A commenter with the screen name of “old timer” weighs in as follows on a nearly 3-year old article on the Rogers Park condo...

Not every new development in the South Loop is a high-rise in Central Station or on Michigan or Wabash avenues. Judging from our NewHomeNotebook.com...

Spend a few minutes with Carlos Nelson, Executive Director of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation. Nelson is an engineer with an MBA who...

If your holiday ramblings take you to the Homan Square section of East Garfield Park, be sure to pay a visit to the 3300...

Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, as the saying goes, but if you dig a bit deeper, you find that it’s also a city...

A lot of South Side developers and agents use drop the name “Bronzeville” in their ads and listings, enough so that it’s surprising to...

It’s been a while since we’ve had a rousing discussion about Pilsen. (Oh, the fun we’ve had!) That’s why I thought I’d devote today’s...

A few months ago, during a discussion about the North Side, Garry Benson of Garrison Partners told me that in a down market like...

Somewhere in Chicago, this leafy-winged lounger prowls a front yard on its long, iron stilts. Be the first to name the neighborhood where this...

No bike rack nearby? Use your imagination, as someone did at 565 Quincy, captured in this Michael Kardas photo.

The James G. Blaine School, located at 1420 W Grace St in Lake View, is one of the city’s most acclaimed primary schools, so...

I spent yesterday afternoon in Park West, the Lincoln Park “neighborhood-in-a-neighborhood” bounded by the lake, Fullerton Avenue, Halsted Street and Diversey Parkway. Judging by...

I took the Red Line north to Buena Park on Friday afternoon to tour Water Color Condominiums development at 4150 N Kenmore Ave (more...

Over the past 20 years I’ve chipped away at building a definitive list of Chicago neighborhoods – real and imagined – and their boundaries....

Something had to be done. After years and years of touting Wicker Park as the next Lincoln Park, no one was buying it any...

At the moment, this block doesn’t seem particularly verdant or profitable, but at least one developer looks at this street and sees “green.” Be...

But not everyone does love it. It’s a place that doesn’t quite hang together, and a place where your Lincoln Park and Bucktown friends...

As the remaining units at Jazz on the Boulevard head to auction, it’s timely to revisit our drive through Chicago’s North Kenwood – Oakland...

Be the first to tell us the neighborhood within a neighborhood where we spotted this oft-punctuated roofline and we’ll send you a snazzy YoChicago...

Many of Chicago’s neighborhoods offer sharp contrasts to the lakefront’s wealth and promise. Be the first to name the nabe where the city that...