Category: Lofts
Manchester Lofts – Heaven is living between a wine bar and a neighborhood bar
Yo's truly often walks past the Manchester Lofts, 2035 W Charleston St, and wonders about the 18-unit building's history. We thought it was a forme [...]
I'll take Manhattan – the South Loop loft development, that is
Everything is just bigger and better in Manhattan, isn't it? Ripped from the musty archives of New Homes Magazine is this interesting piece of informa [...]
Hanging out at The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection
The staff at the sales pavilion for The Lofts at Roosevelt Collection was busy today, so I just hung out, shooting the occasional video clip, which yo [...]
Limestone crosses and communion cups
Those are a few of the common area amenities that add up to "condos with mass appeal," the planned conversion of an abandoned Catholic church into 18 [...]
Film Exchange Lofts Web site is reel interesting
We talked yesterday about loft developers who don't appreciate the history of their buildings, and that's something that can't be said for the develop [...]
Tower Lofts of Lake View spawned influx of double-wide strollers and Golden Retrievers
We had an e-mail the other day from a reader who said that his mom enjoyed the loft history posts, so here's another one: this is Tower Lofts of Lake [...]
Wanna live in the Green Bay Packers' camp down by Soldier Field?
Now here's something that has really flown under the radar - a guy who sits on the board of the Green Bay Packers has developed a loft project and op [...]
Lights, camera, lofts at Larchmont Lofts
More lofty tales for the history buffs: Behind the rather pedestrian name of Larchmont Lofts lies an interesting history, and the developer that conve [...]
Post card from Irving Park Road: Loft building once housed famous post card company
Greetings from Tucumcari, New Mexico. As we've been creating our Chicago loft guide, we've come across another building with an interesting history, [...]
Lofts at Bridgeport Place – once a South Sider always a South Sider?
We told you a while back that Dubin Residential was milking the White Sox World Series victory to sell units at The Lofts at Bridgeport Place. It seem [...]
ComEd substation converted into lofts in Edgewater
We mentioned recently that loft developments are spreading north, south and west of traditional loft neighborhoods such as the West Loop and the Sout [...]
New West's University Station cleans up nicely
When we saw New West Realty's University Station this summer (pictured at left), the former cold storage warehouse looked like it had suffered heav [...]
Construction update: Odyssey Lofts
A lot has happened at Odyssey Lofts since we stopped by this summer (at right). The six-story adaptive reuse portion of the building is still a fi [...]
Chantico Lofts gets colorful in Pilsen
Now we head from the Gold Coast to Pilsen, where we've been watching the progress of Lipe Property Company's Chantico Lofts at 1061 W 16th St. The [...]
Art reflects life and perhaps inspires homeowners at The Franklin Building
Loft lovers get a little art history thrown into the mix at The Franklin Building, 720 S Dearborn St. Back in the day, artist Oskar Gross created a s [...]
Millennium Park Lofts was a Woolworth store
YoChicago reader Devyn reports that Millennium Park Lofts (formerly known as 20 N State) was built in 1928 and once housed a Woolworth store on the gr [...]
The Lofts at The Vic – home to the Rationing Board during World War II
Thanks to all of you who emailed me with details about various loft developments across the city. Homebuyers at The Lofts at The Vic, at Belmont and [...]
Chicago loft buildings have interesting past lives
Yo's truly is working on YoChicago's definitive guide to loft developments, and I'm continually amazed by the wonderfully quirky names of all the diff [...]
Construction update: University Commons
We've been watching the metamorphosis of the South Water Market into University Commons, which takes up five city blocks around 1000 W 15th St in Un [...]
TRU Lofts – and not a lycra thong in sight
Aaaah. Isn't that nice? Hard to believe that this room has probably seen more than its share of wobbly flesh barely contained by electric-blue thong- [...]