Author: thornton29
Scenes near 95th St / Beverly Hills Metra station
A rash of recent comments about the East Beverly area inspired us to take some shots of the blocks surrounding the Metra station at West 95th Street [...]
CTA considering southward extension of Red Line
Already an extremely busy connecting point for several bus services, the CTA's 95th St Red Line station saw ridership increase 2 percent in 2006 ove [...]
Scenes from the 95th St Red Line Station
One of the main arteries connecting commuters to and from the Far South Side and the South Suburbs, the CTA's 95th St station is the final southern [...]
Revision of HB 4050 won't resolve main issue, ShoreBank exec says
The recently-announced revision of the infamous HB 4050 anti-predatory lending law, which would now apply to first-time homebuyers across Cook County [...]
Pace of mortgage applications steady in at-risk communities, ShoreBank exec says
Despite recent concerns about an avalanche of foreclosures expected to hit such areas as Englewood, Roseland, Back of the Yards and Auburn Gresham, Mi [...]
MidAmerica loan officer: Limit speculators to keep foreclosures down
As foreclosures begin to mount over the next year or so in the wake of the subprime debacle, Clint Conger, a loan officer at MidAmerica Bank, has a fe [...]
Agent weighs in on Chatham housing market
Housing sales in Chatham are proceeding at a brisk pace despite misperceptions on the part of both sellers and buyers, says Cynthia Draper-Hill, an [...]
The Chatham housing market: a conversation with real estate agent Cynthia Draper-Hill
Chatham's diverse single-family home stock of well-kept bungalows, step ranches, Georgians and other styles has great appeal to young families, sing [...]
I.C.E. Chatham 14 is a neighborhood institution
It's no secret that many African-American communities on the South Side lack a neighborhood movie theater. The I.C.E. Chatham 14, at 210 W. 87th St. [...]
Chatham retail hub well served by public transport
Chatham offers pretty good access to public transportation, as seen at one of its main shopping hubs at 87th Street near Lafayette Street. The 87th [...]
Big-box stores boost Chicago's Chatham neighborhood, says small-business owner
The increasing presence of big-box retailers in the Chatham area may strike some as a problem, but to Alisha Goins, their entry into the market has [...]
Chatham Crossing sales fueled by neighborhood returnees
With all of the buzz surrounding new developments in mid-South Side neighborhoods such as North Kenwood, Woodlawn and Bronzeville, little seems to be [...]
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