Ignotz’s and the Heart of Italy, Chicago
Roger, owner of Ignotz's Ristorante in Chicago's Heart of Italy neighborhood talks about his restaurant and the neighborhood where his family has liv [...]
Heart of Italy, a walk down Oakley Ave
More restaurant reviews - "they're all good" - from a retired waitress as I walk the brief stretch of Oakley Ave billed as the Heart of Italy. [...]
Saint Joseph’s day in the Heart of Italy
I walk into Miceli's Deli and learn that it's Saint Joseph's day - and that all the restaurants sin the area are good. [...]
Church of the day
The First Steadfast Missionary Baptist Church, 467 E. Bowen St, in Bronzeville. [...]
Advice for flipping that condo in a down market
Baird & Warner real estate agent Greg Jarvis tells a happy tale of flipping in our Condo flipper journal. His clients bought a Lincoln Park duplex at [...]
154 offers contemporary lofts, River North lifestyle
There's an unmistakable lifestyle that comes with living in River North. With Michigan Avenue a short walk away, hotspots like Rockit Bar & Grill, C [...]
Wrightwood Neighbors tour part II – $750,000 teardowns are common
Check out part II of our tour of the "Wrightwood Neighbors" section of Lincoln Park, aka West DePaul, hosted by real estate agent and ChiTownLiving [...]
Comment of the day: elections are term limits
"We have term limits, they're called elections. Anyone can be unseated at any election interval. If you don't like someone, vote the bum out. People i [...]
Chicago rent barometer: being a UIC student can be expensive
Looking to rent a place near the University of Illinois at Chicago? Well, unless you work in the Medical District and can afford to pay part of the [...]
Name the Chicago nabe next to the river
Yesterday we made it pretty easy to win a T-shirt by dishing some propaganda. Today we thought we'd make it a little bit harder. In addition to namin [...]
Domus condos in Lake View are all corners
Everyone wants the corner unit, right? Whatever you think of this Domus development, a glassy modern building with massing that's none too subtle, a [...]
New retail, restaurants create hotspots in Edgewater, Uptown
In the new issue of New Homes Magazine, which hits the street Friday and the 'net today, Yo's Alison Soltau looks at the changes new restaurants and [...]
Retail therapy
See also: New construction is being added to area conversionsÂ
New restaurants, retail, nightlife create hotspots in Uptown, Edgewater
Story by A [...]
A room of one's own
City's fledgling hotel condo market sees homeruns, strikeoutsÂ
by Kate Hawley
Ken Costanzo had practical reasons for wanting a second home in Chic [...]
Quote of the day: term limits for aldermen
"I have two words for everyone: TERM LIMITS! We need them to prevent the entrenched corruption and play to pay politics."
- Jocelyn, commenting on th [...]
More contemporary homes going up in Lake View
The new single-family homes at Wolfram Way in Lake View may have an understated modernism in their architecture, but the new house underway nearby o [...]
Ripped from the headlines: revised predatory lending law near
Revised predatory lending law near Trib
U.S. housing market sending mixed signals Trib
Housing starts on the upswing Sun-Times
Oak Park plans aff [...]
Chicago deal of the day: 4 percent credits at Jazz on the Boulevard
The Thrush Companies, developer of the 137-unit Jazz on the Boulevard in North Kenwood-Oakland, is offering a credit equivalent to 4 percent of the [...]
Agent weighs in on Chatham housing market
Housing sales in Chatham are proceeding at a brisk pace despite misperceptions on the part of both sellers and buyers, says Cynthia Draper-Hill, an [...]
Lake View single-family homes get modern
Four of the five single-family homes at Wolfram Way, on the 1700 block of West Wolfram Street in Lake View. The sleek houses, designed by Wilkinson [...]