5/4/06
You have to hand it to RedEye. The Trib’s zombie rag today republished a rewritten version of the neighborhood name game story that Crain’s...
5/4/06
Did we see the metaphorical implications of our recent Uptown pigeon-eating falcons post? Of course, we did, ’cause friends, everything in Uptown’s weighted with...
5/2/06
Check out Yo’s brand-new neighborhood journal for Chinatown here and learn about an oft-overlooked neighborhood gem. Now represent your neighborhood.
5/1/06
It’s exciting to think of the new “River South” neighborhood we referred to in an earlier post. Sure, the new name would confuse people...
5/1/06
They’re at it again, messing with the South Loop. Developers may have failed in their all-out effort to brand the neighborhood as SoLo in...
4/28/06
Just because most el trains smell faintly of piss doesn’t mean they can’t be the hot new spot to debut fashion. This evening Nova...
4/28/06
Young man, there’s no need to feel down. A couple of weeks ago Yo’s Joeff Davis caught up with Jalen Hughes, 3, while he...
4/26/06
If you thought Potbelly sandwich shops would fly only in Lincoln Park and the suburbs, think again; the new store in Hyde Park (5428...
4/26/06
If you’ve ventured down to the southern end of Streeterville recently (the area bounded by the lake, the river, Michigan Avenue and Ontario Street)...
4/25/06
Erm, has anyone bothered to check out the draft master plan for the expansion of Navy Pier? It reads like something that Augustus Gloop...
4/25/06
Centrum Properties opened the ground-floor retail component of The Fairbanks at CityFront Plaza, 240 E Illinois St, a couple of months ago, and suddenly...
4/24/06
We knew that Streeterville was going high-rise crazy, but we’re still a little gobsmacked at the sheer number of condos up for grabs. In...
4/24/06
The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference will hold a workshop from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow night, April 25 at the Hyde Park Neighborhood...
4/20/06
If you enjoy gawking at real estate and architecture in different neighborhoods across the city, and want to get some exercise at the same...
4/20/06
Who needs gargoyles when you’ve got these birds watching over your intersection? Meet the peregrine falcons who have made the gentrifying corner of Broadway...
4/18/06
Ok, can you guess where Joeff Davis took this photo?
4/18/06
Maybe the only good thing about rising early on a weekend morning is beating the brunch rush at M. Henry’s, 5707 N Clark St...
4/18/06
The Chicago Public Library’s Community Collection tells us, “…Humboldt Park has remained a neighborhood of persons ‘passing through,’ being an area in which to...
4/18/06
There was something liberating, but also terrifying, about telling my landlord that I wouldn’t be renewing my lease this spring. It meant there would...
4/18/06
Streeterville has had one of the hottest markets for new homes in the city lately, with a spate of high-profile high-rises, but upscale grocery...