Author: sheila burt
Scenes from Lincoln Park: single file, everyone!
The 151 Sheridan bus, which runs through the eastern swath of Lincoln Park, is in our experience one of the quickest and most convenient to downtown [...]
Sizzlin' signs at The Twisted Lizard in Lincoln Park
The Twisted Lizard, 1964 N Sheffield Ave, has a sizzlin' window display. The large yellow and black lettering makes the display stand out, as does a [...]
Scenes from Lincoln Park: Lincoln Park Zoo
Monkey alert! This little guy kept staring at us when we visited the Lincoln Park Zoo, 2001 N Clark St, earlier this week.
The zoo is home to 1,200 [...]
At the Old Town School of Folk Music in Lincoln Park
Don't let the name fool you: Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music is a Lincoln Park institution.
The store was first located within the boundari [...]
Lincoln Park speaks: Katherine San Fratello
Katherine San Fratello, 44, has lived in Lincoln Park her entire life. She says her parents invested in the neighborhood long before it became one o [...]
The parks of Lincoln Park: the land of Oz
Lincoln Park is home to more than just its eponymous lakefront park. The neighborhood has 16 parks, according to the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerc [...]
Sales update: Condos on West Augusta Boulevard in Ukrainian Village
If you walk along West Augusta Boulevard in Ukrainian Village, you'll stumble across two new construction projects within a few feet of one another.
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Sales update: Victoria Place in Bucktown
Victoria Place, a development at 1815 - 1827 N Milwaukee Ave in Bucktown, has four of its 15 condos left, according to Greg Faulkner, a sales agent [...]
Scenes from Lincoln Park: the Park West
We're used to seeing the Park West at night, so we were a bit surprised to walk by the theater in broad daylight and see this gray, clunky exterior. [...]
Comment of the day: Lincoln Park not "all white and all rich"
"Lincoln Park is 'diverse' in more ways than just ethnic. You have what I call a post college ghetto in parts of the eastern section with large number [...]
Lincoln Park speaks: Brooke Timmerman
Who better to give the lowdown on Lincoln Park than the people who live there? Last week, we interviewed a random sampling of Lincoln Parkers to get [...]
Scenes from Lincoln Park: jumping with help from Daley
Mayor Daley's Jumping Jack Program - which creates an inflatible playground at various locations in the summer - was up and jumpin' last week in a p [...]
Works in progress: construction along West Deming Place
Streets don't get much prettier than West Deming Place in Lincoln Park, a tree-lined stretch close to Clark Street, the lake and really everything e [...]
Sales update: three South Loop high-rises
If you're looking to live just east of the river in the South Loop, you can choose from three high-rises in the area within a couple of blocks of e [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Sedgwick buys land for another South Loop project
Sedgwick buys land for another South Loop project Crain's
Bank, condos slated for Ashland Avenue Chicago Journal
Nuns' exit from convent opens que [...]
Works in progress: developments along Irving Park Road in Lake View
Like Ashland Avenue, Irving Park Road is a street in Lake View that can be gritty around the edges with worn down storefronts and some barren spots. [...]
Garden of the day: Asian sanctuary in Edgewater
This home on the 5500 block of Broadway Street in Edgewater is filled with some nice Asian decor - check out the pottery on the front porch, the dr [...]
Ripped from the headlines: 134-year-old Wicker Park church likely to close
134-year-old Wicker Park church likely to close Booster
Bill proposes reuse of historic buildings Booster
Mixed-use project planned in Northbrook [...]
Works in progess: developments on Ashland in Lake View
Ashland Avenue in Lake View can be pretty desolate on some stretches. But when we walked down the street this week, we spotted a number of large con [...]
What does your neighborhood look like after summer fests?
We snapped this pic of garbage just as we left the Taste of Randolph Street on Saturday, and it got us thinking: what does a block look like after a [...]