Art Knuckles strikes again: 38 Chicago-area lots swiped
You might think land gets stolen about as frequently as cattle in a place like Chicago, but the latest story in a Chicago Tribune investigation chroni [...]
Merits, flaws of Chicago's many TIF districts debated
If you think of a tax-increment financing district (TIF) as a small, well trained attack dog designed for a short leash, a pack of around 140 has take [...]
Move over housing. Chicago Reader now in just 3 sections!
Friday's Chicago Reader accounced that all housing classifieds - homes for rent, homes for sale and housing to share - would now be listed in the back [...]
It ain't your grandpa's home office
This is one of two home offices in a new house by Samuels Homes on Sheridan Road, in Highland Park. The other has the look of a traditional library, w [...]
Lollapalooza costumes come to Chicago
Tourists walking around the Loop near Grant Park this weekend may have thought the circus was in town and the performers had free reign of the place. [...]
The most interesting house in Wilmette
I got lucky today and saw something really special.
No, not just Pepper greeting visitors in front of his home. Tour this home's fascinating yards [...]
Search the Chicago MLS — and get suckered
If you didn't know better — and nothing on the site helps you know better — you might think that Chicago-MLS.net was the Web site for "the [...]
Castle in Kenwood is actually condos
Is it a Bavarian castle or a condo building? This dramatic, 19th-century stunner on the 4900 block of South Drexel Boulevard originally belonged t [...]
Pooh-poohing building brands
Port-a-potty naming has become a minor literary genre. We've seen Leprecans, Honey Pots, and now this Highland Park specimen. The branding stands ou [...]
Builders blast proposed teardown tax in Wilmette
Builders claim that a proposed teardown tax will hurt both buyers and sellers (we can assume, since they aren't always completely altruistic, that i [...]
Metropolitan's Laurel Park brings urban design to the suburbs
Metropolitan Development Enterprises recently opened sales at Laurel Park, a community of 30 townhomes and 12 condos in downtown Highland Park, the [...]
What is there to do in Peterson Park?
Speaking of Peterson Park, as we were in an earlier post - does anyone know what there is to do around there? It seems that there are a few new condo [...]
New condos in Peterson Park
Here is the condo building that will replace the old Stars Motel, as we told you earlier this week. Developer S & S Home Builders plans to build The [...]
Rounded bays set new Lake Park Place condos apart
A few blocks down from Lake Park Crescent and just up the street from Lake Park Gateway sits Sutherland Pearsall's Lake Park Place, at 4449 S Lake P [...]
Housing bubble bites: condos crash 1st
Condos are the first to go when there's a slowdown, according to a post today on The Housing Bubble Blog, which chronicles the downs and downs of the [...]
Wabash Estates finds a new angle on the Near South Side
The angled condo buildings of Wabash Estates are a fun lot to look at. You can check them out at 19 E 26th St on the Near South Side, and Sergio & B [...]
Buying the whole bar a round
Ever do it yourself, buy the bar a round? A couple of nights ago we posed the question to the bartender at Lange's, a corner tavern that has evaded th [...]
Mixed-income Lake Park Crescent brings 480 units for-sale, rental housing to North Kenwood – Oakland
Take a drive around the 4000 block of South Lake Park Ave in North Kenwood - Oakland and you'll see plenty of signs for Lake Park Crescent, a spraw [...]
Mayor warns Chicago property taxes could double for some homeowners
Mayor Daley and Cook County Assessor Jim Houlihan joined forces to warn that local homeowners could see property taxes rise dramatically - in some cas [...]
Neighbors ask HarborView to switch from contemporary to classical look
Downtown Chicago can have its fancy schmancy glass high-rises overlooking Millennium Park and Daley can talk a big game about his newfound passion f [...]