Category: Web sites

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Why are women and whites bailing on Chicago?

Accoding to U.S. Census data available at Metro Chicago Information Center (MCIC), Chicago's female population will drop from 1,490,909 in 2000 to 1,3 [...]
See it from the air with Live Search

See it from the air with Live Search

We're a bit slow in noticing that Microsoft Live Search now has "Bird's-eye views" live for Chicago. You can zoom in to this level, and pan and t [...]

He delves into the soul of the city

That, we're told, is what Mark Konkol is doing in the new Sun-Times blog that "lasers in" on Neighborhoods. YoChicago will stick to the gritty, glitt [...]
This land is glog land – Studs Terkel on the Internet at the CMW Media Awards

This land is glog land – Studs Terkel on the Internet at the CMW Media Awards

At the Community Media Workshop's annual Studs Terkel Media Awards, presided over by Studs himself, the Chicago legend waxed philosophical about the [...]

Does anyone live in the Reader's Uptown?

As a Chicago neighborhood buff — and a chronic fan of the Chicago Reader — I looked forward to sampling the first of the Reader's neighbor [...]

Buyer at 156 W Superior airs grievances on Web site

The folks at Ranquist Development must be kicking themselves for not buying the URL www.156wsuperior.com. A buyer at 156 W Superior, a River North bui [...]

Review your street at StreetAdvisor.com

You can write online reviews of just about anything these days - books, music, real estate, and, beginning this week, the street where you live. Stree [...]
Belgravia introduces blog tracking 565 Quincy

Belgravia introduces blog tracking 565 Quincy

One of the most interesting developments underway in the city right now has to be Belgravia Group's 565 Quincy, which sees a whopping 11-story new-co [...]

What's wrong with real estate search?

Jeff Kerr, over at Chitown Living, writes about some recent developments that will improve the home search experience for Chicagoans. "These are grea [...]

Chicago gangs tracked on Google maps

The blog Gapers Block today spotlights a new use for Google maps: locating Chicago gangs. The Web site ChicagoGangs.org has interactive maps of the No [...]

Urban Green Project tackles a Chicago two-flat

Green Grumbles, the blog for the Urban Green Project, has a batch of new entries this week. The site chronicles the transformation of a more than 100- [...]
Write about your 'hood for Yo – volunteer party tonight at Kasey's Tavern in Printers Row

Write about your 'hood for Yo – volunteer party tonight at Kasey's Tavern in Printers Row

We can't guarantee that flowers will be blooming outside of Kasey's Tavern, at 701 S Dearborn St in the South Loop, tonight, but we can promise one h [...]

Fidelity National Title speaks four new languages

Fidelity National Title Insurance Company today launched four new Web sites in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese, says spokesperson Mary Placido [...]
A (literally) moving tribute to Chicago's Elks Memorial

A (literally) moving tribute to Chicago's Elks Memorial

Several blogs, including Edward Lifson's New Modernist and Gaper's Block, have recently highlighted the work of commercial photographer Robert Harshm [...]

Crain's weighs in on "real estate porn" addicts

Web sites like www.zillow.com and www.gardenweb.com appeal to our baser selves, or so says a story in the March 5 issue of Crain's Chicago Business: t [...]
Real estate broker videos the neighborhoods

Real estate broker videos the neighborhoods

You may find them a tad relentlessly upbeat, but the neighborhood videos from Dream Town are still as good as anything we've seen on Chicago neighbo [...]

Google Apps and real estate

Google's expansion of its online applications is big news on the tech front today, so we thought you might enjoy watching Camden Daily, Director of Te [...]

The surrealestate life: developers turn to online films to sell buildings

Several weeks ago, we posted on Artie, the madcap butcher from a series of online ads produced by Mesirow Financial's West Loop condo project, R+D659. [...]

Here's how I sold my house

The always-interesting Dan Green is blogging the sale of his home. Dan's posts are a rich and wise to-do list for other prospective sellers, and cont [...]

BlockShopper gives the skinny on real estate's rich and obscure

Curious to find out who can afford to buy all these expensive starter castles and condos? Well so were the folks over at BlockShopper.com, a Web site [...]
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