Charlie Trotter in the kitchen at Gold Coast high-rise
Ok, last word on 50 E Chestnut - the one and only Charlie Trotter also was at last night's promotional event, supplying delectable appetizers and sign [...]
Mike Ditka eyes 50 E Chestnut
If Vince and Jen don't return calls from the people at 50 E Chestnut, they can take heart: Mike Ditka is certainly interested in the new ultra-luxury [...]
Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston buy a manse in the Chicago 'burbs?
What's this? Vince and Jen have forsaken the Palmolive Building and other downtown high-rises and bought a mansion somewhere in the 'burbs where Vince [...]
The daily Joeff
Riley gets a grooming at Famous Fido's Happy Tails, 5416 N Clark St (April 2005). Photo by Joeff Davis
More Edgewater photos available in our Edgew [...]
Orchard Street's burgeoning Billionaire's Row
For a lot of the last hundred years, the area north of Willow between Halsted and Larrabee has been a kind of no man's land. The modest cottage-lined [...]
Endless fun with CTA stops on Google Maps
And while we're on the subject of the CTA, check out this Web site, where an enterprising young man named Ed Knittel has overlaid CTA el stations on G [...]
How would the Circle Line affect property values?
CTA officials announced yesterday that they've narrowed the possible routes for the proposed Circle Line to three options. The Circle Line, which woul [...]
New East Side's skyline of the future
This is how part of the skyline of the New East Side should look in a couple of years' time when Magellan Development's Aqua is completed. In the fore [...]
Major condo tower planned for South Loop
Ahh, we love the smell of new construction in the morning. Yo has caught wind of a new development coming to the South Loop all the way from the mossy [...]
Wine dinner at Evanston's Stained Glass
The Stained Glass restaurant in Evanston (1735 Benson Ave., 847-864-8600) is hosting a unique wine dinner on Tuesday, May 16, featuring the wines of C [...]
Chicago apartment backdrop for new Chris Ware work
This Saturday the Chris Ware exhibit opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Ware, a comic artist and graphic novelist (often referred to as an "alte [...]
The Columbian – intelligent design?
And on the seventh day, God created The Columbian. See the link for our photos of The Columbian, 1160 S Michigan Ave, under construction last winter, [...]
The daily Joeff
Why Knot? is a salon at 851 W Randolph St (June 2004). Photo by Joeff Davis
More West Loop photos available in our West Loop photo gallery. [...]
Gentry achieve total victory in Paulina corridor turf war
It's official. With the demolition this week of the sky blue water towers on the 2700 block of North Paulina, the paradigm shift, as they used to say [...]
The Fair Clair at Saint Banks Plaza
You couldn't blame a homebuyer for getting more than a little confused when he or she surveys the Streeterville housing market. When developers are ma [...]
Yo goes to Chinatown!
Check out Yo's brand-new neighborhood journal for Chinatown here and learn about an oft-overlooked neighborhood gem. Now represent your neighborhood [...]
Seven sins in new-construction condos
Yo Chicago has a number of hidden gems, one of which is New Construction Corner, our New Homes Magazine column by home inspector Tom Corbett.
Corbett [...]
Loft of the day
This 5,500 square-footer in the West Loop carries an asking price of just $1.25M.
It's offered for sale through Koenig & Strey's Charlene Williamso [...]
A bubble in Lincoln Park agents
We're starting to see sites that enable consumers — in theory — to provide objective ratings of real estate agents.
Check out AgentLine, [...]
Separated at birth: Dude, where's my balcony?
Looks like the folks at Habitat spent too much time at Zanies -- across the street from this Old Town condo development -- and decided it would be [...]