Don't rely on city to ensure quality of construction on your new house or condo
A little piece of paper sure goes a long way. In the September issue of New Homes Magazine, home inspector and columnist Tom Corbett reminds new homeb [...]
Chicago neighborhood guide: Yo declares Wicker Park week
Nelson Algren said that nothing - not God, war nor the Ward super - could work any deep change on West Division Street, but he obviously never tried [...]
Chicago rent barometer: Wicker Park on the high end
Wicker Park's days as a haven for bohemians on a budget seem long gone judging by these rentals, most of which sound like condos being rented out by t [...]
Would Chicago's big-box ordinance be suburbs' gain?
Chicago suburbs are thrilled to host Wal-Mart stores and even subsidize their development with tax dollars, according to a story in today's Chicago Su [...]
Ranquist brings Ukrainian Village into the modern age
Ukrainian Village is known for its large landmark district with its tidy brick two-flats and workers' cottages, so Ranquist Development's modern cond [...]
Monday, Monday
It's Monday, Monday, manic or otherwise. Let's take a go around the Yo. Lake Forest: The best-staffed lemonade stand in Lake Forest
Humboldt Park: Su [...]
Jazz Showcase mulling South Loop location?
The Velvet Lounge managed to find new quarters at 67 E Cermak Rd, but another of Chicago's iconic jazz clubs is in danger. Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase, [...]
A view of two parks
YoJoe visited Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood on Saturday and its north shore suburb of Highland Park on Sunday.
See a trip report, with links [...]
Did Yo get your Chicago neighborhood right in its new forums?
Speaking of West Avondale Village...we've just launched hundreds of Chicago neighborhood forums at YoChicago, and the inaugural post at each is a disc [...]
Welcome to West Avondale Village
If you're as confused as we are about where to find West Roscoe Village, KeepGoing.org suggests you look in Avondale.
Start at Roscoe Village and go [...]
We like to watch: inside Cornelia Court townhomes
Anchor General Contractors' Cornelia Court, a community of 63 townhomes mentioned in New Homes Magazine's new feature on family housing, has a fur [...]
"No room for people like us"
Reader Jason, in a comment on a New Homes Magazine article, expressed his feeling that "Middle income African Americans have become unwelcome as land [...]
Separated at birth: Michigan Grande condo building makes subtle improvements
The real-life Michigan Grande, located at 5168 S Michigan Ave in Washington Park, looks like it improved upon its rendering with a lighter shade of [...]
Tips on blogging
Hey, not that anyone who writes for YoChicago needs any pointers (except maybe, me), but perhaps some of you kids out there are thinking of taking a s [...]
Tribune names Chicago area's ugliest buildings
The Chicago Tribune, with help of its readers' nominations, has compiled a list of a dozen buildings deemed to be the area's ugliest. Clark Place (p [...]
Exotic mortgages are "time bombs" for moderate-income homebuyers
In the September issue of New Homes Magazine, out today, columnist Don DeBat warns of the dangers "exotic" mortgages, like interest-only adjustable-ra [...]
Store stocks "green" supplies for home improvements
From today's Gapers Block:
Greenmaker, 2500 N Pulaski Rd, bills itself as Chicago's green building supply store, with materials for environmentally c [...]
Can new Science park, condos boost Skokie's dead downtown?
Downtown Skokie is about as lively as New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward on a wet day, but business owners hope that a new Science and Technology Park on O [...]
Is that the hiss of a Housing bubble as home sales fall?
New single-family houses were sold at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1,072,000 in July, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, down 4.3 perc [...]
Fletcher Row townhomes have "environmentally friendly" solar heating option
Bluestone Development is offering a number of "environmentally friendly" upgrades to the townhomes at Fletcher Row, located at 2424 W Fletcher St i [...]