Emerald – a "green project" on Green Street
This week we told you about the new Station Square condo development at Prairie Crossing, the Grayslake community dedicated to eco-friendly constructi [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Tonight we're headed to Yo Chicago's galleries for Wicker Park, Bronzeville and Ravenswood (samples below).
Wicker Park
Bronzeville [...]
More is less for Uptown condo
Our friends on the development team for this building at 4114 N Kenmore Ave would have done well with a "less is more" approach when they designed t [...]
The highs and lows of renting in Lincoln Park
If Lincoln Park seems to have it all in terms of proximity to the lake and downtown, loads of cool shops and restaurants, and even a free zoo, it also [...]
Separated at birth: 156 W Superior matches blueprint
Last night Yo attended the "sneak preview party" for Ranquist Development's 156 W Superior, and we were pleased to see that the actual building bea [...]
A mighty wind on the lakefront
If you find yourself bicycling, running or walking on the lakefront path (no one Rollerblades anymore, do they?), and you find it to be easier than yo [...]
Get on your bike and explore Pilsen
If you enjoy gawking at real estate and architecture in different neighborhoods across the city, and want to get some exercise at the same time, dust [...]
Horizon Realty Group – as bad as it gets
Check out the reviews of Horizon's management of 525 West Oakdale, in Lake View for starters.
They don't even begin to hint at how bad the management [...]
Mortgage rates hit highest level in 4 years. Is the bubble about to burst?
Like those last few beers of the evening, mortgage rates have been sneaking up on us for a while now. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 6.53 [...]
Logan View Condominiums fills entire block of Logan Square
In the hands of Renzi Construction and Development, a dilapidated industrial building will get a second chance as Logan View Condominiums, a 78-unit d [...]
Hidden fireplace, funky cornice and other treasures in Pine Grove home
The top-floor cornice at 2735 N Pine Grove Ave caught our eye, but we quickly found out that the Victorian stylings are only part of the building's [...]
Chicago rent barometer: apartments for under $600
What exactly can $600 rent you these days? For those willing to put their bed and table in the same room and live in a studio, the choice of neighbo [...]
Birds of prey preside over development at busy Uptown intersection
Who needs gargoyles when you've got these birds watching over your intersection? Meet the peregrine falcons who have made the gentrifying corner of [...]
MCL makes friends in Streeterville: ParkView condo development actually includes a park
The good folk of Streeterville know that they live in God's Country, being so close to the lake, the river, the Mag Mile and many top restaurants and [...]
Mmmm, Mozart
The Sherwood Symphony concludes its 2005-2006 season on Friday, May 5 with a mostly Mozart concert at 7:30 p.m. at St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron (3 [...]
Instead of remodeling, maybe they just should have started over
In the "what-were-they-thinking" dept., somebody in charge at the Apollo Theater complex on Lincoln Avenue has managed to do what seemed impossible: [...]
What are parking spaces worth to Chicago tenants?
Comparing rent costs can be a confusing process. The rent for one friend's apartment includes heat, the rent for another's includes parking but not he [...]
Vivant is mort – but there's no hotter place than Melrose
Recently we told you about Vivant, the self-consciously Francophile condo project at 515 W Melrose St. Today, we were perusing that bible of Lake View [...]
1550 North State: old-school starchitecture
We posted an item earlier this week about some homebuyers' tendency to talk of themselves as living "in a Helmut Jahn," or a Mies, or whichever starch [...]