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New housing, retail spur hopes and fears in Uptown
Uptown is back.
Which is nice because for nearly 20 years, the North Side neighborhood bounded by Irving, Foster, Clark and the lake, was missing. Re [...]
Pritzker winner Hadid to speak at Art Institute
Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, will speak at the Art Institute on May 4. The Baghdad-born Hadid, who lives in Lon [...]
Mayor backs city Wal-Mart
Where does Chicago Mayor Richard Daley stand on adding Wal-Marts to the cityscape?
Recent comments suggest he's in the giant retailer's corner even t [...]
Chicago's hottest neighborhoods 2004
Temperature soars in some areas, even in cooler market
Chicago has been better insulated than some cities from a stubbornly long economic slump, but [...]
Slow turning
Builders to focus on deals, remaining units in '04
Buyers of new homes were cautious in 2003, taking their time and hunting for the best possible d [...]
Little named CAR president-elect
The Chicago Board of Realtors has named Darlene Little president-elect of the 11,500-member real estate association. Little also is senior vice presid [...]
DeBat awarded HBAGC honor
Don DeBat, former real estate editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, will be the first media person ever to be inducted into the Court of Honor of the Home [...]
Is Lincoln Square the next Lincoln Park?
The new French restaurant, Bistro Campagne, uses organic products and flies in fresh fish from Pierless Fish, on the East Coast. It's specialties incl [...]
As prices rise in Logan Square, Humboldt Park fights gentrification
Lula Café was nearly full at lunchtime, but about half of the tables were taken by people eating alone. Some were working on crossword puzzles or [...]
Chicago's hottest neighborhoods 2002
Some areas are staying warm even as market cools
For a couple of years there, even veteran real estate investors, guys who have had as many ups and d [...]
Pilsen both wary and welcoming as development moves southwest
When Teresa Fraga moved with her family to the Lower West Side neighborhood of Pilsen 36 years ago her apartment did not have a bathroom, much less a [...]
Gentrification hasn't dulled the edge in Bucktown, Wicker Park
When the cool kids in Wicker Park want a taste of the Real World, they head to Piece, a pizza place and microbrewery at 1927 W. North Ave. The restaur [...]
Location, new housing breathe life into colorful Bridgeport
By 11 a.m. the Teamsters are tired. They've been out here a couple of hours already, on the 3700 block of South Halsted, picketing in front of Allen B [...]
Buying new Construction in Lincoln Park? Bring plenty of cash – and patience
Maura Grace spent two years shopping for a new condo before she found one she liked and could afford. Paul Breytman looked at only one project before [...]
Widening the Gateway
Development adds new breadth to gritty Rogers park
"Within two years this will be an entirely different street."
Jennifer Long, then a business deve [...]
Logan Square
As prices rise in Logan Square, Humboldt Park fights gentrification
Lula Café is nearly full at lunchtime, but about half of the tables are tak [...]
Old benefits bring new residents, homes to Irving Park
By all accounts, Jack and Liz Wilson seemed to be overpaying for their house in Old Irving Park when they bought it in the early '80s. No one disputed [...]