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Prison condos: New York housing trend coming to Chicago?

Prison condos: New York housing trend coming to Chicago?

The almost criminal rise in prices during the last decade of Chicago's booming real estate market has resulted in the conversion ("adaptive reuse" is [...]
Top real estate site (ok, it's us) unveils Chicago neighborhood photo galleries

Top real estate site (ok, it's us) unveils Chicago neighborhood photo galleries

We might be biased, but we think we have the best, most colorful, most informative, most honest and most entertaining photo galleries of Chicago's l [...]
Wicker Park graffiti gets metaphysical

Wicker Park graffiti gets metaphysical

Sometimes being in Wicker Park is like walking the woods of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We spotted this little number at Ashland Avenue just north of [...]
Red Seal opens 50-acre mixed-use development in Galewood

Red Seal opens 50-acre mixed-use development in Galewood

Chicago has gone from Carl Sandburg's "player with railroads and the nation's freight handler" to a player with condos and housing handler. The two a [...]

West Loop debates higher densities and appropriate mix of retail

We hear that as at least one development company is trying to convince West Loopers to allow higher-density development in their neighborhood by telli [...]
Get rich quick in real estate

Get rich quick in real estate

Sign spotted under the Kennedy Expressway, on Belmont. [...]

Daley to announce sale of Lincoln Park

Just a bit of pre-Friday silliness to get your attention. Actually, Daley and Blago are entering into an agreement to swap Lincoln Park for the Illino [...]
Wabansia Row: the Bucktown construction site that time forgot

Wabansia Row: the Bucktown construction site that time forgot

How soon is soon? We wondered when we ran across the construction site for Wabansia Row, 2320 W Wabansia Ave in Bucktown. It looks like construction [...]

Cabrini gone and unlamented

Thanks to Chicagoist for the pointers to Gangsta City, a full-length documentary filmed entirely at the near-defunct Cabrini-Green housing project. W [...]

The white girl with the 90 pound dog

Somewhere on Chicago's south side, near a university, you'll find ChiKat. In addition to the dog, she has fish — but she thinks of them as an ap [...]
Where are the kid-friendly restaurants in Chicago?

Where are the kid-friendly restaurants in Chicago?

Making the transition from DINK to young parent must be tough, so we thought we'd compile a little list of kid-friendly eateries. For those who are of [...]
Filling up vacant storefronts is mostly a good thing

Filling up vacant storefronts is mostly a good thing

Vacant storefronts are one of the worst aspects of urban blight. Aside from their shabby, defeated appearance, vacant storefronts generate no foot t [...]
New PAC Lofts getting much-needed makeover in Bucktown

New PAC Lofts getting much-needed makeover in Bucktown

Workers are installing sleek new windows at PAC Lofts, 1735 N Paulina St, in Bucktown. The bubblegum-colored trim on the existing windows is leftove [...]

University of Chicago picks Urban Works to redesign new minority building

The University of Chicago has announced that Urban Works Architects will redesign the building at 5710 S Woodlawn Ave, the future home of the Office o [...]
Let the Chicago Antique Market tone down the glaring newness of your condo

Let the Chicago Antique Market tone down the glaring newness of your condo

Like a pair of bright white sneakers, shiny new condos can lack character. (Don't believe us? Check out how many identical listings for new condos f [...]
Take an in-depth look at Streeterville's high-flying condo towers

Take an in-depth look at Streeterville's high-flying condo towers

We've had a flurry, a slurry, a veritable plethura of posts lately about high-rise condo development in Streeterville. Get the bigger picture and th [...]

Souvlaki with a side of skid row in Greek Town

Yo's truly spent Tuesday afternoon wandering through Greek Town. It was a gorgeous spring day, people were dining al fresco (or whatever they call it [...]
Lincoln Square grab bag: new businesses, bad dogs and worse monuments

Lincoln Square grab bag: new businesses, bad dogs and worse monuments

Chicagoist starts its day with a review of the Bad Dog Tavern, one of many newish places in booming Lincoln Square. In the interests of full disclos [...]

Bubble watch: sales of new homes up in April

Hard to know what to make of all the bubble talk these days, even as clear signs of a slowdown make their appearance. Today, checking out new U.S. Com [...]
Mystery turtle appears in Wicker Park

Mystery turtle appears in Wicker Park

File this one under "w.t.f." Out and about in Wicker Park, Yo spotted "this strange little turtle" screwed to the side of a building at North Hoyne [...]
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