The Yo Yos: Who's hot and who's not in Chicago architecture
As we continue rolling out the Yo Yos, we want you to vote on Chicago's Hottest Architect (and no, we don't want to hear about that kind of hot) and C [...]
Yo '07: Homeowner will be "master of the universe"
After we chatted up Riha Design Group's Kenneth Riha about where sales centers are heading, he gave us some insight into design trends in the homes th [...]
The Yo Yos: Most Overpriced Nabe, Most Improved Nabe
Due to popular demand, Day Two of The Yo Yos, Chicago real estate's answer to The People's Choice Awards, is hosted by the early '90s rapper Yolanda [...]
Yo '07: Top real estate agent says Chicago will be a buyer's market
Expect to see a flurry of first-time buyers browsing an oversupplied housing market in spring 2007, says Charles Huzenis of Jameson Realty Group. With [...]
Carnival Mondays: real estate blogs turn to video
This week's Carnival of Real Estate is hosted by the folks at Seattle Real Estate Professionals. Stop by to find an entire category devoted to video p [...]
The Yo Yos: The People's Choice Awards for Chicago real estate
(Drum roll...) Well here 'tis, the inaugural Yo Yos, a sort of People's Choice Awards for Chicago Real Estate, where we ask you, dear readers, to vot [...]
Yo '07: No such thing as too much information
Judging by the X/O Condominiums sales center, we'd say Riha Design Group president Kenneth Riha is ahead of the design curve, so we figured he'd be [...]
East Village house always in Christmas spirit – sort of
When I first discovered this East Village house on Chestnut Street and Ashland Avenue, it was too dark out to get a decent shot. I went back during t [...]
Vean a la página de Pilsen para artÃculos en español y inglés
Now that Pilsen week is in the rearview, readers can check out all of our coverage in both English and Spanish in Yo's Pilsen journal. We're sure we'v [...]
Forget about that plasma TV, Texan homebuyers get free Glocks
We've seen how developers and brokers are rolling out the incentives to attract buyers in a slowing market, but the folks at Seattle Real Estate Profe [...]
Yo '07: Are we headed for 10 percent price drops?
The price of homes in many parts of downtown Chicago, outerlying neighborhoods and the suburbs could flatten out or even drop as much as 10 percent in [...]
Yo '07: Punditry and predictions from yo favorite Chicago real estate Web site
That's right. As the quirky and capricious year that was rolls to a close, Yo's truly is asking the expert, the everyman and the truly ignorant for th [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Lake View: Enigmatic graffiti in Lake View
Condo flipper: The Lincoln Park p [...]
Christmas in East Garfield Park
The Christmas show — sorry, the "Holiday Flower Show" — at the Garfield Park Conservatory continues through January 7. See dozens more p [...]
Is Fifth City coming back?
I was about to photograph the construction sign for the Harvest Homes Condominiums, W Fifth Ave and W Adams, just east of Kedzie, when I struck up a c [...]
East Garfield Park, Chicago
Jim Starmes, a local resident of the Fifth City area of East Garfield Park, talks with YoChicago's Joe Zekas about changes in the neighborhood. [...]
Christmas in Homan Square
If you spend any time in the Homan Square part of East Garfield Park taking photos of homes with Christmas decorations, someone will eventually tell [...]
Swiss photographer shot in Bucktown
This gentleman is photographing Chicago for his own amusement, after two days on assignment in North Carolina, before heading home to Switzerland.
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Christmas in River West
It's Santa Cycle Rampage 2006, outside the Twisted Spoke at Grand and Ogden. See more at SantaCon Chicago, and look for more YoChicago photos at Fli [...]