3/27/06
A while ago we told you how a bunch of developers is getting together to promote the South Shore as the city’s hot new...
3/27/06
It was about time the real estate world milked the White Sox 2005 World Series victory for all it was worth. In April, you’ll...
3/24/06
We try our best to document Chicago’s neighborhoods at YoChicago, but on that score, no one can come close to Nelson Algren, who did...
3/20/06
The Tony Award-winning Broadway hit “Urinetown the Musical” runs through June at the Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport (773-325-1700) in the Lakeview neighborhood. Or...
3/20/06
Names such as “West Roscoe Village” seem to be easing themselves into Chicago’s real estate vocabulary, if not the official roster of city neighborhood...
3/17/06
Yaptown, Millgate, Cheltenham, Avalon Trails, Arizona … Admit it. From the moment she cupped her hands around your ear and huskily whispered “Hegewisch” you’ve...
3/14/06
Is it just me, or is anyone else surprised that single-family homes are now selling from $1 million in St. Ben’s? Centrum Properties has...
3/14/06
The Chicago Neighborhood Boundaries Directory, co-published by the Chicago Association of Realtors and Big Stick Inc., bills itself as the “most thorough and comprehensive...
3/13/06
The relentless wind today blew a light covering from my building into a neighbor’s stairwell, leaving glass shards on their steps. I felt compelled...
3/13/06
For anyone who happened to sojourn south (or north or east or west) yesterday for the South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade in...
3/12/06
Watch a tour of Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood at Google Video.
3/10/06
We quote from the Wikipedia entry on Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood: Mt. Greenwood was a prosperous community until conquered by Daniel Soso in the...
3/10/06
Roscoe Village Neighbors runs one of the city’s more informative and active Web sites. We just visited their Message Board to see what’s on...
3/8/06
It’s a subtle change on a structure that has stood for more than 100 years, but the new name on the front of what’s...
3/3/06
The Cold Stone Creamery pictured on the left just opened on the 4700 block of N Lincoln Ave, in Lincoln Square, and Potbelly Sandwich...
3/2/06
We wrote in a Monday post that residents and businesses on Rockwell St between Wilson and Lawrence avenues were nervous about the Feb. 20...
3/1/06
While we were in the neighborhood, we thought we’d snap a few shots of some of the greatest riverfront homes in Chicago, in Ravenswood...
2/27/06
While we’re on the subject of the Chicago Transit Authority and scatalogical references (see below post), the often entertaining CTA Tattler seems to be...
2/27/06
And the award for worst tagline for a major public works project goes to the Chicago Transit Authority for “countdown to a new brown.”...
2/27/06
Over the weekend at R.J. Grunts (2056 N. Lincoln Park West, 773-929-5363), the Lincoln Park restaurant that started it all for the Lettuce Entertain...