9/1/11
Larry Shure, a preservation planner with the City of Chicago, has begun a fascinating project cataloging and categorizing the courtyard buildings of Rogers Park...
8/25/11
Several times a day we scan the news feeds from 100s of local, regional and national news sources and flag the items that merit...
8/24/11
One of our frequent visitors sent along a link to a Web site that he’s built to promote the sale of his condo at...
8/23/11
A few commenters have chimed in at Curbed on its “Chicago’s hottest brokers” contest, and they’re not happy about what they see. Commenter untitledreality...
8/2/11
Throughout the day, every day, YoChicago monitors feeds from 100s of local, regional and national blogs and news sites and flags and categorizes the...
7/25/11
A current New York Times article focuses on owners who rent out their apartments – or one or more bedrooms – to strangers on...
6/19/11
Real estate brokerage sites typically feature upbeat overviews of Chicago’s neighborhoods. The articles often appear to have been authored on a low budget by...
6/5/11
YoChicago aggregates real estate and neighborhood news stories that are relevant to Chicagoans from 100s of local, regional and national news sources at our...
5/16/11
If you want to stay current on news about Chicago high-rise developments, the SkyscraperCity High-rise Development News forum is a must-visit. The forum is...
4/23/11
If you’re planning to visit open houses on Easter Sunday, pay careful attention to the dates on open house listings. Several broker sites are...
3/27/11
Chick, Saul Bellow’s persona in Ravelstein, wonders whether death is the time when the pictures might stop, and suggests an answer: I wonder if...
2/26/11
Over at CribChatter, Sabrina speculates about the reasons for what commenters perceive as a recent increase in the number of hateful, racist and anti-Semitic...
1/12/11
Recently, at sites where the wishful-thinkers don their blinkers and gather to blather about the future of Chicago’s lakefront market, there’s been a recurring...
12/27/10
Back in October of 2007, when then-editor Barry Pearce wondered whether loft condo design in recent developments was stylish or ‘super crappy’ he probably...
12/14/10
Curbed New York discovered ballot-stuffing in its Curbed Cup matchup between Park Slope and Roosevelt Island. In Chicago, Uptown surpassed River North in the...
12/9/10
Google Analytics tells us that many of our readers also visit CribChatter, and many of their readers visit YoChicago. We have very different approaches...
12/9/10
From the Wall Street Journal. Housing project goes dark
11/24/10
Move.com recently rolled out a revamp of its rental search, and the site apparently has a few kinks to work out. Silver Clouds (sic)...
11/22/10
In general we’ve been thrilled with Curbed’s arrival in Chicago. In general. Some aspects of Curbed’s sensibility do not, to my way of thinking,...
11/14/10
Our new format, we hope, makes it easier for you to access YoChicago’s wealth of videos, photos and articles about Chicago homes, apartments and...