Category: Video
Infill, live / work in Fulton Market
Architecture critic Phil Berger walks a block of new construction in the West Loop's changing Fulton Market district.
Phil awards the developer p [...]
Infill, West Loop cityscape and streetscape
Join architecture critic Phil Berger and YoChicago's Joe Zekas for a look over Phil's shoulder at a cityscape composed of buildings that disrespect t [...]
Infill, Mod and Madison Street, West Loop
Architecture critic Phil Berger continues his ramble around the West Loop with YoChicago's Joe Zekas.
We talk about Mod - a promising new developm [...]
Infill, Block X in the West Loop
Join Phil Berger, YoChicago's peripatetic architecture critic, for a look at the West Loop's Block X.
Block X, built by The Thrush Companies and d [...]
Infill, Mediterranean style on Randolph, Part 1
Phil Berger, YoChicago's architecture critic, stops to comment on a building that appears to be just a jumble of random elements. It's in the 1100 bl [...]
Infill, Mediterranean style on Randolph, Part 2
Critics have their critics, and sometimes they get instant feedback on their reviews.
Infill's Phil Berger met up with the owner - designer of a b [...]
West Loop, 2 Sisters Boutique
YoChicago's Joe Zekas and architecture critic Phil Berger were rambling around the West Loop today and stopped to chat with Elena and Jenna, two sist [...]
Infill with Phil Berger, the Alhambra Palace restaurant
Infill is our peripatetic ramble through Chicago with architecture critic Phil Berger.
In this episode we visit the Alhambra Palace restaurant, 12 [...]
Infill, 1000 West Washington in the West Loop
Infill is our peripatetic ramble through Chicago with architecture critic Phil Berger.
Phil, who writes frequently for local and national publicati [...]
In-Spired: how will the massive Chicago Spire relate to its site, city?
In this video, Chicago Spire architect Santiago Calatrava talks about how the massive 2,000-foot tower, planned to be the tallest exclusively reside [...]
Lakefront remains Rogers Park's top asset
For many homebuyers, comparatively affordable homes with great access to the lake is the reason to buy in Rogers Park. YoChicago's Joe Zekas paused [...]
Calatrava shows off early Chicago Spire sketches, talks turkey on design
In this video, Architect Santiago Calatrava shows off some of the color sketches that led him to the Chicago Spire design. While he talks about the [...]
Exploring Sheridan Road in Rogers Park
We took you on a quick tour of Howard Street yesterday, so today we thought we'd take a spin down Sheridan Road, East Rogers Park's main street. Joi [...]
In-Spired: Is glass-enclosed bedroom groovy or impractical?
Was it timed to coincide with the latest remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers?" Probably not, but the pod-like bedroom in one model unit for Th [...]
Rogers Park conversion with condos under $170k
One of the benefits of shopping at smaller condo conversions, as opposed to the mega-developments downtown, is that it's not unusual to stumble acro [...]
Take a ride on the CTA Red Line
In the spirit of the old-timey Sunday drive - anybody still take those? - we thought we'd post this video excursion on the CTA Red Line - the gritty [...]
The Chicago Spire design, Part two
Architect Santiago Calatrava, speaking at a recent press presentation, talks about some of the influences on the design of The Chicago Spire.
This [...]
The Chicago Spire design, Part one
Architect Santiago Calatrava, speaking at a recent press presentation, talks about some of the influences on the design of The Chicago Spire.
This [...]
The Chicago Spire – a room within a room
As part of the model tour at a recent press presentation, YoChicago walked through a unit that has the bedroom as a room within a room.
See our Ch [...]
The Chicago Spire, concepts and model
Architect Santiago Calatrava, at a recent presentation for the press, outlined some of the concepts behind The Spire and elaborated on the details of [...]