Category: Urban planning
Ground-floor retail at Bridgeport Condominiums nearly ready for occupancy
On Friday we posted about Mega Development's Bridgeport Condominiums, 67 one- and two-bedroom condos at the corner of 35th and Halsted Streets. Here' [...]
Annoyance Productions is an important addition to the nascent Uptown entertainment precinct
Annoyance Productions settled into its new home at 4840 N Broadway last summer and the theater company is a great addition to a sketchy section of Upt [...]
Workshop organizers will have to convince CTA and landowners to adopt proposals for Red Line improvements
We have a couple more details for you about the public workshops seeking ideas to revitalize the Berwyn, Bryn Mawr, Thorndale and Granville Red Line e [...]
Yo wants to know: who gets your vote in the 2007 aldermanic elections and why?
Well, election day has finally arrived and we want to hear Yo thoughts on the aldermanic candidates in a number of key wards where development issues [...]
Residents' input sought on el station and retail improvements in Edgewater
What's the best way to stimulate retail development in Edgewater? A good way to start is by improving the appearance of the neighborhood's four el sta [...]
Candidate highlights problems along North Broadway
James Cappleman, aldermanic candidate for the 46th ward, discusses the problems along North Broadway in a recent story in Inside Publications.
"We ne [...]
Ald. Burt Natarus' challenger accuses him of being "compromised" by donations from developers
In the South Loop, the aldermanic race is at least partly focused on the quality of residential construction, but what are the hot topics in the 42nd [...]
19th Ward race heats up
As noted in both the Sun-Times and the Daily Southtown yesterday, Ald. Ginger Rugai (19th) is involved in the fight of her political life. For the sec [...]
Retail condos not for everyone, but are they selling faster than we think?
In a post yesterday, we speculated that retail condos might be holding back neighborhood commercial strips, such as the ones along Chicago and Califor [...]
Ald. Troutman stalls on Columbia Point project in Woodlawn
Yo's truly has been wondering what was taking so long for the latest phases of the Columbia Point development to get underway in Woodlawn, and so has [...]
Do ground-floor retail condos hurt Chicago's neighborhood strips?
In recent years, the redevelopment of neighborhood retail strips has come in the form of mixed-use buildings. Because of zoning restrictions and the [...]
Condos welcome off the expressway in Wicker Park?
Lucas, YoChicago's Johnny-on-the-spot in Wicker Park, has done a great job of keeping us up-to-date with the possibilites for development on North A [...]
Developer unveils plans for Kinzie Station – the neighborhood
Developer Fifield Companies' elaborates on plans for Kinzie Station, a $750 million development of six apartment towers with 2,451 units on a site bou [...]
South Loop development shapes up as hot election issue in Haithcock's 2nd ward
The quality of residential construction and development in the South Loop is gearing up as a hot button issue in the upcoming aldermanic race in the s [...]
Chicago preservationists discuss reasons for seeking landmark status
The winter edition of Preservation Chicago's quarterly journal, The Voice (not yet online), features essays from four preservationists about why they [...]
Olympic Village is coming to Chicago, games or no games
Mayor Daley intends to build an Olympic Village whether the 2016 Summer Olympic Games come to Chicago or not, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago [...]
South by southwest: a journey down Archer Avenue
Remember a few months ago when Yo declared McKinley Park half-day and pulled together meager scraps of information about the neighborhood from the l [...]
Batavia plans to zone sex shops for industrial districts
The city of Batavia wants to keep sex-based businesses out of its retail areas, according to today's Chicago Tribune. Since the city can't ban sex sho [...]
Preservation Chicago names its Magnificent 7
Okay, we added the magnificent part. Yo attended a lunchtime press conference at City Hall where historic architecture advocacy group Preservation C [...]
How long do you wait for industry?
He's far too politic to phrase it this way but, reading between the lines, architect Pat FitzGerald seems to say that PMDs along Chicago's lakefront [...]