Author: kate hawley
Welcome to South Triangle Week
No, South Triangle isn't a place where planes mysteriously disappear. It's what we're calling the wedge of the South Side between I-94, the Skyway a [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Ward's building sold
Ward's building sold for $300 million Crain's
Firm buys 420-unit apt. building Globe St.
Get a condo on YouTube Chicagoist
30 W Oak progressing [...]
Designing your week: SOM's Jessica Mondo on living green
Jessica Mondo of Chicago architecture giant Skidmore, Owings and Merrill will discuss how residential high-rise dwellers can live green and save on en [...]
Comment of the day: sucking in '07
"Generally speaking, developments that suck will suck in 2007. Generally speaking, the farther from downtown you get, the more it will suck in 2007. [...]
Quote of the day: time to put a cap on permit parking
"We all pay for the curb. We pay for the cement, the asphalt, the labor that went into it. For a resident to think they can turn it into a private par [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Farwell Building face-lift OK'd
Farwell Building face-lift OK'd Trib
Aurora's East Bank project gets bigger Globe St.
54,000 Chicago-area homeowners behind on mortgages Sun-Times [...]
Canyon Ranch Living-Chicago to launch sales in April
Canyon Ranch Living-Chicago, a branch of the the Arizona-based resort and wellness center, will open a sales center in mid-April, according to Kerry [...]
Urban Green Project tackles a Chicago two-flat
Green Grumbles, the blog for the Urban Green Project, has a batch of new entries this week. The site chronicles the transformation of a more than 100- [...]
Ripped from the headlines: final plans for the Chicago Spire to be revealed
Kamin: final Spire plans to be revealed Trib
Condos near Millennium Park to be completed Crain's
Haithcock promises to stall X/O, again Chicago Jo [...]
Six-flat at 2414 W Grenshaw nearing completion
Since we're on a 360-degree VR kick lately, we thought we'd show you these shots of 2414 W Grenshaw, a Pappageorge / Haymes-designed six-flat develo [...]
Fidelity National Title speaks four new languages
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company today launched four new Web sites in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese, says spokesperson Mary Placido [...]
Comment of the day: who needs all that parking?
"I like when buildings have fewer parking spots than total units—it reminds us all that not everyone living downtown needs a car, and the market [...]
Quote of the day: benefits of Olympic plan unclear for South Side
"We think that this bid to host the Olympics is just local politicians and their financial interests dancing around the real issues: Chicago has no pl [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Bridgeport Village files for bankruptcy
Bridgeport Village files for bankruptcy Trib
Fight over Farwell Building set for tomorrow Gapers Block
Sellers try online auctions in slow market [...]
A (literally) moving tribute to Chicago's Elks Memorial
Several blogs, including Edward Lifson's New Modernist and Gaper's Block, have recently highlighted the work of commercial photographer Robert Harshm [...]
Quote of the day: history in the rubble
"It is a sad thing to see a part of history laying in rubble and you can't retrieve it."
- Judy Barclay of Citizens United to Retain Residential Bal [...]
Comment of the Day: Chicago is losing its Bohemians
"want to see more artists in Chicago? find a way to keep rents affordable. I don't know if an acquisition-based property tax (coupled with a tax swap [...]
BusinessWeek.com rates top cities for artists – and Chicago doesn't make the cut
We were perplexed to see that Chicago isn't on BusinessWeek.com's list of top 10 places for artists to live, losing out to Carson City, Nev., and Nass [...]
Ripped from the headlines: cost of renting vs. owning on the rise in Chicago
Gap between rent and home payments narrows Crain's
New plan for Farwell Building Trib
NJ firm plans condo tower in Hyde Park Crain's
"Endangered" [...]
Andersonville deli (and neighborhood institution) moving south
Strolling along Clark Street in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood on Sunday, we gasped in horror at the sight of an empty storefront at 5247 N Cl [...]