Category: Loop
Quote of the day: A good summer
“We’ve seen a dramatic change in the last couple months, but I assumed that was more because we were delivering product. But in talking to other dev [...]
Poem of the day: Shangri-La Shattered
Over at the Beachwood Reporter, poet-in-residence J.J. Tindall pens an ode to the 26-story concrete skeleton of the would-be Waterview Tower at 121 W [...]
Construction checkup: Models open, occupancy up to 27th floor at 235 Van Buren
Scott Hoskins, president and managing broker at CMK Realty, took us through one of 235 Van Buren's new models last week and followed up with us t [...]
Inside 235 Van Buren: A photosynth
Have you played around with Microsoft's Photosynth technology yet? We've known about it for a long time, but we hadn't given it a try with our own p [...]
Construction checkup: 235 Van Buren
Chicago Architecture Foundation guides drop Ralph Johnson's name several times during their Architecture River Cruises, but mine didn't spend any ti [...]
Quote of the day: All the king's men
“It’s sort of like Humpty Dumpty. We’ve spent the last six months picking up the pieces and putting them back together again.”
Kenneth Barnes, senior [...]
Crain's: Waterview Tower on the market
“Markets come back. Everything comes back.”
- Peter Greene, first vice president of CB Richard Ellis, on the appeal that the Waterview Tower will hav [...]
Blue skies at the Chicago Blues Festival
This year's Chicago Blues Festival had the makings to be a real downer. The normally four-day affair was cut a day short because of budget shortfall [...]
Construction checkup: The Legacy at Millennium Park
Seven stories of glass to go. Exterior construction at The Legacy at Millennium Park, 60 E Monroe St, is progressing nicely and will be completed be [...]
Construction checkup: 235 Van Buren
Jeremy and I took the long way around to Burnham Pointe on Wednesday. Getting off the 'L' at LaSalle and Van Buren, we first walked west to get a lo [...]
Quote of the day: "It's worthless"
"Nobody’s going to get anything out of it because it’s worthless... The property is worth less than it would be if it was vacant. At this point, the d [...]
565 Quincy's "Wisdom of Q": A follow-up
Last month Mark and I attended the first of two "Wisdom of Q" events at Belgravia Group's 565 Quincy in the Loop. On Friday Belgravia marketing dire [...]
Construction checkup: 235 Van Buren
The newly topped-off 235 Van Buren, as seen from the 30th floor of Astoria Tower in the South Loop. [...]
The amenity levels at Six North Michigan
Six North Michigan may be an old tower -- Montgomery Ward built it in 1899 -- but that doesn't mean it lacks the amenities buyers desire in their co [...]
Panorama-rama!: Frank Gehry's Jay Pritzker Pavilion in 180 degrees
Our abuse of Photoshop's photomerge tools continues with the latest super-wide panorama posted to our Flickr photostream: A view of Millennium Park' [...]
Condos with park views at Six North Michigan
From all of Six North Michigan's east-facing two- and three-bedrooms you have a direct view of Millennium Park's Cloud Gate and Pritzker Pavilion. F [...]
Inside a one-bedroom at Six North Michigan
Architects who renovate protected buildings have to work with what they're given. In DeStefano & Partners' case, that meant fitting the modern c [...]
The penthouse view from Six North Michigan
The owner of the Six North Michigan's 19th-floor penthouse will have an observation room from which he or she can look out to Lake Michigan, much as [...]
Bedroom count determines standard finishing packages at Six North Michigan
Buyers still have the option of customizing their homes at Six North Michigan, but if they decide to go with the developer's standard finishes, the [...]
The view from atop Six North Michigan
The owner of Six North Michigan's 19th floor penthouse will have access to the top of the building's central tower, where he or she can take in this [...]