Ripped from the headlines: No parking podium for Streeterville towers
No parking podium for Streeterville towers Chicago Mag
Lakeshore East builds on historic landfill Sun-Times
Lakeshore East's developers speak Sun- [...]
Remembering Harold Washington
Harold Washington died 20 years ago today. This memorial, with a photo of a young, handsome and charismatic Harold Washington, sits just north of E [...]
Are we all subprime now?
Calculated Risk, an always thought-provoking read on finance and economics, has a new motto: "we are all subprime now."
Are we? Will "selective loose [...]
Is the Gold Coast leaping south?
The Chicago Tribune apparently thinks it is. An article on the Gold Coast in today's Trib focuses on four new high-rise towers – all of them outside t [...]
Quote of the day from Calvin Coolidge
"We have been blessed with much of material prosperity. We shall be better able to appreciate it if we remember the privations others have suffered, a [...]
Chicago skyline, from the Adler Planetarium
Chicagop-based photographer Michael Kardas has been on a panorama binge lately. I saw some of the results over breakfast yesterday, and the large-sc [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Prairie standoff ends
Prairie standoff ends Chicago Sun Times
Arlington Market gets change to already - approved plan Daily Herald
City's landmark el system could becom [...]
LaSalle forecloses on Lincoln Park project
A YoChicago reader just sent in a link to a Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily story on the financial troubles at the Ashton Lofts, a 41-unit project at [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Trump hotel Dec. 3 opening could be delayed by city
Trump hotel Dec. 3 opening could be delayed by city Chicago Tribune
Freddie Mac loses $2 billion on bad mortgages Chicago Tribune
Homes sales slo [...]
A peek inside South Loop's Vetro
No one is allowed into this model home at Vetro, the South Loop high-rise, if they're not wearing rectangular black-framed glasses. We're pulling yo [...]
Avondale west roundup: Belmont development
Our recent post on development in Avondale sparked a lively discussion about the merits of the neighborhood west of the Kennedy Expressway. Yo readers [...]
Carnival of Real Estate: Kick your way through a down market
Who digs World Cup soccer? San Francisco Realtor and blogger Kevin Boer is clearly a fanatic - this week he lends a soccer theme to Carnival of Real E [...]
Construction update: Streeterville's ParkView topped out
ParkView, under construction at 505 N McClurg Ct in Streeterville, has come a long way since we last stopped by in August. The 47-story tower, desig [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Settlement House to be reborn as condos
Settlement House to be reborn as condos Trib
Local lenders business loans going bad Crain's
MCZ adds division to focus on urban lofts Globe St
La [...]
The Island, a gem on Chicago's West Side
Just after Memorial Day Tyler Rice, a college student who lives in The Island with his grandmother took me on a walking tour of his neighborhood.
T [...]
The Island, a gem on Chicago’s West Side
Just after Memorial Day Tyler Rice, a college student who lives in The Island with his grandmother took me on a walking tour of his neighborhood.
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More red, white and blue
View east from Erie Street and the Chicago River, earlier last week, before the gloomy weather set in. [...]
Infill visits Central Station
Phil Berger, Yo's architecture critic, recently visited Central Station for a look at some of the more southerly Museum Park high-rises. We call the [...]
Infill, Dearborn Tower, South Loop
Join Phil Berger and Joe Zekas for another episode of Infill.
Phil tells us why he thinks Dearborn Tower is one of Pappageorge Haymes' better crea [...]
South Loop, Vue20, Brininstool & Lynch,
Join Phil Berger and Joe Zekas for another episode of Infill.
Phil talks about why he liks the work of Brininstool & Lynch, including Vue20, 1845 [...]