Bronzeville group wants to increase property taxes to fund affordable housing on city lots
A group called Housing Bronzeville wants the city to set aside 26 percent of city-owned vacant lots as affordable housing and fund the developments th [...]
Chicago's stealth architect
Pat FitzGerald, the name partner in FitzGerald Associates, is one of Chicago's most talented and most prolific architects. His involvement in hundreds [...]
Chicago’s stealth architect (part 2 of 8)
A wide-ranging interview with Pat FitzGerald, one of Chicago's most prolific architects [...]
Chicago’s stealth architect (part 1 of 8)
A wide-ranging interview with Pat FitzGerald, one of Chicago's most prolific architects [...]
Ann Plewa, Edgewater Beach Neighbors Ass’n
Ann shows YoChicago what's contributing to the renaissance in her neighborhood [...]
Killian Walsh, Berwyn & Winthrop
Killian takes YoChicago on a brief tour of what's happening in this neighborhood [...]
Yousef Alhelo, Habeebi’s Restaurant
YoChicago visits the restaurant and chats with its owner [...]
Edgewater – planning, zoning and density
YoChicago's Barry Pearce interviews Edgewater Development Corporation's Adam Burck on the Broadway zoning controversy, and more [...]
Edgewater, a changing business climate
YoChicago's Barry Pearce interviews Adam Burck of the Edgewater Development Corporation on the Bryn Mawr Historic District, and more [...]
Why move a business to Edgewater?
As Edgewater week continues at YoChicago, we bring you interviews with a couple of local business owners. Dan Aquado, of Blue Hydrangea, 1113 W Berwy [...]
Edgewater Historical Society
YoChicago visits the hostorical society with Pam Ball, one of its board members [...]
Stability, housing variety keys to Edgewater's success
To round out Edgewater week, we had a chat with a neighborhood expert, Marion Volini, broker / owner of Lakefront Realty Group, located at 1048 W Br [...]
Getting a rise on key Edgewater corner
We want to like La Baguette Panaderia, 5712 N Clark St, really we do. This is perhaps the coolest location for a bakery on the North Side, perched at [...]
Construction update: The Columbian topped off in South Loop
Since we last photographed it in October (left), The Columbian has gotten taller, but it ain't gettin' any prettier. The 46-story building has been [...]
Tim-ber! Chicago hasn't run out of woodsy new loft projects just yet
New timber loft developments are hard to find in Chicago these days. Most of the wonderful old timber industrial buildings were converted into lofts o [...]
Environmentally-friendly features at Living Green Lofts
Green features are being a little more prevalent in high-rises these days, but they aren't as common in new mid-rise buildings, so we were interested [...]
New townhouses brighten faded Ravenswood corner
No details are available for the Sunnyside and Wolcott Rowhomes on Mangan Builders' Web site, but a rendering shows orange and dark brick for the to [...]
CTA announces major repairs, slowdowns for Chicago mass transit
The next phase of reconstruction on the CTA's Brown Line will mean major delays throughout the system beginning in April and continuing until the end [...]
Edgewater's Clark Street is for shoppers
There's nothing like a good bout of shopping to burn off some calories. Whether you're looking to spend big or spend little, Clark Street's stretch [...]
Glassy high-rise in harmony with loft conversion at Rokas' 2100
By now you're familiar with Rokas International's 2100 development, an interesting coupling of a four-story loft conversion with a contemporary glass [...]