Author: Joe Zekas
Waiting on the 37th anniversary for Block 37
It's nearing the silver anniversary of the day I sold the leaning office tower on Block 37 that I owned for a split-second. Older Chicagoans will reme [...]
Chicago on YouTube.com
Not ready for prime time video - and that's part of the attraction. Flash required, broadband recommended.
Chicago street beat — a don't miss o [...]
The daily Joeff
Photo by Joeff Davis
Several readers have complained about the previous title of this feature.
Readers, thy will be done. We've washed the offens [...]
Where the rats are
Bucktown, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park and Lake View are the hot spots for rat infestation, according to today's RedEye.
I guess that's what happens w [...]
Hey, how about your own gap?
Minding the Gap, An Assessment of Racial Disparity In Metropolitan Chicago (PDF file) is a 2003 study from the Jane Addams Hull House Association.
Th [...]
A segregated restroom?
One has to wonder whether use of this portable facility is limited to the Irish construction workers who build much of Lake View's new housing. [...]
The message from Central Lake View
I'm puzzled by the Central Lake View Merchants Association's street banners along Belmont and Sheffield. They're the only ones I've ever seen in Ch [...]
West Lakeview drive-by drive-thru?
I don't know about you, but I've never seen a drive-thru florist before this one.
The sign (above) in the window of Floral Bazaar, 2960 W. Belmont, [...]
Tough love for Rogers Park
In Chicago, we love our neighborhoods.
Some of us show it in the form of "tough love." Check out the "Broken Heart" of Rogers Park. [...]
New-home sales slip, fall, spring leaks, slump, weaken, erode
Your head will spin from a dizzying array of metaphors as Crain's Chicago Business surveys the state of the new construction market in Chicago.
The t [...]