African Festival of the Arts
The 17th annual African Festival of the Arts continues tomorrow, September 4, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m, at Washington Park, 51st and Cottage Grove [...]
Wicker Park week extended due to neighborhood demand
Well, friends, Wicker Park week was such a smash success that due to popular demand - and the fact that it's late Friday and we haven't posted half [...]
Loft condos and apartments take academic approach to real estate
Chicago's loft market ain't what it was in the late '90s when nearly every new development seemed to be a loft, but these days the product is more int [...]
S & S Home Builders brings Lincoln Center to Budlong Woods
Here's a look at Lincoln Center, a condo development in Budlong Woods that we recently mentioned. The building, which stretches a good distance down [...]
Who's buying as Deer Point Homes' Shepherds Crossing hits 75% sold?
Builder Deer Point Homes reports that Shepherds Crossing, a development of 239 single-family houses in Zion, is 75 percent sold. A news release anno [...]
Buy a condo in Wicker Park, celebrate in Vegas
We've seen developers try to entice buyers with free assessments, televisions and even a Hummer, but really, what better way is there to celebrate b [...]
Boutique goes for the derelict chic look in Wicker Park
With all the perfectly fine derelict storefronts available in Wicker Park, I have to wonder how much coin designer boutique Futurgarb, located at 1 [...]
Free mural with condo in Wicker Park
This being Wicker Park Week, we thought we'd visit a condo development that has caused all kinds of controversy in the Wicker Park / Bucktown neighbor [...]
The bubble rap forum is live
Reader Ken, who apparently believes there's a housing bubble, sent us an e-mail saying it's time for a forum on the subject.
Maybe it is - you'll dec [...]
Block clubs do more than party
And they're a sure sign of a tough neighborhood.
This one appears to be getting the job done. Maybe the next block up - the site of a thriving ope [...]
Parked in Morgan Park
Maybe it's the high price of gas, or maybe it's just the way things always go in Chicago.
Driving around the western stretches of Morgan Park tod [...]
Wicker Park Week: did changes wreck or restore Division Streeet?
"If in the mid-'90s you told people you were looking for smack on Division Street, they expected needle tracks on your arms. Today, you might be a [...]
Wicker Park juxtaposes new and old architecture
Just as older, local businesses sit across the street from slick suburberrific chain stores, vintage and contemporary residential buildings vie for [...]
George Pappageorge talks about Museum Park
Yo's truly was chatting with George Pappageorge of Pappageorge / Hames fame (anyone else get Madonna singing 'Pappageorge Haymes, I'm in trouble deep' [...]
Wicker Park has graffiti with a message
Graffiti can often be a blight on the urban landscape, but I actually look forward to the quirky messages I always seem to find in Wicker Park. This [...]
New Antioch homes have easy access to Chain O' Lakes, maritime drinking
Our fondest memory of the Chain O' Lakes is Blarney Island, a bar whose genius ranks right up there with those beer-holder hats. You pull your boat [...]
Local Wicker Park retailers cohabitating with chain stores along Milwaukee Avenue
A recent post on chain stores in Wicker Park drew some heated debate, so we thought we'd take a look at the neighborhood's contrasting retail landsc [...]
Wicker Park week: What – or who – is in JoJo's Closet?
Makes you wonder what - or who - is in JoJo's closet, eh? You can get a clue about what goes on behind the mysterious window at the corner of North [...]
Close Jimbo's in Bridgeport? Might as well close America
The owners of Jimbo's Lounge, at 3258 S Princeton Ave, have lost their lease after 22 years in business, and the property owners want the legendary [...]
No gargoyles on Optima Old Orchard Woods
Earlier this week, Yo chatted with David Hovey, the New Zealand-born architect and developer who founded Optima and designed the modernist Optima Ol [...]