3/3/06
Our pal Elizabeth Blackwell offers insight into the exploding world of home-decor Web sites with a story in today’s Wall Street Journal. Online sales...
3/1/06
We noticed this showy little number going up in Ravenswood Manor, at Leland and Virginia, on the Chicago River. The builder, Orren Pickell, is...
2/27/06
Twelve stories might not seem so tall given the vertical building boom underway downtown, but for the West Loop, it’s nose-bleed development. Emerald, a...
2/22/06
We noticed Aspen 6 because the name sounded a little silly (boy band from Colorado, bandits on skis, rich snow bunny with fading looks?)....
2/13/06
We’re intrigued by the design of the units at the upcoming South Loop project Vetro. Architect and developer Roszak/ADC has taken inspiration from the...
2/9/06
Dee Grant has become the activist that preservationists love to hate. Chicago Magazine raised her profile this month with a feature about Grant and...
2/9/06
It’s not just older home buyers who want master suites on the first floor, according to Concord Homes, a subsidiary of Lennar Corp. Two...
1/6/06
In the trendiest lofts of the city’s hippest neighborhoods it’s apparently no longer cool enough to throw parties on a rooftop deck or a...
12/30/05
Eyesore or constructivist art? The man in Tacoma, Washington who constructed this surreal home from flotsam and jetsam is selling the property for $360,000...
12/29/05
If you were shopping around new highrise condo towers which vista would have the most appeal? A bird’s-eye view of Soldier Field on game-day...
12/29/05
We are starting to suspect there’s some sort of “Ugly Penthouses Are Us” developer operating along the Sheffield Avenue corridor in Lake View/Lincoln Park....
12/23/05
R. Kelly famously came up from the rough and tumble public housing developments of Chicago’s South Side to become a huge R&B star, but...
12/20/05
If you are sticking around Chicago for the holidays and find yourself bereft of family and friends or have just decided to bah-humbug the...
12/15/05
If you’re in the mood (and who isn’t?) to browse photos of Chicago neighborhoods, head on over to SkyscraperCity.com. This thread features some really...
12/14/05
Brick condo buildings will soon surround Kelly Kniewel’s Victorian home on the 3100-block of North Sheffield Avenue. The block is transforming at lightning speed,...
12/12/05
The Chicago Architects Oral History Project, at the Art Institute of Chicago site, is a must for anyone with more than a passing curiosity...
12/8/05
Glassy condo highrises are popping up all over downtown in the City of Big Shoulders, and it’s interesting to look at possible reasons for...
12/5/05
This new real estate trend would have to be a strong seller among sufferers of Seasonal Affective Disorder… The latest thing in highrise condos...
11/21/05
Love it or despise it, the always controversial makeover of Soldier Field has officially been declared “innovative architecture” by a panel of tastemakers drawn...