Curb appall
We present, for your consideration, a Winnetka example of the architectural style that we're calling "Tinley Park-revival."
Defining characteristic [...]
Chicago's green roof blues
These days, it seems like every second high-rise in downtown Chicago has a green roof. That's great, as green roofs are not only eco-friendly, but won [...]
Three Arts Club on the block. Condos anyone?
After yesterday's posts about the demise of the 3 Penny Cinema and the Nortown Theater, we hate to add more speculative fuel to the history-turned-con [...]
The Debattanization of the language
Don DeBat's latest New Homes Magazine column suggests that downtown Chicago is undergoing a process of "Manhattanization."
You'd have to add gallons [...]
The battle of the forest preserves
A commenter at Move UP to Naperville contends that Du Page County's forest preserves are superior to Cook County's forest preserves.
Let's hear comme [...]
Chicago's hottest neighborhoods
After more than a decade of unprecedented growth, the Chicago housing market is showing signs of a slowdown. The low interest rates that helped fuel [...]
Heightened tensions
With West Loop development looking up, residents fight new high-rises
I'm standing at the Amtrak line at Racine Avenue and Hubbard Street in the West [...]
Changes in attitude
Des Plaines earns new image with housing, retail and a model downtown
The story of Des Plaines, at least this story of Des Plaines, starts and ends w [...]
High-rise condominium boom fuels Manhattanization of downtown Chicago
The Manhattanization of Chicago likely will accelerate in the second half of 2006 as a record number of new high-rise condominium projects moves from [...]
Green roofs bring savings, peace of mind and protection – if installed correctly
Green roofs have been sprouting up on residential and commercial buildings across the city, especially since Mayor Richard M. Daley began offering dev [...]
Millennium Park Legacy
Mesa aims to hit one out of the park with 2nd tower in hot location
It would have been impossible to predict just how big an impact Millennium Park w [...]
Tailor-made lofts
Tailor at Jackson fits design packages to buyers' tastes
Two tailors made of terra cotta sit cross-legged on the façade of The Tailor at Jackson, [...]
What's worse than building your home over Indian burial ground?
Homeowner Anton Jankuski figured something was wrong when strange cracks started to appear and the doors would no longer lock at his house in Manteno, [...]
The Devil wears Prada – and has Snaidero cabinets in her condo
So now that buyers have so many new whiz-bang high-rises to choose from in downtown Chicago, developers are trying to find ways to make their new-cons [...]
Waterview Tower leaves small footprint on Wacker Drive
It's hard to believe this small plot of land on the corner of Clark St and Wacker Dr will soon be home to one of the tallest buildings in Chicago. [...]
Land of the high-end rentals: $3,000 one-bedroom in Lincoln Park
In a quick listings search this morning this single-family house turned up as the priciest one-bedroom rental we found in the city, at $3,000 per mont [...]
SketchUp provides a leg up for DIY home repair
Buying a home can sometimes feel more like buying potential than buying a dream (what were the former owners thinking, merging the living room and din [...]
Call Superman! Only two new condos left in Metropolis!
Metropolis, at State and Monroe Streets in the Loop, somehow manages to retain the classy, big-city glamour implied in its advertising even with Za [...]
YoChicago takes its journal writers out for a beer
It ain't easy building Chicagoland's top Web site for housing and neighborhoods. How are we doing it? Well, frankly, we're shunting an awful lot of [...]
Chicago developers offset costs by shrinking condos and offering less light
We knew that an increase in construction costs was sending home prices through the roof (so to speak), and developers are definitely building smaller [...]