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Breakfast nook means tight dining in Chicago rentals
A breakfast nook: what might be the dining room of a studio, but minus the "room." Our friend Ben let us in his Lake View studio's kitchen to show us [...]
Rentals between $1,200 and $1,400
What can you rent for $1,200? In the Gold Coast, $1,200 [correction: $12,000] will get you a two-bedroom apartment at 800 N Michigan Ave.
There's a [...]
New low-income rental apartments for Chicago seniors
We told you earlier this week about the new affordable housing for seniors at Belle Plaine Commons. What we didn't mention was that the same site, the [...]
Wednesday, Wednesday is YoChicago rents day
Driving around Lakeview Central today we noticed a surprising number of homes for rent.
In Chicago's lower density areas, there's probably still no b [...]
Our Lady of the Duplexes
Back in December, Alison Soltau posted on R. Kelly's ghastly church / penthouse conversion. YoChicago recently noticed another converted house of w [...]
Where will all the renters go?
I recently moved into a newly rehabbed apartment in a "vintage" (read: poorly insulated) walk-up. I've quickly come to realize the advantage of living [...]
Rentals for $600 or less
What can you rent for $600? In Old Irving Park, $600 will get you a one-bedroom in this vintage elevator building.
Want to live farther north? A 60 [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
Wendy's on Belmont, just west of the Kennedy. Enough said.
If you've got the ugly building blues, send us an e-mail with a photo and address. [...]
Good fixtures make for good neighbors
The relentless wind today blew a light covering from my building into a neighbor's stairwell, leaving glass shards on their steps. I felt compelled to [...]
The shady side of Beverly
For anyone who happened to sojourn south (or north or east or west) yesterday for the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Beverly neighbo [...]
The ins and outs of online apartment hunting
Can anyone even remember how we made decisions on hotels, airline tickets, or restaurants without comparing prices and reviews online? Apartment hunti [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Streeterville: Meet some neighborhood treasures
West Loop: The only clothing store in the West Loop [...]
The daily Joeff
Photo by Joeff Davis
See dozens more in Yo Chicago's Ravenswood photo gallery. [...]
Sunday, Sunday, the little bastards fun day
And where else would ye be takin' the green-clad lads and lassies today than to the 28th Annual South Side Irish Saint Patrick's Day Parade? They're [...]
Arlington Heights broker tour highlights
What's a broker tour? It's agent-to-agent marketing: weekday open houses usually open only to real estate agents, and showcasing only the newest listi [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Tonight we're headed to Yo Chicago's neighborhood photo galleries for Jefferson Park, Edgewater and South Chicago (samples below).
Jeff [...]
Glitz, glamor, gain — the Chicago Realtor awards from table 84
We arrived unfashionably early to the awards ceremony and had plenty of time to graze cheese cubes and six-dollar beers before filtering into the ma [...]
So much real estate, so few billionaires
The new Forbes billionaires' list is available, and Chicago real estate has only a few representatives: Sam Zell, Matthew Bucksbaum (who?) & family, a [...]