Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Austin Historic District
If you like the stately Victorian homes of Oak Park but can't live with being a suburbanite, you might want to take a look at the Austin Historic Di [...]
Schlock architecture — typo or snarky commentary?
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks Web page for the Schlect House at 5804 W Race Ave, pictured above, refers to the architect as "Frederick R. Schl [...]
Sign of the times: "For Rent" signs on for-sale buildings
That's a "Now Renting" sign hanging from the balcony at the new-construction condo development 3101 N California Ave, something we've been seeing mo [...]
Wicker Park gets another modern condo building from Ranquist
The folks at Ranquist Development must be mainlining their caffeine. It seems every time we check in with the company, it has a new development in t [...]
Will easier access to sex offender locations affect property values?
A Cook County Board committee has approved a measure that would establish automatic e-mail notification for anyone who wants it if a sex offender move [...]
Preservationists fight sale of Highland Park's Becker estate
Preservationists are trying to stop the sale of the historic Highland park estate that insurance magnate Mickey Segal had to forfeit as part of his co [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Wildwood
It wouldn't be surprising if more Chicagoans have been to Wildwood, New Jersey than to its namesake neighborhood on the city's far northwest side. U [...]
Does Highland Park's downtown trump "faux" downtowns in other Chicago suburbs?
One of the reasons Mike and Eve Del Monte moved from Chicago to Highland Park was a vibrant and charming downtown that they saw as the antithesis of [...]
Another classic Chicago movie theater closing
Coinciding with the news today that yet another classic Chicago movie theater is closing--the Esquire on Oak Street in the Gold Coast--Chicago magazin [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us — Marynook
Marynook — pay attention now, preservationists — is a set-piece late-50's, early-60s subdivision, right down to its curving streets and [...]
West Town's Chicago Avenue gets better and better
Gabe correctly guessed that yesterday's Faces of which Chicago 'hood? was Atomix Cafe on Chicago Avenue. Yo's truly is excited at how the little str [...]
Wilmette teardown tax on new homes postponed
At its meeting last night, the Wilmette Village Board tabled a proposed "teardown tax" that would levy $12,000 for each home demolished to fund affo [...]
Two-thirds of Lakeshore East home buyers coming from suburbs
Where does all the money come from? It's a question we hear all the time at Yo from friends in our paltry income bracket wondering where so many bu [...]
Park Monroe's face-lift creates dualistic disaster
We've speculated on what the tremendous office building at 55 E Monroe St will look like when its top half gets a nip/tuck to create The Park Monroe [...]
New FBI office opens on Chicago's West Side
The Medical District, on the Near West Side, has always felt a little scary. This isn't the result of actual crime, so much as the empty feeling of bl [...]
Veto looks solid, but Chicago's big-box debate rages on
Well, today's the day. Mayor Daley cast his first ever veto on Monday to strike down Chicago's big-box ordinance, and word is, he's found enough votes [...]
Hancock Center condo gives new meaning to the term "asphalt jungle"
Our jaws nearly hit the floor when we saw the leather floors and marble walls at the Park Monroe, and now we're struggling to wrap our minds arou [...]
The good life: fancy an indoor swimming pool?
We just can't help but hear Tony Bennett crooning "The Good Life" as we check out the 8,200-square-foot home for sale at 60 E Cedar St in the Gold C [...]
Irish music in Wrigleyville
Tonight only! The upscale coffee shop/performance venue Uncommon Ground hosts one of Ireland's most talented accordion players, County Mayo's David Mu [...]
Faces of which Chicago 'hood?
We haven't played "Faces of which Chicago 'hood?" for a while, so here goes: Where did photographer Michael Jarecki take this photograph? First corr [...]