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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 [...]
It's not a price reduction
It's a "market condition reduction." [...]
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:
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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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]