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Character development: South Loop strives for identity as a new neighborhood evolves

Character development: South Loop strives for identity as a new neighborhood evolves

Photographs by Michael Kardas When Jim and Laura Munro moved into their Central Station townhome in 2002, they knew the South Loop would grow, but [...]
Voices of change: five residents say Bucktown and Wicker Park are growing but still eclectic

Voices of change: five residents say Bucktown and Wicker Park are growing but still eclectic

The dark-haired, dark-eyed woman in the white dress twirls her wrists and snaps her castanets, her skirt swiveling with the movement of her hips, he [...]

Home discounts heating up this weekend

A number of Chicago-area builders are in the mood to deal, offering limited-time special offers. Here's a quick (and far from exhaustive) round-up: [...]
Apres la deluge

Apres la deluge

Here's an unexpectedly positive outcome of last week's microburst, which wrought a whole lotta damage on the city's North Side and suburbs. A very l [...]
Retail redux: is a condo boom savaging or saving Lake View's commercial strips?

Retail redux: is a condo boom savaging or saving Lake View's commercial strips?

By Kate Hawley The showdown between residents of the Dakota condominium building and Circuits Nightclub has become something of a touchstone in Lak [...]
A day at the beach: Yo goes to South Haven

A day at the beach: Yo goes to South Haven

We rounded out our trip up the coast, which included stops in Miller Beach, New Buffalo and St. Joseph, with a look at South Haven, Michigan.  The [...]
Movie star raises money for Mies' Farnsworth House

Movie star raises money for Mies' Farnsworth House

Forget about Brangelina, let's talk about Bries van der Rohe. According to the Internet Movie Database, movie star and architecture buff Brad Pitt r [...]
Deal of the day: foam finger not included

Deal of the day: foam finger not included

We normally don't associate home buying with the rah-rah spirit you'd find at a football game - but then we saw this ad in today's ChicagoTribune.com. [...]

Chicago auction action: foreclosed homes on the block this weekend

When we saw auction company Hudson & Marshall's slogan, "Enjoy the intensity of the real thing," we hoped they were auctioning off Javier Bardem, [...]
A day at the beach: Yo goes to St. Joseph

A day at the beach: Yo goes to St. Joseph

After stopping in Miller Beach and New Buffalo, our travels through some top Chicago vacation-home destinations took us to St. Joseph, Michigan.  A [...]
12-story high-rise planned for Lake View

12-story high-rise planned for Lake View

In our recent post on Kimball Station, Yo reader Sam mentioned that he was excited about a new Lake View development in the works, so we thought we' [...]
A day at the beach: Yo goes to New Buffalo

A day at the beach: Yo goes to New Buffalo

Last week we started on our journey to vacation destinations along the coast of Lake Michigan, and today we're continuing with a look at New Buffalo [...]
Deal of the day: free flat-panel TV, cheaper parking at Sheridan Tower

Deal of the day: free flat-panel TV, cheaper parking at Sheridan Tower

If Frigidaire stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and Brizo faucets aren't enough to get you excited, the condos at Sheridan Tower also [...]

Comment of the day: more people = more cars

"You can't have this both ways - new housing = new cars on the streets... most people moving to Lake View have cars, and want places to park them. It' [...]
Cusack makes a killing on Ravenswood home

Cusack makes a killing on Ravenswood home

The RedEye this morning made mention of one of Chicago's heftier celebrity real estate transactions -- actress Joan Cusack sold her 19th-century Rav [...]
Deal of the day: Wayne's World accessories at Ryland Homes

Deal of the day: Wayne's World accessories at Ryland Homes

Are you dying to start your own public access TV show in a suburban Chicagoland basement? Would-be Waynes and Garths take heart: The Chicago divisio [...]

Deal of the day: mortgage help from Remington Homes

If you yearn to live in the suburbs (you have a bunch of kids, parking's easier, you like grass), Remington Homes is offering a series of deals on som [...]
Deal of the day: parking twofer at ArmitEdge

Deal of the day: parking twofer at ArmitEdge

 It may be beyond annoying to write out the ArmitEdge (seen under construction in September 2006), but that won't stop us from passing along a deal at [...]
Vaughn + Chicago real estate = box office gold

Vaughn + Chicago real estate = box office gold

 If you had any doubts that Chicago real estate was exciting enough to warrant its own Web site, think again -- it's apparently exciting enough for it [...]
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