Yo tours Ravenswood Manor with Chris Moran
The Yo took its own video tour of Ravenswood Manor recently, focusing heavily on the charming housing stock ("charming" is a real estate cliche we're [...]
"190 North" paddles through Ravenswood Manor, Rockwell
The popular ABC7 TV show "190 North" highlights Ravenswood Manor and the revitalized commercial on Rockwell Street, just east of the river, in this we [...]
New construction in Ravenswood Manor
You can see some of the great vintage architecture in Ravenswood Manor at our Ravenswood Manor Flickr gallery, but here's a look at Manor's Gate, a [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Chicago Reader profiles the Uptown neighborhood
New series on city neighborhoods Reader
A history of Uptown Reader
Helen Shiller, Uptown's alderman Reader
Uptown's architecture Reader
Edison P [...]
Belgravia introduces blog tracking 565 Quincy
One of the most interesting developments underway in the city right now has to be Belgravia Group's 565 Quincy, which sees a whopping 11-story new-co [...]
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
In Ravenswood Manor.
Down by the riverside ...
Ain't gonna study war no more. [...]
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Tomorrow is Ravenswood Manor day
The Francisco stop on the Brown line. [...]
We like to watch: inside West Loop loft
Judging by the chic contemporary interior of this West Loop loft, you might never guess the building was built in 1915. This two-bedroom pad on th [...]
Crossing Bosworth into East Rogers Park
If you're in love with the old apartment buildings that dot the landscape of East Rogers Park, you might find yourself falling head-over-heels for B [...]
Scenes from ABLA Homes redevelopment, questions for the future
Yesterday, the sounds of the wrecking ball pounding away the concrete of this ABLA Homes high-rise could be heard from blocks away. Located near the [...]
Chicago deal of the day – free assessments at Flats on LaSalle
Metropolitan Development Enterprises is offering a year of free assessments (valued at $2,400 to $2,900) to buyers at its Flats on LaSalle project, t [...]
Condo watch – Trump Tower by night
We've devoted a lot of pixels lately to Trump International Hotel & Tower, but since this 92-story giant of a high-rise is going to be one of the ke [...]
Quote of the day: Brendan promises more transparency than Burt
"One of the things that was lacking was the free flow of information on development. And I hope to change this."
- Brendan Reilly, soon to replace Al [...]
Lake Park Crescent's first for-sale homes to break ground
The building boom underway in the North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhood continues with 68 new homes at Lake Park Crescent, one of the developments r [...]
Gangs get in the way of a better life in Woodlawn
Check out an excellent new journal entry from ChiKat, our writer in Woodlawn. Chi reports on the progress a high school opened by the University of Ch [...]
Katz starts sales at Evanston condo development
Developer Bernard Katz & Associates has begun a pre-construction sales program at Mainstreet Station Condominiums, a 71-unit condo development at Ma [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Condo developer to save facade of Shiloh Baptist Church
Developer to save Shiloh facade Hyde Park Herald
Highland Park houses new on market Chicago mag
Contractor works for county without license Hyde P [...]
Cornelia Court a great find wherever it's located
Whether you call it Avondale or the newly coined "West Roscoe Village," the area surrounding Cornelia Court is undergoing a transformation. Old fact [...]
Chicago deal of the day? Possible tax savings at University Commons
Here's a deal that sounds pretty good on its surface, but bears some close scrutiny by homebuyers to determine what's really on the table. The Enter [...]