Category: Web sites
Sitewide search now available
Some of you have asked for the ability to search all of YoChicago's journals - and that option's now available through the magic of Google's Custom Se [...]
Carnival Mondays: what do I have to do to put you in this house today?
This week, the 19th Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Ubertor Real Estate Blog, which also takes the opportunity to pitch its Web site software (al [...]
In search of the Lincoln Park Trixie
Yo Joe ventured into the heart of Trixieland this morning for brunch with his Trixie consultant.
We then stood on a few street corners on Webster A [...]
Most neighborhoods show price increases
If you want an at-a-glance overview of changes in year-to-year price and sales volume in Chicago's 77 official community areas it's hard to beat the " [...]
Is your real estate agent a convicted felon?
Perhaps.
You can look up your agent's license status at the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which also publishes a peri [...]
Apartment Therapy and Time Out look at ways to make your turkey quirky this year
Check out some quirky turkey over at Apartment Therapy, where they have some good ideas for how to liven up your Thanksgiving table and get the rela [...]
Film Exchange Lofts Web site is reel interesting
We talked yesterday about loft developers who don't appreciate the history of their buildings, and that's something that can't be said for the develop [...]
Bogus lawsuit dismissed; loser vows appeal
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed what I've previously characterized as a frivolous, publicity-seeking lawsuit against Craigslist.
The suit, broug [...]
The Chicago Real Estate Local
Eric Rojas (one of our frequent commenters of late) has been writing one of Chicago's better real estate blogs - The Chicago Real Estate Local.
He's [...]
Two different Web sites for Lincoln Park 2520 development
We stumbled across a Web site this morning about the Lincoln Park 2520 development which had us a little puzzled. The name of the Web site is Lincoln [...]
Ald Helen Shiller stars in new Uptown video
Alderman Helen Shiller is the star of a YouTube video over at the blog What the Helen? The video, set to the soundtrack of Social Distortion's Take Aw [...]
Build a Trixie, courtesy of Lincoln Park Chad Society
Yo's DePaul journal writer, ucsbchick, was amused to find that the Lincoln Park Chad Society Web site has this great interactive feature, "Build your [...]
Locals react to model CHA project in Bronzeville
The Methods Reporter is a project of graduate students at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
Check out its recent report, from student Eliza [...]
YoTube — our first amateurish videos
We've posted a few (largely) unedited, completely unscripted videos at our YouTube channel.
We don't have much in the way of video skills yet, but [...]
Chicago real estate Web sites revisited
A little clarification about yesterday's post on real estate company Web sites:The National Association of Realtors study that we quoted found that 78 [...]
Local real estate Web sites mostly dull – with some notable exceptions
Nearly 80 percent of real estate firms have a Web site that's been live for a median of five years, according to a new study by the National Associati [...]
Filmmakers take on Chicago neighborhoods
You can check out Lincoln Park's monkeys, Wicker Park's hipsters and Wrigleyville's beer-swillers in their natural habitat from the comfort of your o [...]
Behold! The $80,000 condo!
...And believe it or not, the fixer-uppering has already been done. The Habitat Company is marketing the 32-unit condo conversion Magnolia Court, lo [...]
New Chicago Web site helps find free or cheap drinks
Here at Yo, we often work up a mighty thirst arguing about Chicago real estate and neighborhoods, which is why we were oh-so-pleased to find that the [...]
Puppy love in the South Loop
Ok all you crazy mutt-loving South Loopers, never let it be said that Yo isn't good to you. Today we pay tribute to the dogs of the South Loop, as s [...]