The Yo Yos: Best City Initiative, Worst Case of City Neglect
Today's installment of the Yo Yos gives you the opportunity to give brickbats and bouquets to the city for its urban planning initiatives. Our host f [...]
Yo's holiday gift guide: Check out these books
Yo! If you're still debating gift ideas for that architecture lover or Chicago history buff in your life, consider these picks from The University of [...]
Yo's holiday gift guide: bring the architecture home
You're running out of time to find the perfect gift for those architecture buffs in your life, so may we suggest you haul it down to the Chicago [...]
The street of forty doors
The Urban Politician has been getting a bit grumpy lately about projects not being built on a pedestrian-friendly scale, so we thought we'd offer hi [...]
The street of forty doors
Take a leisurely walk down Alta Vista Terrace, a half-block wide block-long Chicago and national landmark. [...]
Parkside of Old Town breaks ground
Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," but it was Chicago Housing Authority CEO Sharon Gist Gi [...]
Yo's holiday gift guide: tix to see RoboCop play Frank Lloyd Wright
Those of you who don't want to brave the winds and the crowds and the cheap, picked-over tchotchkes that pass for holiday gifts can enjoy a civilize [...]
Holy condo conversion, Batman!
We still can't help but snicker when we think of living in Wayne Manor, the Edgewater (the developer is calling it "East Andersonville") condo conve [...]
Yo '07: Predictions from developer Michael Maier of MCL Companies
Chicago home prices will flatten out but not necessarily drop in 2007, according to MCL Companies president Michael Maier. The developer of Streetervi [...]
Who should develop the Solo Cup site on the Far South Side?
Now we know what Appraisal Research Counsellor's Gail Lissner was probably referring to when she said that 2007 would be the year of redeveloping old [...]
Chicago removes Millennium Park cameras after blogger badgering
It's nice to know, now and again, that we're not the only ones forced under intense scrutiny thanks to technology. We've been a little uncomfortable [...]
Chicago Spire one step closer to reality
The Chicago Tribune reports that Dublin-based Shelbourne Development will soon take over 7,000 square feet of office space on the 50th floor at 111 So [...]
The Yo Yos: Most Luxurious Development, Best Conversion Project
Well, it's Day Three of the wildly successful Yo Yos, Chicago real estate's People's Choice Awards. Today's host is French-born Chinese-American virtu [...]
Yo ho ho: Christmas in Lincoln Square
We spotted this festive bungalow on the 2100 block of West Foster Avenue in Lincoln Square. [...]
Chicago trains back after South Loop derailment
YoChicago ran into this derailed Chicago Transit Authority Orange Line train yesterday while photographing loft buildings in the South Loop. Only min [...]
Christmas in Lakeview East
This holiday scene is set in the window of the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce, 3138 N. Broadway St. [...]
Snow globe captures season, literally, at Albany Park home
It's hard to tell from the night photography, but there is actual fake snow (how's that for a phrase?) falling in this giant snow globe, captured in [...]
Loyola construction robs Rogers Park, Edgewater of lakefront park space
If you're out for a walk on the south end of Rogers Park, as we were on Sunday, Loyola's campus makes for possibly the best stroll in the neighborhoo [...]
No rest for the rich in 2007 housing market
Amid all the talk of slowdowns and bubbles, a California firm that tracks property-sales data has released the news that sales of homes priced $5 mi [...]
You are TIME Magazine's person of the year
Yes, you.
For participating in an online community like ours, for writing about your neighborhood, for giving us your expert opinion, for telling us [...]