A drive through North Beverly, Chicago, part three
Join me for the final part of a leisurely Saturday morning walk and drive through an area that may change your perception of Chicago's southwest side [...]
A drive through North Beverly
Join me for a leisurely Saturday morning walk and drive through an area that may change your perception of Chicago's southwest side. If I hadn't tol [...]
A walk and drive in North Beverly, Chicago, Part two
Join me for a leisurely Saturday morning walk and drive through an area that may change your perception of Chicago's southwest side. If I hadn't told [...]
A drive through North Beverly, Chicago, part one
Join me for a leisurely Saturday morning drive through an area that may change your perception of Chicago's southwest side. If I hadn't told you wher [...]
Video puts new spin on police shooting at 95th Street el stop, neighborhood safety
Since this is Beverly - Morgan Park week at YoChicago, we read this week's Chicago Reader article by John Conroy about a police shooting that occurr [...]
New South
Park Boulevard rebuilds a neighborhood on former CHA land
The drive south along State Street into the Bronzeville neighborhood used to mean venturi [...]
Design evolution
Buyer response inspires new townhomes, live-work space at Westhaven Park
The wisest way to develop housing is to give people what they want, not te [...]
Comment of the day: instant gratification TIFs
"My experience in Logan Square / Avondale is TIFs are just the short-sighted way people impatient for change demand things. 'Why don't we have a Trade [...]
The Chicago Executive Golf Club in Morgan Park
We were dying to get the story behind the Chicago Executive Golf Club, on 115th near Laflin Street in Morgan Park, but it was closed Sunday when we [...]
Open house review: a new-construction duplex in Beverly
Across the Metra tracks from 10352 S Walden Pkwy, Century 21 Sussex & Reilly is marketing another new-construction condo project at 10447 S Hale (a [...]
Gym plays real estate agents' neighborhood name game in "University Village"
We're used to busting builders and real estate agents for pretending their properties are located in the next neighborhood over, or sometimes, the [...]
Open house review: a new-construction condo in Beverly
As we were tooling around Beverly on Sunday, we stopped to check out one of the few remaining condos available at 10352 S Walden Pkwy, a three-story [...]
We like to watch: new-construction single-family home in Beverly
If you're dying to buy in Beverly but you want to steer clear of fixer-uppers, this custom-built four-bedroom four-bath single-family home at 10521 [...]
Smith Village revamps senior housing in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood
Major new-construction projects are few and far between in settled Beverly, with a couple of notable exceptions. At Smith Village, New Life Manageme [...]
Quote of the day: shhh, don't tell the IOC
"...a quarter of Chicago is blighted, which is a sad thing to learn. I sure hope the International Olympic Committee doesn't mind when they learn how [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Mandarin Oriental Tower sells 16 hotel condos
Mandarin sells 16 hotel condos Trib
A quarter of Chicago's acreage "blighted" Reader
Neighbors oppose Wicker Park project Booster
New student h [...]
A Wright house in Beverly
Beverly boasts architectural gems by Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Burley Griffin and Daniel Burnham. This Wright house (photograph by Dan Williamson, [...]
Comment of the day: can the BCO hold "public hearings?"
"Since when do little private clubs hold 'public hearings?' Did I miss something in civics class?"
-- PK on our post noting a Chicago Reader item whi [...]
Beverly / Morgan Park: what you get for the money
Prospective homebuyers who've suffered sticker shock on the North Side and downtown might like what they find in Beverly and Morgan Park, where the 20 [...]
Eight steps to finding the true Beverly
Sure, Beverly is a quiet community with a nice, comparatively affordable housing stock, but how do you really get to know the neighborhood? I'm glad y [...]