Author: sheila burt
What's glass and has 8 corners in the South Loop?
Glance up from nearly any street in the South Loop, and you'll see cranes and half-built structures crowding the sky as a new neighborhood grows up. W [...]
"Signs" from Chicago's Old Town neighborhood
This ornate sign on Wells Street in Old Town is one of the fanciest neighborhood markers in the city. But what caught our eye on a recent stroll thr [...]
New homes sighted in Old Town Triangle
The highly developed, eminently livable Old Town Triangle doesn't have much room for new residential construction. Coveted sites pop up here and the [...]
Church of the day: St Michael in the Old Town Triangle
Holy Name Cathedral is often considered the king of Chicago's Catholic churches (it is, after all, the seat of Archdiocese of Chicago). But I'd arg [...]
Home tours to die for
Clients touring a home for sale in Janesville, WI screamed when they found homeowner Linda L. O'Leary, 55, dead on her bed, according to an Assocated [...]
Is Lake View ready for a contemporary VUE?
Lake View isn't known for contemporary, glassy new construction. Vintage condo conversions and new homes heavy on brick and limestone dominate, whic [...]
Comment of the day: who's scaring buyers?
"Was it 'the media' that scared buyers away? Or was it reality?"
--Ecker, commenting on our video interview with Coldwell Banker's Lyn Flannery. [...]
Quote of the day: a little less demolition, a little more Chicago
"Too many great buildings have been lost already. Once you lose a critical mass of historical buildings, the street becomes less like a Chicago street [...]
Gentrification debate – blogs follow the Starbucks?
Gentrification has been on our minds lately, so a recent survey by aggregator Outside.in about the nation's "bloggiest neighborhoods" piqued our cur [...]
Deal of the day: $10,000 off Library Tower, Trio condos
We're used to seeing parking spot giveaways, creative financing packages and free upgrades these days as the market "adjusts," but today we came acr [...]
Chicago rent barometer: hot and cold summer studios
Summer isn't too far away, and that means students leaving the city, interns moving in and others like them swarming to either sublet their places or [...]
Beverly Place breaks ground
We'll post renderings of Beverly Place, one of the few sizeable residential developments in Beverly, just as soon as we get our hot little hands on [...]
Smith Village revamps senior housing in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood
Major new-construction projects are few and far between in settled Beverly, with a couple of notable exceptions. At Smith Village, New Life Manageme [...]
Eight steps to finding the true Beverly
Sure, Beverly is a quiet community with a nice, comparatively affordable housing stock, but how do you really get to know the neighborhood? I'm glad y [...]
Beverly offers great architecture, ghosts and even some new construction
Builders and buyers of new homes have paid more attention to the South Side in recent years. The South Loop's building boom has pushed into neighborho [...]