6/18/08
“It was one of the greener campuses anywhere. But it was radical, and to some it was wrong.” — Oral history of Walter Netsch,...
5/24/08
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...
5/23/08
One of the more notable features in the Museum of Science and Industry’s Green + Wired exhibit is an integrated technology system with which...
5/22/08
During my visit to Hyde Park earlier this week, I dropped by the Museum of Science and Industry‘s Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit....
3/8/08
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...
3/5/08
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...
3/5/08
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...
3/4/08
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....
3/2/08
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...
2/29/08
“A lot of buyers like to be on neighborhood streets, but at the end of the day, if you can gain three or four...
2/29/08
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...
2/28/08
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...
2/28/08
FitzGerald Associates Architects recently received a 2008 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for its work on the Oakwood Shores development...
2/28/08
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...
2/28/08
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...
2/26/08
Speaking of Parkside of Old Town, the sales team put together this aerial map to help buyers understand how the site will come together...
2/25/08
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...
2/25/08
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...
2/23/08
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,...
2/20/08
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...