A modest proposal for 4500 N. Winchester: no condos
Corey Newberry, YoChicago's Johnny-on-the-spot in Ravenswood, issues a plea for 4500 N Winchester, fearing the loss of 80 rental apartments, in our Li [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Tonight we're headed to Yo Chicago's galleries for Edgewater, Near North and Uptown (samples below).
Svea, 5236 N Clark St, is one of a [...]
Emerald's hot kitchen
Here's a photo of the kitchen at the new Emerald development. (Click on the image - I caved to pressure from my male colleagues, who were outraged at [...]
Estudiotres opens shop in Andersonville
We must say we're a tad surprised to hear that Estudiotres, a hot new gallery focusing on national and international artists, is opening not in an art [...]
Ivanka, Don Jr. on hand to hawk Trump condos
It was shoulder to shoulder the other night at a Trump Tower reception, where guests thought they might get a glimpse of The Donald himself. In the [...]
Hard cheese for bubble touters
Google searchers have consistently shown a lot more interest in hardwood floors than in the housing bubble. And, except for a brief spike in the first [...]
Living on the 'Edge in Logan Square condos
Northfield Properties, Inc. brings the ArmitEDGE(their spelling and capitalization, not ours), a new 24-unit condo development, to 3021 W Armitage Ave [...]
New homes, condos booming in Larrabee corridor
A stroll down North Larrabee Street between Division and Chicago these days shows how far the section of River North just east of the river has come. [...]
It's easy to be green at Emerald
No, this isn't that awkward moment at a party where you realize that you're wearing the same dress as not just one, but two other women. These models [...]
The daily Joeff
Bucktown (March 2002). Photo by Joeff Davis
More Bucktown photos available in our Bucktown photo gallery.
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Manifest art party hits South Loop streets
Columbia College promises to help you "finally discover what the South Loop buzz is all about" when 2,000 graduating students (and their artwork) ta [...]
Bye, bye Lakeside Motel, hello 5440 N Sheridan Rd
This interesting-looking building (along with its awkward sibling to the left) will replace the Lakeside Motel at 5440 N Sheridan Rd in Edgewater. B [...]
As remote as a train whistle in the night
That's what Oak lawn was in 1842, according to the Web site for the Gammonley Group's 51st Avenue Station.
I'm nominating the phrase as "metaphor of [...]
Pittsburgh outsprawls Chicago
And everywhere else, according to a study reported at Business Week Online's Hot Property.
The study's based on 1992 data. Any guesses where Chicago [...]
Garcia is third and Rodriguez fifth
Just in case you were wondering about the most common surnames among Illinois home buyers ...
Builder online reports that a DataQuick survey of deeds [...]
As Joliet develops, is Nine Eleven Avenue next?
Don't quote me on this, but I've read that according to area, Joliet is the second-largest city in Illinois. In the population race Joliet lands somew [...]
Retail flight on Clark Street: multi-faceted loss for Lincoln Park streetscape
Chances are good that, unless you've been a major player at a wedding or prom, you've never been inside Palazzo , and it won't particularly upset yo [...]
Mayor Daley provides the broom and rake, you provide free labor
This Saturday volunteers are invited (urged, begged?) to participate in Mayor Daley's Clean and Green, a community event that's supposed to make clean [...]
Work in progress: 30 W Erie St
Thirty W Erie St is on the rise in River North. When completed, this Schillaci Birmingham development will contain just 20 condos, each with three [...]
Shopping for a new condo / cemetery? Graveyards of Chicago has you covered
We realize we're nowhere near Halloween, but it is a dreary old day out there, and we seem to be in a morbid mood at Yo, so to continue the cemetery [...]