We like to watch: inside Grand Boulevard home
This single-family home in Grand Boulevard caught our eye because of the stunning wood trim and millwork inside. It is located at 462 E Oakwood Bl [...]
Celestial House, Bronzeville, Chicago
This is not your ordinary house tour. But then, Celestial House, 3350 S. Calumet Ave in Bronzeville, is no ordinary renovation, and developer Bill La [...]
Sean Harris, Stardust in French
We caught up with Sean as he was preparing to sing at developer Bill Lavicka's birthday party, held at Celestial House, 3350 S. Calumet Ave, in Chica [...]
Carlos Nelson, a passion for Auburn Gresham, Chicago
Carlos Nelson was one of the ones who'd made it out of the neighborhood to an engineering degree and a job in corporate America. What drew him back t [...]
Auburn Gresham, Model blocks project, Part two
Carlos Nelson talks about the role of speculators in his Chicago neighborhood, and the goal of achieving economic, age and racial diversity. [...]
Auburn Gresham, Model blocks project, Part one
See the mother of all bungalows, learn about property values and rents, and hear how the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation is fostering [...]
Clean Slate, 79th St, Chicago
Watch the elevator pitch for this enthusiastic crew of south side street cleaners and recyclers. [...]
Chicagoist issues death threat to developers
"So help us God if any developer even thinks of touching Carson's. Your lives will be forfeit."
- Shannon, writing about the Landmkarks Commission's [...]
Designing your week: SOM's Jessica Mondo on living green
Jessica Mondo of Chicago architecture giant Skidmore, Owings and Merrill will discuss how residential high-rise dwellers can live green and save on en [...]
Comment of the day: sucking in '07
"Generally speaking, developments that suck will suck in 2007. Generally speaking, the farther from downtown you get, the more it will suck in 2007. [...]
Inside Evanston's Asbury Ridge condo conversion
We've already told you a bit about Evanston's Asbury Ridge, the conversion of the historic George B. Dryden mansion into condos; now here's a chance [...]
Quote of the day: time to put a cap on permit parking
"We all pay for the curb. We pay for the cement, the asphalt, the labor that went into it. For a resident to think they can turn it into a private par [...]
We like to watch: Logan Square church converted to single-family home
Converting churches to condos is nothing new -- we work down the street from a couple of them -- but we don't often see churches converted to singl [...]
Bank of America coming to Racine near Broadway
Come fall, the Bank of America is moving into that lovely old terra cotta building at 4756 Racine, adjacent to the Riviera Theatre. A renovation is [...]
Take me to the RiverHouse this weekend
(Sorry about the headline, Al, we couldn't resist.)
Sussex & Reilly will open a sales center for Real Concord Development's RiverHouse this weekend [...]
Ripped from the headlines: Farwell Building face-lift OK'd
Farwell Building face-lift OK'd Trib
Aurora's East Bank project gets bigger Globe St.
54,000 Chicago-area homeowners behind on mortgages Sun-Times [...]
Hashbrowns in University Village distinctly Chicago
Hashbrowns Cafe in University Village may be new, but it's also got some pretty deep roots to Bridgeport's Franco's and Beverly's Franconello's. Mana [...]
Vision on State topped out in South Loop
Yo readers praised architect Pappageorge / Haymes for its design of a contemporary six-flat yesterday. Another of the firm's buildings, Renaissant D [...]
Canyon Ranch Living-Chicago to launch sales in April
Canyon Ranch Living-Chicago, a branch of the the Arizona-based resort and wellness center, will open a sales center in mid-April, according to Kerry [...]
Bankrate: economists predict slow recovery but remain optimistic for 2007
"Stable interest rates, rising consumer confidence and bargain prices make for an overall optimistic outlook for 2007," say economists interviewed for [...]