Author: Joe Zekas
The faces of Bucktown and Wicker Park
The Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce has its view of neighborhood faces.
And YoChicago has its view of Wicker Park and Bucktown faces and p [...]
Chicago is not very bubbly
When it comes to risk of a housing price collapse, Chicago barely manages to tie Atlanta for 28th place among the nation's 50 largest metro areas.
At [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
Count down the days until this glorious shrine goes ugly on us.
It will be beautiful again. Just wait till next year.
If you've got the ugly build [...]
Beam me down, Scotty. I want a condo.
A Google Earth image, clearly showing the phone number to call at River City condos - but at what terrestrial code? [...]
Suburban name trivia question
Which Chicago suburb takes its name from being the dump site for dirt from the 1893 Columbian Exposition? [...]
Watch the ads for the real story?
Most of our pages have ads from Google in the left column, and Google's first-take ad match on our posts is always intriguing.
The second ad that cam [...]
Podmajersky talks Pilsen
Admire him or hate him, he's a man who made a difference.
Google Video has a fascinating half-hour of an 80-year old John Podmajersky talking about [...]
Truly strange real estate videos
Would you like to watch a video of a mortgage broker / real estate agent reading a census report for ZIP code 60614?
Daniel Sullivan thinks you wou [...]
Phrases we hate – Active Adult
When you turn 55 you join the ranks of what real estate marketers are calling "Active Adults." Until then you are, presumably, an Inactive Adult.
The [...]
Help these kids find an apartment
They're looking to move into a 3-bedroom in Lincoln Park or DePaul. More info at Twentysometings - Back from college, a YoChicago first-person jour [...]
Sunday, Sunday, the little bastards fun day
If you're scratching for ideas, and low on funds, there's always the repeat visit to Navy Pier.
Hit the freebies: the Smith Museum of Stained Glass ( [...]
A fresh take on Chicago architecture
Yo's looking for a few brave, wise, witty and unpaid volunteers to toss some brickbats and bouquets at the architects who brighten and blight our envi [...]
Chicago truck stop
As seen on Google Earth. Can anyone identify the location? [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Tonight we're headed to Yo Chicago's neighborhood photo galleries for Loop, Irving Park and South Shore (samples below).
Loop
Irvin [...]
Friday, Friday is why-oh-why-oh-why day
Why won't mice wear mittens? Tell me why oh why?
Why does Uptown have so many neighborhood names?
Just a sampler: Andersonville South, Argyle Street [...]
