MLK might have liked this prototype for an affordable North Lawndale home
We meant to mention this yesterday - the Chicago Architecture Foundation's recent Learning from North Lawndale exhibition highlighted the fact that th [...]
Condos recast as apartments in major US housing markets
Developers are hastily recasting flailing condo projects as rental properties across the U.S., the New York Times reports. The Times quotes National A [...]
Where was that fire?
The Sun-Times reports on a fire in Humboldt Park, and the Trib places the same fire in Logan Square.
Realtors are probably talking today about the We [...]
The death of Irish music in Lincoln Square
The short-lived Irish traditional music session on Sundays at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, 5062 N. Lincoln Ave. (773-506-7090), has been shelved for the [...]
Preserving Edgewater’s history
YoChicago's Nat Swift talks with Mark Palermo, one of the volunteer members of the board of the Edgewater Historical Society. [...]
Donald Trump drops "friends and family" from Chicago condo deals
People who bought condos in Chicago's Trump International Hotel & Tower at a discount through a "friends and family" program now face a tough decisio [...]
Work begins on former Louie on the Park space at key Old Town Triangle location
Construction began Saturday on the former Louie on the Park bar and restaurant at the corner of Clark, Wells and Lincoln. A wooden super-structure (if [...]
Carnival Mondays: real estate gets all shook up
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by Seattle-based 360 Digest-- and they're calling it a "freak show." Stop by to learn about the connecti [...]
Do we still have far to go?
On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to "remind America of the fierce urgency of Now" and to express [...]
How long do you wait for industry?
He's far too politic to phrase it this way but, reading between the lines, architect Pat FitzGerald seems to say that PMDs along Chicago's lakefront [...]
Mods and Greens face off in West Loop
In the fiercely competitive condo market, large-scale new developments in the early stages of construction must rely largely on an image to draw in [...]
Olympic Village would create lakefront housing for Chicago
Mayor Daley hopes to turn 77 acres of lakefront property near McCormick Place into an Olympic Village to house the athletes for the 2016 Summer Olympi [...]
New condos on "beautiful land" in West Lakeview
CenterStone Development Group sure chose a hoity-toity name for its new condo development at 2221 W Belmont Ave in West Lakeview. The Belle Terre, [...]
SCB's design puts the "view" in ParkView
Recently, we caught up with architect John Lahey of Solomon Cordwell Buenz, who designed ParkView, the MCL Companies' new high-rise at 505 N McClurg C [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
West Lakeview & Roscoe Village: Deck envy
Edgewater: The Edgewater Historica [...]
Visit the Bryn Mawr Historic District
Details, details — from the Bryn Mawr Ave Historic District. See many more details about this area in the National Register nomination f [...]
Where have all the homeless gone?
According to a recent report (pdf file) from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, Chicago had 6,680 homeless in January, 2005. According to a s [...]
Avoiding the pitfalls of loft living
Architect Pat FitzGerald has been involved in over 100 loft projects, and learned a few things about lofts along the way.
In this segment of our in [...]
The CHA’s daring experiments (8 of 8)
In part eight of an interview with YoChicago, architect Pat FitzGerald discusses the Chicago Housing Authority's mixed-income projects. [...]
Avoiding the pitfalls of lofts (7 of 8)
Architect Pat FitzGerald outlines the pluses and pitfalls of living in a loft, and tells you what to look for. Part 7 of an interview action_videosav [...]