Neighborhood trivia quiz – Super Bowl party version
Could this be your neighborhood? Tell us which neighborhood it is, and why this would be in character. Yo staff will award a free YoChicago t-shirt [...]
You want free art? The Loop's got it
Never mind free Tuesdays, here's free February.
The amount of free art in the Loop gets a big ol' boost next month as The Art Institute of Chicago [...]
Loop works in progress: Printers Corner
Speaking of the Loop's Printers Corner, where developer Winthrop Properties is offering buyers a "blind incentive"-- we thought we'd take a look [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Two builders have big dreams for Northbrook boulevard Trib
Harry Reid, land shark? Trib
Real estate gives big to Ald. Natarus Sun-Times
Interes [...]
Moving to the Loop: Stella Stephan will leave the suburbs for a brave new downtown
For two months after she bought her condo at One Place, a 10-story tower at 1 E 8th St, Stella Stephan kept the purchase a secret from her father. T [...]
Chicago deal of the day: R+D659 offers 1.5 percent rate cut
A few Chicago developers are offering buyers finance programs, which are often contingent on securing a mortgage with a preferred lender who is someho [...]
Neighborhood trivia quiz — where not to sell nothing
The last quiz was too easy.
If you've got nothing to sell, this isn't the place to sell it.
Name the place, and the neighborhood it's in, and clai [...]
Face of which Chicago 'hood?
Hopefully this one will be a no-brainer - we talked about this legendary establishment recently.
In which neighborhood did photographer Barry Peterso [...]
Chicago deal of the day: "Blind" incentives at Printers Corner
Here's a new one - at least it is for Yo's truly: Buyers at Winthrop Properties' Printers Corner get to draw a "blind incentive" out of a hat. Possibl [...]
New Loop developments roundup
For Loop Week at YoChicago, we've counted more than two dozen developments in progress from the river to Roosevelt Road and from the lake west to th [...]
Carnival Mondays: hunting the mythical "vampire property"
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by the site My 1st Million at 33. Stop by to find out all the things your real estate agent isn't tellin [...]
Chicago deal of the day: Affordable units at Century Tower
American Invsco is offering affordably-priced units to the last 20 buyers at its conversion high-rise project, Century Tower, 182 W Lake St.
"If you [...]
Moving to the Loop: Graphic designer Steve Ryan chooses "Miesian aesthetic" of the Vetro
Throughout Loop Week here at the Yo, we'll bring you stories of people who've decided to move into the neighborhood. For Steve Ryan, a graphic desig [...]
Quote of the day – ask a gay waiter where he lives
Looking for the next hot neighborhood? According to superstar New York broker / blogger Barbara Corcoran:
"The best property leads I've ever chased h [...]
Ripped from the headlines
Proposals abound for improving access to lakefront Trib
Ways to lose a boomer buyer Trib
"Active adult" housing for boomers Trib
Elderly face affordab [...]
Mixed signals in year-end housing stats
Via Matrix, the monthly report from the Headrick-Wagner Appraisal Group sees inventory levels in Chicagoland trending down, but no "increase in the ho [...]
Moving forward or backward in Prairie Avenue District?
Last week's construction update on the converted Marshall Field Jr. mansion sparked an interesting debate on the progression or regression (depending [...]
Welcome to Loop Week
This week, the Yo will focus on the Loop: the neighborhood bounded by Lake Michigan on the east, Roosevelt on the south and the Chicago River on the [...]
A Loopy good time at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink
Yo's truly spent yesterday afternoon at the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink in Millennium Park, a place which feels like its own little world, a world wher [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
DePaul: Pack of Elmos roaming through DePaul
Wicker Park: North and Ashlan [...]