5/21/06
What better way to spend a crisp Sunday afternoon than browsing the mass of humanity that is the Magnificent Mile, the world-renowned shopping district...
5/20/06
I hate my developer is a must-read The Woodlawn Wonder describes her journal as “my tale of woe as my neighbors and I deal...
5/19/06
What’s the message here? Or here? We keep wondering whether Yo’s little corner of Lake View has some grudge against Boystown. We’re not in...
5/19/06
The influential West Loop Community Organization says that ever since the high-rise condo development Skybridge was built at 1 N Halsted St a few...
5/19/06
The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, and the Neghborhood Writing Alliance are hosting a discussion Saturday, May 20 on how urban planning...
5/19/06
Bronzeville has seen a resurgence of residential and commercial development, including the renovation of historic homes along King Drive and the addition of four...
5/19/06
Sure, you’ve killed every plant you’ve ever owned since the third grade. But that’s no reason not to head down to Hyde Park and...
5/17/06
Here at Yo we have a particular interest in the 3100 block of Sheffield Avenue, for two reasons. It’s where our offices are located,...
5/17/06
Neighborhood activists take note: the Community Media Workshop wants to help you get the word out and to make talking to reporters a whole...
5/15/06
That’s the question I found myself asking after reading this Chicago Tribune story about a Pilsen funeral director who’s buried more than 150 children...
5/15/06
If you’ve got the Monday workweek blues, you might want to pay particular attention to what’s coming this weekend. Mayfest hits Lake View this...
5/14/06
A 29 year-old paralegal moves back to Portage Park and dreams of a Starbucks. An alderman says “most of his new neighbors come from...
5/12/06
Corey Newberry, YoChicago’s Johnny-on-the-spot in Ravenswood, issues a plea for 4500 N Winchester, fearing the loss of 80 rental apartments, in our Lincoln Square...
5/12/06
We must say we’re a tad surprised to hear that Estudiotres, a hot new gallery focusing on national and international artists, is opening not...
5/11/06
Columbia College promises to help you “finally discover what the South Loop buzz is all about” when 2,000 graduating students (and their artwork) take...
5/11/06
Don’t quote me on this, but I’ve read that according to area, Joliet is the second-largest city in Illinois. In the population race Joliet...
5/11/06
This Saturday volunteers are invited (urged, begged?) to participate in Mayor Daley’s Clean and Green, a community event that’s supposed to make cleaning up...
5/11/06
Our last post on the new development Rainbo Village, 4836 N Clark St, pointed out the great location in Uptown. We didn’t mention that...
5/10/06
Just in from Killian at Yo’s Edgewater journal: After close to two years of study, debate and grassroots referenda the 48th Ward Zoning and...
5/10/06
We usually can’t stomach much of New City’s content, but there’s some entertaining insight into Da Mayor’s old stomping grounds of Bridgeport in this...