Category: Web sites
Do sex offenders depress property values?
Yo doesn't normally venture beyond the Chicago metro, but this item from Manhattan-based Matrix poses an intriguing question: is a home harder to sell [...]
HGTV tool makes moving furniture less of a guessing game
We know from experience that one of the most frustrating things about moving is trying to figure out how your old furniture will fit into your new pla [...]
Pointe 1900 condos nearing completion in South Loop
Phase II of Pointe 1900 is wrapping up construction at 1900 S State St in the South Loop, and you can see just how far the Pointe has come by viewing [...]
SketchUp provides a leg up for DIY home repair
Buying a home can sometimes feel more like buying potential than buying a dream (what were the former owners thinking, merging the living room and din [...]
Tight budgets the mother of creativity for apartment dwellers
Our friends over at Apartment Therapy and Decor8 recently turned us on to the Web site Ikeahacker, which showcases DIY projects that elevate Ikea's st [...]
Neighbors-to-be helping virtual neighbors
An owner-to-be at 340 on the Park has created a Web site and a companion set of forums for virtual neighbors to share information and resources with t [...]
Ultra Local Geography: get to know Rogers Park
"You don't have to go too far in your own neighborhood to find something cool." Ain't it the truth, though? In this case, Rogers Parker Larry Shure [...]
Visit an open house and score Cubs tickets
Coldwell Banker is giving away hundreds of tickets to the Cubs / Astros game on June 15th at 1:20 p.m.
To win all you need to do is sign in at one of [...]
Apartment Therapy deems Chicago site-worthy
For those Chicagoans who have drooled lustily over Apartment Therapy's makeovers and decorating tips for apartment renters, it's time to dust off your [...]
Finding a Realtor in a haystack
It sounds great in principle: search Homethinking.com to find the best real estate agent in your area. Compare agents based on their active listings, [...]
Chicago moves up to 5th in sustainability rank
The couple of million square feet of green roofs Chicago has created in recent years didn't help any, but the city still rose to 5th in a ranking of [...]
If you must live near a bookstore
We know it's not always first on everyone's house-hunting list, but there are some people who have to have a bookstore near where they live.
Oh happy [...]
Top real estate site (ok, it's us) unveils Chicago neighborhood photo galleries
We might be biased, but we think we have the best, most colorful, most informative, most honest and most entertaining photo galleries of Chicago's l [...]
Cabrini gone and unlamented
Thanks to Chicagoist for the pointers to Gangsta City, a full-length documentary filmed entirely at the near-defunct Cabrini-Green housing project.
W [...]
The white girl with the 90 pound dog
Somewhere on Chicago's south side, near a university, you'll find ChiKat. In addition to the dog, she has fish — but she thinks of them as an ap [...]
Former Chicago architecture critic Lee Bey joins blogosphere
Lee Bey, erstwhile Sun-Times architecture writer, Mayoral chief of staff and presently director of media and government affairs for Skidmore Owings & [...]
Roti relative makes a fortune from failed Blue Bag Program
In a post yesterday, we mentioned how a New York Times story praising Chicago's environmentally friendly approach to development and civic life failed [...]
Prize-winning array of boxes
Chicago Apartment Therapy reports (with photos) on what passes for a prize-winning rooftop garden. Sigh. [...]
In it to win it in Woodlawn
I hate my developer is a must-read
The Woodlawn Wonder describes her journal as "my tale of woe as my neighbors and I deal with the business of runni [...]
An alternative reality at University Commons
The UIC campus has been called a lot of things over the years. And now the Web site for University Commons Lofts informs us that UIC's "park-like" cam [...]