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The first-time buyer: the Peter Pan complex
A little over a year ago I decided it was time to start the mental preparation necessary for buying my first home. I use the term 'mental preparation' [...]
Paying dearly for a one-bedroom condo in the West Loop
Well, it officially sucks to be a first-time buyer in the West Loop. According to Keller Williams Realty, the average (not median) price of a one-bedr [...]
The first-time buyer: signing the contract (well, round one, anyway)
I've just signed the offer to purchase my first home and now I'm staring blankly at my computer screen, feeling like I'm standing at a precipice, and [...]
Segal estate finds buyer; landscape preservationists cringe
In what is possibly the most depressing real estate news of the year, the Sun-Times reported yesterday, with a follow-up today, that Orren Pickell Des [...]
Old Town bus fare
A woman standing outside the Walgreen's at North and Wells today was shouting repeatedly, "Does anyone have change for the bus?," "Excuse me, do you h [...]
Shake off that Memorial Day hangover with a go around the Yo
Boy oh boy, the neighborhood journals are really cooking. Take a look, leave a comment, pick a fight, start blogging about your neighborhood!
Irving [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. This evening we're headed to Humboldt Park, Near North and West Loop (samples below).
Signs in the windows of Batey Urbano, 2647 W Divis [...]
Bubble watch: sales of new homes up in April
Hard to know what to make of all the bubble talk these days, even as clear signs of a slowdown make their appearance. Today, checking out new U.S. Com [...]
Shell game scam artist stars in CTA red line movie
Aah, the shell game. Many of us probably fell for this timeless scam in the schoolyard (I can think of a certain boss who once lost $50). Yo was in fo [...]
A Chicago building inspector talks about how to spot a good development
Sometimes, just sometimes, building inspectors like what they find when they inspect a home. Yo's resident building inspector, Tom Corbett, who owns t [...]
Easy Street-erville
Boom in cutting-edge towers, new retail put neighborhood on map
It's business as usual on a recent Tuesday at the Dominick's Finer Foods on Grand Av [...]
Life, Libertyville and the pursuit of housing
"Country" town now a booming 'burb where new homes pass $1 million
Years ago, before everyone had 150 channels to flip through, a television commer [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, even though we tried to forget. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Uptown: And to think that I saw it on Addison Street
Irving Pa [...]
Millennium Park "Bean" encounter
Walking through Millennium Park on Saturday I concluded that Cloud Gate, or "the Bean," as it's known colloquially--a fact we passed on to some Polish [...]
Browse the Mag Mile without leaving home
What better way to spend a crisp Sunday afternoon than browsing the mass of humanity that is the Magnificent Mile, the world-renowned shopping distr [...]
Talking urban planning in Garfield Park
The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, and the Neghborhood Writing Alliance are hosting a discussion Saturday, May 20 on how urban plan [...]
The daily Joeff
The Recipe, a jam band from North Carolina, sets the Boulevard Cafe into a frenzy (May 2003). Photo by Joeff Davis
More Logan Square photos availab [...]
The daily Joeff
Bucktown (March 2002). Photo by Joeff Davis
More Bucktown photos available in our Bucktown photo gallery. [...]
West Loop lobbies hard for Adams Street Park
The West Loop has a lot of things going for it - proximity to the city, interesting old buildings, great restaurant and bar scene - but what it doesn' [...]
Property Consultants hold open house today
Our neighbors Property Consultants are having an open house today at their 3110 N Sheffield Ave office. Stop in to learn more about some of the dev [...]