Carnival Mondays: houses are like bread
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Mike's Corner -- Web 2.0 for Real Estate Pros. Stop by to find out how a house is like a slice of bre [...]
Motor Row development on overdrive
U.S. auto manufacturers may be in a free fall, but development in Chicago's historic Motor Row District is still going strong. Two fourth-floor l [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Fear and renewal at Cabrini
Fear and renewal at Cabrini NY Times
Kamin: Green architect McDonough finds mainstream acceptance Trib
Studio / Gang's Aqua begins to flow Archite [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Condo flipper: New paint, window treatments and a wall
Mortgage Corner: Ho [...]
An inside look at outsider art: Intuit's 2007 house tours
We're shameless real estate voyeurs here at YoChicago, so we couldn't resist pointing out what look like some of the coolest house tours in the city. [...]
Quote of the day: the remains of Cabrini-Green
"I want to be out of here so bad. There are people hiding everywhere, in the hallways, around the corners. I want to go because I'm scared. I've been [...]
The Chatham housing market: a conversation with real estate agent Cynthia Draper-Hill
Chatham's diverse single-family home stock of well-kept bungalows, step ranches, Georgians and other styles has great appeal to young families, sing [...]
Smooth sounds at the intersection of two Kings in Chatham
At the intersection of 85th Street and Dr Martin Luther King Drive sits Cole Park, named after Chicago's own legendary jazz musician Nat King Cole ( [...]
A walk through Wrightwood Neighbors
Also known as West DePaul, Lincoln Park's Wrightwood Neighbors area runs from Halsted St (800 W) west to Southport (1400 W) and from Fullerton (2400 [...]
Remaining River City condos going on the block
River City Private Residences won kudos from New Homes Magazine for being the best new condo conversion in the city -- six years ago. After throwing [...]
A walk through Wrightwood Neighbors, Chicago, Part V
Jeff Kerr, a local real estate broker, walks us through an overview of his Lincoln Park neighborhood, also known to some as West DePaul. [...]
A walk through Wrightwood Neighbors, Chicago, Part IV
Jeff Kerr, a local real estate broker, walks us through an overview of his Lincoln Park neighborhood, also known to some as West DePaul. [...]
A walk through Wrightwood Neighbors, Chicago, Part III
Jeff Kerr, a local real estate broker, walks us through an overview of his Lincoln Park neighborhood, also known to some as West DePaul. [...]
A walk through Wrightwood Neighbors, Chicago, Part II
Jeff Kerr, a local real estate broker, walks us through an overview of his Lincoln Park neighborhood, also known to some as West DePaul. [...]
A walk through Wrightwood Neighbors, Chicago, Part I
Jeff Kerr, a local real estate broker, walks us through an overview of his Lincoln Park neighborhood, also known to some as West DePaul. [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Carson's eyes South Loop sites Crain's
20 crimes in 20 days at Broadway & Belmont Booster
Streetscape work resumes on North Ave Booster
Resc [...]
Designing your week: "A House for an Ecologist"
"A House for an Ecologist" sought plans for a home and work space for an ecologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the National Conservatio [...]
New retail coming to 79th and St Lawrence in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood
The intersection of East 79th Street and St Lawrence Avenue in Chatham is a study in transition. A well-worn row of shops housing a food mart and a [...]
Comment of the day: here's to Dempsey Travis
"He is an interesting and funny man. I hope he lives many more years and continues to build. Keeping the middle income folks in the city, black or whi [...]
Drunk, hungry taggers knock off Citizens State Bank Lofts
Taggers with steak, rum and gyros on their minds somehow managed to climb to the upper reaches of Citizens State Bank Lofts at 1623 W Melrose St, we [...]