Valentine Dinner Countdown Seven
This is the seventh of a week's worth of suggestions on where to take your honey on Valentine's Day. We're talking dinner here. (And yes, I realize th [...]
New Museum Park highrises sell 50% of their condos within days
We knew the Museum Park development of highrises in the South Loop was hot. But this hot?
The new 1600 Museum Park opened sales over the weekend and [...]
Active condo conversion market in Chicago in 2005
Everyone's going condo. At least that was the big story for 2005. Last year, some 3,832 apartment units went condo in the downtown area, making it one [...]
Tuesday, Tuesday, got the ugly building blues day
I'll always think of him as Charlie Trasher, and I'll never eat at his restaurant - even contemplating it gives me the trots.
It's easy to see th [...]
New homes bring new meaning to mixed-use
Talk of a housing bubble has not deterred Chicago developers, who are on track to match last year's boom in new construction. Just when you thought [...]
The price of luxury in the Chicago housing market
What exactly constitutes ultra-luxury housing in Chicago? Is it price? The materials used? The types of finishes offered? The location? It's a bit of [...]
Valentine Dinner Countdown Six
This is the sixth of a week's worth of suggestions on where to take your honey on Valentine's Day. We're talking dinner here. (And yes, I realize that [...]
Dramatic price rise in Chicago condo market
We mentioned last week that new-construction condo prices are rising as the cost of construction and land acquisiton increases, but here are some figu [...]
Let there be light at South Loop highrise Vetro
We're intrigued by the design of the units at the upcoming South Loop project Vetro. Architect and developer Roszak/ADC has taken inspiration from the [...]
Monday, Monday
Monday, Monday. Let's take a go around the Yo.
Old Town Triangle: A Crilly wonderful block
Lincoln Park: A Lincoln Park photo gallery
Edgewater [...]
Valentine Dinner Countdown Five
This is the fifth of a week's worth of suggestions on where to take your honey on Valentine's Day. We're talking dinner here. (And yes, I realize that [...]
Gentrifying very, very, very, very slowly
A lot of Wikipedia's write-ups about Chicago neighborhoods don't have much more to offer than a good laugh. We're not much inclined to laugh at illite [...]
The daily Joeff
See dozens more in Yo Chicago's hot-off-the-Web-press Albany Park photo gallery. [...]
Sunday, Sunday, the little bastards fun day
We confess. We did it. We stole today's tag line from the old Second City, which never got around to trademarking it.
Winter days are perfect for [...]
Valentine Dinner Countdown Four
This is the fourth of a week's worth of suggestions on where to take your honey on Valentine's Day. We're talking dinner here. (And yes, I realize tha [...]
The daily Joeff
See dozens more in Yo Chicago's hot-off-the-Web-press Hyde Park photo gallery. [...]
A home expo in Edgewater
The Edgewater Beach Neighbors Association and North Community Bank are hosting a home expo next Saturday featuring 4 hours of free informative seminar [...]
Friday night gallery-hopping
Buckle up. Tonight we're headed to Yo Chicago's galleries for Uptown, Near north side and East Rogers Park (samples below).
Uptown
Near north [...]
Regatta sells out without selling out
If you're doing 50 miles an hour on the Drive, there are only about four seconds during which you can peer into Lakeshore East, the new residential [...]