Category: Transportation

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Skosey: True tab for dream home includes transportation costs

Skosey: True tab for dream home includes transportation costs

In the September issue of New Homes, Peter Skosey of the Metropolitan Planning Council reminds buyers to look beyond the price of a new home and to co [...]
Skosey: Bus rapid transit plan puts a glimmer in developers’ eyes

Skosey: Bus rapid transit plan puts a glimmer in developers’ eyes

Bus rapid transit is not your grandfather’s bus service – or your current service, for that matter, writes Peter Skosey. In a column for the July issu [...]
Parking in River North: The Huron perspective

Parking in River North: The Huron perspective

My writeup on River North's parking options for luxury homes didn't make mention of The Huron at 8 E Huron St, but now I've got the skinny on the avai [...]

Convenient public transit can be a boon to property owners

About 25 percent of all Americans shopping for a home in the next 20 years will want to live within a half-mile of a public transit stop, and people w [...]
FitzGerald honored for work at Oakwood Shores

FitzGerald honored for work at Oakwood Shores

FitzGerald Associates Architects recently received a 2008 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for its work on the Oakwood Shores de [...]

Parking prices for River North's luxury homes

In YoChicago's recent interview with Sharon Rizzo, she discussed the relative scarcity of parking in River North. At the Park Kingsbury, a 40-unit lo [...]
Catalpa Gardens looms large over Red Line

Catalpa Gardens looms large over Red Line

Finally, a little sunshine! We snapped this shot of Catalpa Gardens, 1122 W Catalpa Ave, from the Bryn Mawr Red Line station this morning. As you ca [...]

Comment of the day: Transit situation will hurt, not help city's Olympics bid

"Chicago's run down, inadequate public transportation system will be a major obstacle to getting the Olympics. The visitors from all over the world wi [...]
Catalpa Gardens offers 62 parking spaces for sale to non-residents

Catalpa Gardens offers 62 parking spaces for sale to non-residents

Not sure how unique this is, but it's certainly interesting, especially for Edgewater. We learned earlier this week that one full floor of parking sp [...]
Lakeshore East welcomes I-GO into rewards program

Lakeshore East welcomes I-GO into rewards program

In this video (a companion to last week's entry on car sharing), we discuss how the innovative program fits into Lakeshore East, a master-planned hi [...]

An open discussion on the real estate transfer tax increase

We've all seen the headlines: Springfield's pending transit solution is now wrapped up in a rather hefty increase in the state's real estate transfer [...]
New and rehabbed condos in Bucktown looking for first buyers

New and rehabbed condos in Bucktown looking for first buyers

A recent swing through Bucktown yielded a couple of newcomers to the neighborhood's condo market, including a brick wedge on Armitage and a gut job on [...]
Car sharing stands out as a different kind of perk for urban buyers

Car sharing stands out as a different kind of perk for urban buyers

As part of an upcoming New Homes Magazine article, we spoke with Rich Kosmacher, business development manager with I-GO Car Sharing. I-GO is a disti [...]
Odyssey Lofts convenient to Greektown, Loop, Ike and Kennedy

Odyssey Lofts convenient to Greektown, Loop, Ike and Kennedy

The residents of Odyssey Lofts, 775 W. Jackson Blvd, will never want for gyros. The building is crawling distance from Halsted Street, the main arte [...]
Kennedy Estates: Will transit options sell homes?

Kennedy Estates: Will transit options sell homes?

Yesterday Yo toured Kennedy Estates, a modern, 6-story European-inspired condo project in Jefferson Park. The site offers a unique mix of transit op [...]
Take a ride on the CTA Red Line

Take a ride on the CTA Red Line

In the spirit of the old-timey Sunday drive - anybody still take those? - we thought we'd post this video excursion on the CTA Red Line - the gritty [...]
One 'el of a location: 950 W Barry Ave

One 'el of a location: 950 W Barry Ave

The condos at 950 W Barry Ave might ignite the public transportation enthusiast in you: the property is right next to Red and Brown lines, close to [...]
Scenes from Lincoln Park: single file, everyone!

Scenes from Lincoln Park: single file, everyone!

The 151 Sheridan bus, which runs through the eastern swath of Lincoln Park, is in our experience one of the quickest and most convenient to downtown [...]
Scenes from Edgewater: in the Bryn Mawr el station

Scenes from Edgewater: in the Bryn Mawr el station

We spotted this colorful bench painted with scenes of kids playing hopscotch in a parking lot  inside the Bryn Mawr el station. [...]
Paper humans invade Evanston el platform

Paper humans invade Evanston el platform

We spotted a couple of posterboard art installations depicting CTA riders as we waited for a train at the Davis el stop in Evanston last week. [...]
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