Author: kate hawley
Quote of the day: Michael Jackson beats the Blue Line
"Where is the outrage over the so-called 'maintenance' on the Blue Line? The trains have been traveling at 6 m.p.h. I can moonwalk to work and back fa [...]
Comment of the day: the waste land of the Red Line
A debate about whether to add public restrooms to CTA stations in Edgewater prompted this response from Sean: "Aren't the stations themselves already [...]
24: A day in Chicago's Loop
New condo towers at home in the Loop
Why live in the Loop?
New Homes tests the mettle of Chicago's touted "24-hour downtown"
Story by Kate Hawl [...]
Quote of the day: another blow for Troutman
"Bishop Arthur Brazier is an important man...A Daley aide once described Brazier and other key black clergy to me as 'surrogate aldermen' who could be [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Ex-Koenig execs buy 9 of Prudential's 11 offices Trib
Keeping land safe from development - forever Trib
In 2016, Grant Park could become party cen [...]
A visit to the Garfield Park Fieldhouse
One of East Garfield Park's - and Chicago's - architectural marvels is the Garfield Park Fieldhouse, a gold-domed building that sits on an open swat [...]
Comment of the day: your own personal Block 37
"If I were unimaginably wealthy, I think I'd like to buy that lot and build a 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick ranch right there. Getting the morning paper in [...]
A modern edge
CMK combines cutting-edge design with affordable prices in South Loop
On a recent January afternoon, a young woman in slim gray pants and a white f [...]
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Block 37 finally progressing? Chicago Mag
North-Clybourn retail spreading south Crain's
Gov hired Rezko for home renovation Sun-Times
NIMBY battl [...]
Designing your week: global warming, utopian visions
It's another week packed with architecture and design events in Chicago. YoChicago's architecture journal City Spaces, City Places fills you in. Click [...]
New condo towers at home in the Loop
The area between Roosevelt Road and the Chicago River used to be reserved for business – civic or private – and living in a condo there [...]
Why live in the Loop?
Building: Vetro, 611 S. Wells St.
Buyer: Steve Ryan, creative director, VSA Partners
Because: For Steve Ryan, moving to the Loop was largely an aest [...]
Are you going to an open house this weekend?
If so, we'd love to hear from you. Click on "comments" below and share what you saw, when you saw it and how it matched up with your expectations. Hap [...]
Down payments shrinking, research shows
Homebuyers are making substantially smaller down payments than they once did, Washington Post columnist Kenneth Harney notes. The median down payment [...]
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$155 million mixed-use project planned for South Side Sun-Times
Commission OKs Olympic Village Sun-Times
Condo hotel proposed for Chinatown Sun-Ti [...]
Streeterville conversion approved
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a partial conversion of Onterie Center, a 59-story high-rise at 446 E. Ontario St. in Streeterville [...]
Comment of the day: stone-cold McMansions
Our post on stone yards inspired Nina to write, "As an agent, I go to many open houses - brokers and general - and it kills me to see all these multi- [...]
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Developer mum on Chicago Ave complex Chicago Journal
Two-flats trump gated communities, UIC study finds Chicago Journal
Madison Street makeover Ch [...]
Quote of the day: Designed to sell
"Designs are really going to mean something now. Now that it's more of a buyer's market, the discriminating buyers are demanding some design, some arc [...]
Comment of the day: no love for Heart of Chicago
Our Valentine's Day post on a four-story "love nest" in Bucktown prompted this response from "romantic": "Very nice - but it's too bad that someone at [...]