Category: Video
Sheridan Park, Uptown
Uptown's Sheridan Park neighborhood, home to classic six-flats and single-family homes, has become one of the more attractive pockets of Chicago's Up [...]
A hazy day in downtown Chicago
The sky was blue, but there was enough haze to erase the Hancock Building from the Chicago skyline on the afternoon of June 23. Ride with Mark and Jo [...]
A drive through Lakeview East, Part 2
Joe Askins and Mark Boyer of YoChicago.com spent an afternoon driving through Lakeview East, the neighborhood in Chicago's Lake View bounded by Lake [...]
A drive through Lakeview East, Part 1
Joe Askins and Mark Boyer of YoChicago.com spent an afternoon driving through Lakeview East, the neighborhood in Chicago's Lake View bounded by Lake [...]
Driving through Lakeview East
Zekas isn't the only one who knows how to set up a tripod in a moving car. Mark and I are spending part of this week checking in on developments in [...]
Uptown, a drive along Broadway and Foster
Broadway is the main commercial artery in Uptown, and Foster's the neighborhood's northern boundary. Join YoChicago's Joe Zekas for a drive along the [...]
Uptown, Marine Drive and Lincoln Park
Our afternoon jaunt through Uptown continues on Marine Drive and then detours into Lincoln Park - the park, not the neighborhood. [...]
Argyle Street, Uptown, a/k/a New Chinatown
Argyle Street is host to dozens of Chinese, Vietnamese and other Asian restaurants and businesses.
It's been several years since I'd walked ARgyle [...]
Uptown – a drive along Kenmore Ave
Kenmore Ave, in the Buena Park section of Uptown, has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. It's gone from a scene reminiscent of "Desolation [...]
A night at the Opera (Lofts): Meeting the developer
YoChicago.com's Mark Boyer talks to developer Andy Schcolnik about his project in Chicago's Near South Side. Opera Lofts, 2545 S Dearborn St, compris [...]
A night at the Opera (Lofts), Part 2
In part 1 of my visit to the Opera Lofts open house party last week, a potential buyer said he was impressed with the Opera Lofts, but he was deterred [...]
Advice for navigating through an "SSM"
We've established that Chicago has a "stunningly soft market", so what does that mean for someone who's searching for a new home? In the second vide [...]
Rogers Park, residential apartment investing
Standing outside the Heartland Cafe, Alan Goldberg talks to YoChicago's Joe Zekas about the economics of investing in Rogers Park apartment buildings [...]
Rogers Park, retail and commercial opportunities
Standing outside the Heartland Cafe, Alan Goldberg talks to YoChicago's Joe Zekas about unmet opportunities for retail and commercial development in [...]
Glenwood Avenue Arts District, Rogers Park, II
Alan Goldberg continues a walking tour of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District, telling YoChicago's Joe Zekas about the changes in the area.
Goldberg [...]
Morse Fresh Market & more, Rogers Park
Alan Goldberg and YoChicago's Joe Zekas take a brief detoru from their walking tour of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District to check out some of the bus [...]
Glenwood Avenue Arts District, Rogers Park, I
Alan Goldberg begins a walking tour of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District, telling YoChicago's Joe Zekas about the changes in the area.
Goldberg, a [...]
A walk along Morse & Glenwood in Rogers Park
This is one of several videos that form a walking tour of the Glenwood Avenue Arts Distrct in Chicago's Rogers Park.
Join YoChicago's Joe Zekas an [...]
Rogers Park in transition
Alan Goldberg stands outside the venerable Heartland Cafe in Rogers Park and talks about how the neighborhood has rebounded from its lows in the late [...]
A potential buyer reacts to Opera Lofts
This is Ra. He likes rock 'n' roll, nail polish and new homes. Ra and his buddies spent the evening of June 19 at Opera Lofts looking at potential " [...]