Toddler learns pastiche at preschool and tries it out on Ukrainian Village home
What the ...? Seems some homeowner handed his two-year-old a crayon one rainy afternoon and told him to design a penthouse addition before bedtime f [...]
Bacon and Beer menu in West Lakeview
Bacon and Beer is here. Beginning this Friday, a newer restaurant called Fixture (2706 N. Ashland Ave., 773-248-3331) is offering a Bacon and Beer pri [...]
Chicago's public schools mirror changes wrought by residential development
Head over to Yo's new Public schools forum, where a thread has started about how residential development in neighborhoods like Lincoln Park, the South [...]
Wilmette votes tonight on teardown tax to fund affordable housing
The Wilmette Village Board will vote tonight on a proposed "teardown tax" that would levy $12,000 for each home demolished to fund affordable housing [...]
Restored Victorian single-family home on the market in Hyde Park
Speaking of grand single-family homes, this restored Hyde Park Victorian recently caught our eye. Located at 5216 S Blackstone Ave, the three-stor [...]
Daley kowtows to big-box retailers over minimum wage
Or, is Daley's veto a wise decision essential to the city's growth? Voice your thoughts at Yo's big-box minimum wage thread over at our Retail forum. [...]
Abbott Labs to sell grand Ravenswood home
Abbot Labs bought the home of company founder, Dr. Wallace Abbott, at 4605 N Hermitage Ave, in Ravenswood, for $1.5 million in 2004. The company cons [...]
Developer set to replace Nortown Theater with condos
Developer Amrit Patel says he has financing in place and expects an Oct. 19 hearing before the Chicago Plan Commission for his plans to turn the Nor [...]
State board wants to raise bar for home inspectors
At some point, home inspection became what painting used to be, the easy occupation of choice for people without much experience or knowledge to make [...]
Barrios for the rest of us – Pilsen
YoChicago doesn't speak much Spanish, and much of Pilsen speaks little else.
There's an artists' enclave in East Pilsen, but it's not much of a fac [...]
School is selling point behind Kildeer single-family home development
We've gone all suburban this afternoon at Yo. Here's another new project: Kildeer Estates, a collection of 110 single-family homes on a parcel at U. S [...]
We like to watch: another Bucktown single-family stunner
We decided to take a look inside this unassuming single-family house in Bucktown, where some fine contemporary treasures are hidden, because we h [...]
Developer says his condos are at "the center of the north shore"
When you bill your condo project as "The Residences of The Center of the Northshore" (sic), you'd better be able to back it up. Developer Edward Ren [...]
New Lincoln Square townhomes designed around central park
Townhomes on the Square -- under construction at 4949 N Lincoln Ave, down the street from Lincoln Manor and Lincoln Center -- is another of severa [...]
Separated at birth: Lincoln Manor loses rooftop structure
The large, enclosed rooftop structure -- set back from the perimeter of the rest of the building but covering most of the rooftop area -- shown in [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Wicker Park: Wicker Park streetwalls are architectural eye candy
Woodlawn: Up [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us — West Walker
We fiddled with "the kind of place where body shop doesn't mean Gold's Gym" and other phrases to sum up West Walker, then decided we couldn't do b [...]
Through a glass, lightly
I've scoured Yo's Wicker Park Week / fortnight rather diligently for any evidence that Wicker Park is not an all-white upper-middle class enclave. You [...]
Steps from University Village shopping and nightlife
That's real estate parlance for Pilsen's location, and it's accurate as far as it goes. [...]
Happiness is a warm puppy
Unless, perhaps, you're the puppy. This scene was seen at a football game in Pilsen's Harrison Park. [...]