Comment of the day: Lincoln Park not "all white and all rich"
"Lincoln Park is 'diverse' in more ways than just ethnic. You have what I call a post college ghetto in parts of the eastern section with large number [...]
Monday, Monday: haircut puts the rave back in Ravenswood
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo:
In our Edgewater Journal, Killian Walsh shares the schedule for those free mo [...]
We like to watch: Romanesque in Lincoln Park
If you're looking to do as the Romans did, but do it in Lincoln Park, you'll probably want to check out this five-bedroom 4.5-bath single-family home [...]
Lincoln Park speaks: Brooke Timmerman
Who better to give the lowdown on Lincoln Park than the people who live there? Last week, we interviewed a random sampling of Lincoln Parkers to get [...]
Ripped from the headlines: 3,000 more units for South Loop?
Mega-plan for vacant site in South Loop Crain's
Downtown Evanston wrestles with zoning Trib
Mall renovation breathes new life into Matteson Southt [...]
Scenes from Lincoln Park: jumping with help from Daley
Mayor Daley's Jumping Jack Program - which creates an inflatible playground at various locations in the summer - was up and jumpin' last week in a p [...]
Works in progress: construction along West Deming Place
Streets don't get much prettier than West Deming Place in Lincoln Park, a tree-lined stretch close to Clark Street, the lake and really everything e [...]
Welcome to Lincoln Park week
Lincoln Park is home to some of the toniest addresses in the Midwest, with tree-lined side streets, upscale shops and gorgeous, sprawling parkland. [...]
Walking Keck and Wright subdivisions
Yup. George Fred and Frank Lloyd did tract houses in their time.
The video above is from Keck's Forest Crest subdivision in Glencoe, about which ar [...]
One resident’s take on Lincoln Park
Mike Schimmel, a Lincoln Parker, talks about his current neighborhood, his former one (Lake View), and the River North area where he works. [...]
A teenager looks at Lincoln Park
James, a San Diego transplant who's about to enter high school, talks about what he likes about living in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. [...]
Real estate curmudgeon – architecture that makes me cranky
The title pretty much says it all. [...]
Chicago deal of the day: free upgrades at Aristocrat Tower
Provence Development is offering buyers a choice of free upgrade packages at Prairie Station's Aristocrat Tower, a 24-story high-rise planned for 20 [...]
South Loop press boosts interest in condos, agents say
Chicago Magazine's recent hagiography of the South Loop has helped generate interest in some of the neighborhood's high-rise developments, according [...]
West Loop watch: is one of the city's trendiest neighborhoods growing fast enough?
A neighborhood on the cusp of "emerging" is by now such a familiar notion in real estate that we hardly pay attention when we hear the story.
You a [...]
Chicago's hottest neighborhoods 2007
Compiling a list of "hot" neighborhoods in a cooler market might, on its surface, seem like an exercise in futility, but there is perhaps no better ti [...]
Brixton Group's C/A 23 adds high-end option to West Loop
Remnants of the grimy, industrial district that was the West Loop are increasingly hard to find in some parts of the neighborhood, although forklift [...]
Developer returns to his roots with Sheffield Condo Living
Revisiting a childhood haunt can be heartrending – parks get paved over, houses torn down. But sometimes the ravages of time hold off, as they [...]
Before you buy, make sure your home inspector zeroes in on common areas
New Construction Corner
If you're buying a condo, you're not just buying a home. You're also taking on financial responsibility for the whole bu [...]
Comment of the day: rare praise at the Yo
"My clients really enjoy the place...City Builders have had several other developments in the area and seem to be responsive."
- Eric Rojas, making t [...]