Author: steph
Life aboard The Grand Central in Lincoln Park
Living above a bar takes some getting used to, with all that music blaring, and the people in line outside being loud and obnoxious. But what's it l [...]
And you thought you were throwing money away on rent
Why rent rather than buy? For lots of us the answer is that we can't afford to buy, but at the high end of the rental market there are plenty of peopl [...]
Chicago renters can still find open spaces
A friend visiting Chicago from out of town has been commenting on how "open" Chicago is compared to New York. As expensive as we might think it is and [...]
Chicago rent barometer: Printer's Row for around $1,200
Today Yo infiltrates Printer's Row, a sub-neighborhood of the South Loop, to see what rentals are available. At the Regal, located at 651 S Wells St, [...]
Renting above Chicago bars: unit open at The Vu
For hardcore club-goers in the rental market, an apartment is available above Deja Vu in Lincoln Park. It's an attractive Victorian building, with t [...]
Renting above a Chicago restaurant: deliciously good or unsavory?
Yo recently noticed a few "For Rent" signs for apartments located above restaurants on Clark Street, like P.S. Bangkok, above.
Living in an apartme [...]
Rental barometer: Chicago apartments for $2,000 to $2,300
What can you get for rents around $2,000 in the city? A three-bedroom at 825 W Wolfram St in Lake View, shown below, rents for $2,000.
A three-bedroo [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Bucktown: Bucktown's spring collection of mutated Stepford Wives
Uptown: Wrigley field - the starti [...]
If Dante ran a Chicago apartment service…
YoChicagoan Joel Hoglund consulted an apartment finder service when he and a friend were in search of a two-bedroom for less than $1,000. They hoped t [...]
Down the garden path: Lock windows or come home to a break-in
After reading an earlier item about first-floor / garden apartment living, Cynthia M. shared some advice with us: "I have lived mostly in first-floor [...]
First-floor rentals can be worse than the garden apartment
We've railed on the problems that can plague garden apartments, but Beth and Frank tell us they're more nervous about security as they move from a gar [...]
Rental barometer: Chicago for $1,300 or less
Let's start at $1,300 and work our way down the apartment ladder. A 725-square-foot one-bedroom at 1100 N. Dearborn St. in the Gold Coast is going f [...]
Tales from the rental front: rat invasions
Disgusting wormy tails, large hairy bodies, red eyes visible from down the alley. It's a nearly universal opinion, held by all but a sick and twiste [...]
East vs. West: the $700 apartment
What does $700 get you in a Chicago apartment? On craigslist, it gets you this one-bedroom at 1414 N Lawler Ave (above) in the heart of North Austin [...]
Trading spaces: short commute, shorter amenities in West Loop
I was out of town this past week, and my friend Steve offered to apartment-sit for me. He wasn't just doing it because he's a nice guy, of course: he [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Edgewater: More elbow room at Metropolis
Lincoln Park: What's with East Lincoln Park?
Gold Coast: [...]
Making the most of tiny Chicago apartments
So you're out of the dorm room and into that luxurious 400-square-foot studio, and life is perfect, except you don't have enough space to keep a secon [...]
Apartment hunting? Pounding the pavement still a top option
Sometimes the best way to find an apartment in a neighborhood you love is to walk the streets searching "For Rent" signs for something in your price r [...]
Residents in Palmolive Building might have Vince Vaughn for a neighbor
Some things seem so perfect, they just have to be true. To wit, rumor has it that actor Vince Vaughn, of "Wedding Crashers" fame, is buying a pentho [...]
Chicago rent barometer: West Loop for $2,300 to $2,500
Not long ago, there were few reasons to venture west of the Chicago River and into the West Loop besides Greek food or a taping of Oprah. Ah, how time [...]