Category: Quote of the day
Quote of the day: a little less demolition, a little more Chicago
"Too many great buildings have been lost already. Once you lose a critical mass of historical buildings, the street becomes less like a Chicago street [...]
Quote of the day: if you don't like your alderman, send him to Congress
"That's the same Walgreens that Ald. Manny Flores (1st) wants to turn into a humongous condo development, despite his ostensible concern for affordabl [...]
Quote of the day: the condo-ization of Chicago
"When I walk home from the train and see apartments that are now condos, I didn't know how common that was. Now I do. The next question is, to what e [...]
Quote of the day: Condo tower too tall for Evanston
"As a suburb, Evanston has its own character, separate from its larger neighbor to the south. Evanston should not try to imitate a big city downtown. [...]
Quote of the day: Condos turning Wicker Park into Tokyo
"The reason I like to come to Wicker Park is because of the unique shops, the food, the clothing, and it's just so nice to come here and see all the a [...]
Quote of the day: shhh, don't tell the IOC
"...a quarter of Chicago is blighted, which is a sad thing to learn. I sure hope the International Olympic Committee doesn't mind when they learn how [...]
Quote of the day: Tony Rezko's affordable housing
"We had numerous complaints. Drug selling. Prostitution. The whole nine yards. Filthy. Deplorable. Rats. Mice. Roaches. Urine. Feces. Name it."
- Sou [...]
Quote of the day: getting away in Lake Geneva, an idyllic Chicago suburb
"You feel like it's the same people you came to get away from. You certainly feel the presence of Chicago, much more than Milwaukee."
-- Chicagoan Ke [...]
Quote of the day: make sure Spire developer pays for DuSable park
"If Kelleher can come up with a billion or more to finance the Spire, he should have no trouble sorting through his pocket change to come up with a $6 [...]
Quote of the day: unions pushed struggling aldermen over the edge
"The difference in this election is that unions were there with huge amounts of money to exploit very vulnerable incumbents. The aldermen who weren't [...]
Quote of the day: a city of tribes
"We are still a segregated city. We are still a city of tribes or, put more gently, a city of neighborhoods."
- Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick, in a [...]
Quote of the day: Chicago architecture's move toward anonymity
"From one of the most distinguished cities architecturally, we are rapidly moving toward anonymity, or what is worse, a city of contrasts: the superfi [...]
Quote of the day: "hysterical with opposition" to gap in Wicker Park Historic District
"If a planned development is already in the works before a community gets the chance to say, 'Hey, this sucks,' then it's too late, and we gave it a [...]
Quote of the day: affordable housing for the few
"If the mayor's ordinance were to pass right now as is, there is only one ward in the city - the 43rd - where the average household - with a median [...]
Quote of the day: a tough spot for the owner of Wicker Park's Filter
"This is a duplicitous situation where I'm not going to look good either way. If I say that I allowed to be sold out, I look like a sell out, I look l [...]
Quote of the day: instant gratification to blame for housing slump
"Buyers do not want to wait. Once the house-buying craving sets in, the potential buyer wants a house NOW without doing their homework about how much [...]
Quote of the day: Dorothy Tillman is nuts
"Dorothy Tillman is nuts. Her unhinged performance on Chicago Tonight last night, where she appeared with challenger Pat Dowell, wasn't quite the tour [...]
Quote of the day: FDR on owning a home
"A nation of homeowners is unconquerable."
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt [...]
Quote of the day: the ongoing story of sprawl
"The best deals in housing are usually farthest out. I don't care if it's Rolling Meadows in the 1950s or Schaumburg in the 1970s or now when it's eve [...]
Quote of the day: Brendan promises more transparency than Burt
"One of the things that was lacking was the free flow of information on development. And I hope to change this."
- Brendan Reilly, soon to replace Al [...]