“It was one of the greener campuses anywhere. But it was radical, and to some it was wrong.” — Oral history of Walter Netsch,...
On Tuesday, Anne Rashford, the Museum of Science and Industry‘s director of temporary exhibits took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to...
One of the more notable features in the Museum of Science and Industry’s Green + Wired exhibit is an integrated technology system with which...
During my visit to Hyde Park earlier this week, I dropped by the Museum of Science and Industry‘s Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit....
Here are a couple more photos from 600 North Fairbanks, with special attention paid to the building’s famous angle that’s had YoChicago talking since...
We’ve heard a lot over the past year about 600 North Fairbanks‘ place in the Streeterville skyline; Blair Kamin called it “quietly elegant,” and...
This striking photograph of Marina City‘s construction comes courtesy of Wikipedia user Sba2, who uploaded the photo and licensed it through Creative Commons’ Attribution...
During a stroll through Streeterville this morning, I snapped these photos of ParkView, the 47-story high-rise by MCL Companies at 505 N McClurg Ct....
Curious about the layout of those final six townhomes at Dubin Residential’s Wabash Club in the South Loop? They’re all two-bedroom / two-bath floor...
“A lot of buyers like to be on neighborhood streets, but at the end of the day, if you can gain three or four...
Since my last post about RMR Partners’ Six North May was also Yo’s first, I figured I’ll follow up with a look at one...
We enjoy getting email from our readers, and it’s even better when they pose a question to you, the YoChicago reader. Today we received...
FitzGerald Associates Architects recently received a 2008 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for its work on the Oakwood Shores development...
Sometimes construction decisions manifest themselves as intriguing design elements. Consider this photo of Legacy at Millenium Park, a 72-story high-rise under construction at 60...
An article in Crain’s from earlier this week described a new plan by the Chicago Loop Alliance to rework a stretch of Michigan Avenue...
Speaking of Parkside of Old Town, the sales team put together this aerial map to help buyers understand how the site will come together...
Joe Zekas visited the sales center at Printers Corner, a high-rise in the South Loop where every home is a corner unit with 10-foot...
With Yo’s renewed attention on downtown projects, you’d be forgiven for thinking that high-rise construction cranes can’t be found anywhere else – but it’s...
In the March edition of New Homes Magazine, Dana Dubriwny takes a look at the creation of Kargil Development‘s X/O Condominiums. X/O’s two towers,...
You might have heard that the Lucien Lagrange-designed X/O Condominiums are “the sexiest in the South Loop.” Apparently the National Association of Home Builders...
