Man, new construction is so gay
We've heard a slew of adjectives used to describe new construction, but this graffiti on the sign for 1719 W Winona St takes the cake. Given the dem [...]
Trice defends Chicago neighborhood mapmaker dumped by CAR, CPS
Dawn Turner Trice laments in a column today that the big, bad Goliath of the Chicago Public School bureaucracy stomped on a poor David in the shape of [...]
Another condo with interesting but flawed design and moronic name
At YoChicago, redundancy isn't our raison d'etre. But sometimes we just can't help it, as with the disturbing proliferation of condo projects with s [...]
Are these homes Unkenilworthy?
We mentioned in a previous post that Kenilworth is on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of most endangered places.
It's curious tha [...]
How do you say margin compression in Polish?
According to at least one north shore developer, those pesky "Eastern Europeans" are buying high, and selling low, and making it hard to make an hones [...]
A whole lot of Tyvek going on
Rumor has it that this Winnetka mini-Versailles is coming in at $18 million and 22,000 square feet. Or was it $22 million and 18,000 square feet?
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Skipping Whole Foods for some whole food
Those who know (I'm not one of them) say that the Skoke Lagoons, in Glencoe and Northfield, are one of the best fishing spots in Illinois.
Mo [...]
Wilmette yard sale season in full swing
There were dozens of yard sales in Wilmette on this crisp sunny Sunday, and all of them seemed to be drawing visitors.
Wilmette's a tradition-bou [...]
Browse the Mag Mile without leaving home
What better way to spend a crisp Sunday afternoon than browsing the mass of humanity that is the Magnificent Mile, the world-renowned shopping distr [...]
In it to win it in Woodlawn
I hate my developer is a must-read
The Woodlawn Wonder describes her journal as "my tale of woe as my neighbors and I deal with the business of runni [...]
No way the Donald can trump this offer
Found this in an alley in the 1400 block of Belmont.
The alley location leads us to conclude that the selection process for apprentices is not very [...]
You're not in Boystown any more
What's the message here? Or here?
We keep wondering whether Yo's little corner of Lake View has some grudge against Boystown. We're not in Boystown [...]
There was a building there this morning
The scene at 10 this morning.
1400 block of Belmont, in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood.
The scene at 4:30 this afternoon. If you need to mak [...]
West Loop residents battle high-rise after high-rise
The influential West Loop Community Organization says that ever since the high-rise condo development Skybridge was built at 1 N Halsted St a few year [...]
Fisticuffs avoided at Plan Commission hearing on new Cabrini-Green high-rise
We were secretly hoping for some actual yuppie violence when we attended a Chicago Plan Commission meeting earlier today when plans for a 25-story hig [...]
Some frightening stats on Illinois mortgage brokers
The St Louis Post-Dispatch brings news about an expanding crackdown on unlicensed mortgage loan originators in Illinois. Deep into the article we find [...]
Talking urban planning in Garfield Park
The Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, and the Neghborhood Writing Alliance are hosting a discussion Saturday, May 20 on how urban plan [...]
Estate of the day in Highland Park
Luxist (photo credit) singles out this Highland Park site of lakefront languor as its estate of the day. [...]
Chicago continued to bubble in first quarter
According to figures recently released (PDF doc) by the National Association of Realtors research group, the median price of an existing single-home f [...]
Take a ride on the Bronzeville art tour trolley
Bronzeville has seen a resurgence of residential and commercial development, including the renovation of historic homes along King Drive and the addit [...]