Author: yochicago
Edgewater new development round-up
1219 W Foster Ave: two bedrooms and two baths, from the $350s
5147 N Paulina St: one or two bedrooms, from the $220s
6121 N Winthrop Ave, thre [...]
New development round-up: Near West Side
We spotted just two new developments on the Near West Side this month. Taken together, they're a bit like poster children for two vastly different app [...]
New development round-up: Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village
2223 W Race Ave, two single family homes with four bedrooms and 3.5 baths, $1.1 million each
Nine22, 922 N Oakley Blvd, 15 units with two bedroom [...]
New Lincoln Park condo building features airy full-floor units
We spotted only one new development in Lincoln Park this month: 2713 N Kenmore, a three-unit building marketed by Rubloff Residential Properties' M [...]
New development round-up: Lake View
Here's a look at the new developments we came across this month in Lake View:
630 W Wellington Ave, $730s - $970s
2217 W Roscoe St, two or three [...]
Size matters: Luxury rises with building heights on Chicago’s soaring skyline
The Sears Tower, which for more than three decades was the tallest building in the world, stands 1,450 feet and, depending on how you count them, 10 [...]
Quote of the day: condos 'yuppifying' Lake View
"The expensive condos are good for the tax base, but you have a change in personality in the neighborhood. It’s more yuppified."
- Jim Ludwig, presid [...]
Lucien Lagrange evokes classical design in tony Ten East Delaware
For a high-rise to be successful, it must have three elements in harmony: location, architecture and layout.
So says Lucien Lagrange, the French-bo [...]
Chicago's hottest neighborhoods 2007
Compiling a list of "hot" neighborhoods in a cooler market might, on its surface, seem like an exercise in futility, but there is perhaps no better ti [...]
Developer returns to his roots with Sheffield Condo Living
Revisiting a childhood haunt can be heartrending – parks get paved over, houses torn down. But sometimes the ravages of time hold off, as they [...]
Polishing Bronzeville
Massive mixed-income communities replace projects in bold effort to remake a neighborhood
Story by Kate Hawley | Photos by Jon Randolph
Rosemary C [...]
Chicago's best new homes 2007
The experts choose the top developments of 2007
Each year, New Homes Magazine puts on its homebuyers' hat and scours the city to find the best new [...]
New Wicker Park cafe firmly grounded in reality
West Town residents, now's your chance to grab a coffee and celebrate your celibacy at the same time! The newest business in the Wicker Park area is [...]
Ripped from the headlines
6 tower residential complex planned near downtown Trib
Will County Forest Preserve eyes land buys Trib
NCBG to close Reader
Foreclosures up, crea [...]
Explore Pilsen during Pilsen week at YoChicago
We had tons of fun in recent months devoting weeks to various neighborhoods, such as the South Loop and Wicker Park, and next week we'll continue th [...]
Wanted: 20k to restore historic Waukegan cottage
The Waukegan Historical Society is looking for someone to rescue a 93-year-old cottage that was financed by famous philanthropist Julius Rosenwald as [...]
The first-time buyer: Metra-sexual
Ok, I'll admit it. It's a gratuitous headline that had nothing to do with the post. In our search of our dream home we were interested to hear about t [...]
The first-time buyer: Sunday morning in Avondale
Summer is pretty much shot, so we've resumed our hunt for a home. We're looking for an older single-family home and our agent said there were some can [...]
Hyde Park spurs growth in North Kenwood-Oakland, Woodlawn
Story by Jefferey Steele
Conjure an image of the ideal urban neighborhood, and you might visualize Hyde Park on a recent warm Sunday morning. On sun- [...]