Category: Urban planning
Quote of the day: developers should integrate great spaces into city
"What we as developers can do is design great places and integrate these spaces into the city well...giving people the opportunity for chance encounte [...]
New Homes Magazine names Lakeshore East best planned community
New Homes Magazine named Lakeshore East Chicago's best new planned community in its May issue.
The $4 billion Lakeshore East community is planned a [...]
Competition improving quality of River North's newest buildings?
In our recent interview with Albert Friedman, the developer who restored many of River North's classic loft buildings was diplomatic about the blan [...]
Albert Friedman on River North's evolution from skid row to hot neighborhood
Today, Albert Friedman's company owns about a dozen blocks of River North, properties that include 32 restaurants, a hotel, retail, offices and othe [...]
More than you ever wanted to know about Chicago zoning now online
Lots of terrific blog ideas fall by the wayside as their part-time operators are crushed under the weight of their ambitious volunteerism, but we ho [...]
The history of the Prairie District with Tina Feldstein
Once home to Chicago's rich and famous, the historic neighborhood pocket known as the Prairie Avenue District has returned to prominence during the [...]
Clock ticks on Olympic nod
As you've no doubt heard, the United States Olympic Committee announces tomorrow whether Chicago or Los Angeles will join the international competit [...]
New home for Belmont Army Surplus Store
CTA riders aren't the only ones displaced by the Brown Line Capacity Expansion Project - the Belmont Army Surplus Store has moved to make way for the [...]
Cool your roof the Daley way
The Chicago Reader's Daily Harold blog today points out the moral confusion that can result when a corrupt government goes green. As a fairly staunc [...]
Decaying Wrigley will make or break neighborhood
Hours after news broke that Sam Zell would take the helm at the Chicago Tribune, speculation began that the real estate mogul would sell the Cubs but [...]
A new Metropolis: retail, residential proposed in Bronzeville area
A pair of curvilinear glass-and-steel buildings would join the vintage greystones and brick low-rises in the Bronzeville area on the Chicago's mid-S [...]
CTA considering southward extension of Red Line
Already an extremely busy connecting point for several bus services, the CTA's 95th St Red Line station saw ridership increase 2 percent in 2006 ove [...]
Get an insider's look at University Village with Project Manager Vince Forgione
Vince Forgione, of New Frontier Companies, part of the South Campus Development Team, takes us on a guided tour of the group's University Village de [...]
A drive through the McCormick Row House District
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks calls the McCormick
Row House District "a fine example of late-19th century residential architecture and plannin [...]
Homeowners lose land to developers
By now, anyone who watches the news has heard of the defiant couple in China whose two-story brick home became a fortress after nearly 300 homes sur [...]
Kendall whups Cook: population spikes in 'burbs, shrinks in city
Suburban Kendall County was the second-fastest growing county in the nation between 2000 and 2006, according to a Crain's story. Census data shows its [...]
L.A. style in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood
Walking down the streets of Chatham, you'd expect to see a mix of well-kept, Chicago-style flats and bungalows sprinkled amongst '50s-style raised r [...]
Hashbrowns in University Village distinctly Chicago
Hashbrowns Cafe in University Village may be new, but it's also got some pretty deep roots to Bridgeport's Franco's and Beverly's Franconello's. Mana [...]
Barbara's Bookstore of University Village grows with its neighbors
As the residential areas surrounding University Village continue to fill out, some retail strips in the area are begining to approach a level of mat [...]
Chicago's Bohemian Rhapsody: more on how artists (and art) affect neighborhoods
Yesterday's discussion about Chicago's absence from Businessweek.com's ranking of top 10 cities for artists drew some heated responses, like this on [...]