site Sun-Times
Center on Halsted opening today Chicagoist
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Explore South Shore housing, history on Jackson Park Highlands day
And while you're checking out our Flickr photo set for South Shore, you also might want to peruse this New Homes Magazine feature story on the large [...]
Can Jarvis development jump the el tracks?
The 1500 block of Jarvis Avenue, in Rogers Park, is a study in contrasts. East of the el, a pocket of new businesses is thriving -- coffee shop, del [...]
Evanston's loss is Lincoln Square's gain – Trattoria Trullo opening
The large space formerly occupied by G.P. Franklin's, at 4767 N Lincoln Ave, in Lincoln Square, finally has been filled. Trattoria Trullo, a souther [...]
Preservationist spotted in Lake View
Driving west on Belmont this afternoon, we suffered a bout of existential angst. Not sure why. [...]
Work in progress: new $1M Ravenswood rowhomes a solid addition
As we pointed out in an earlier post on Mangan Builders' Wolcott and Sunnyside Rowhomes, the attached brick homes are a welcome addition to a corner [...]
Ravenswood Buddhist temple gets dressed up for the weekend
We're not sure if this was a Memorial Day celebration or what, but the Truc Lam Temple, a Buddhist place of worship at Wilson and Ashland avenues, o [...]
What does it take to build a new Chicago neighborhood from scratch?
Most Chicago neighborhoods grow and die piecemeal — old buildings get new uses, condos sprout as shuttered storefronts slide into decay. Chang [...]
Stunning Monastery Hill Bindery building holds off the hordes on Belmont
Every time we drove by the stunner of a building at 1751 W Belmont Ave, in what used to be Lake View's Antique Row, we wondered what went on there a [...]
River North – Gold Coast South, or WI Dells II?
No, that's not a photo from a strip club above, although the distinction might be academic in the case of Coyote Ugly, 316 W Erie St, one of many sc [...]
Lissner: downtown sales keeping pace with new units so far in '07
Recent headlines proclaimed that compared to the first quarter of '06, only half as many condos sold downtown during the first quarter of this year, b [...]