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Monster movie premiere!

Monster movie premiere!

Frightening! Spine-Tingling! Tonight only! They'll be rolling out the red carpet in Wrigleyville tonight at 8 p.m. when writer/director Ben Grinnell o [...]

Second-hand air

According to an Associated Press study of Environmental Protection Agency data, reported by the Chicago Tribune, 280 Illinois neighborhoods are among [...]
When your Chicago rental goes condo…

When your Chicago rental goes condo…

What should you do when your downtown apartment building goes condo? Renters face a mixed bag of experiences in New York, according to contributors to [...]
Park Boulevard mixed-income development to break ground

Park Boulevard mixed-income development to break ground

The mixed-income development Park Boulevard will break ground at West 35th Street near South Federal Street, on Thursday, the latest project in the ci [...]

Places of convenience close on weekends in downtown Chicago

I came upon a negative to living in the West Loop in an unfortunate way. One Sunday morning I woke up after a particularly late Saturday night, which [...]

For flipped flippers only

In 1989, recently divorced and completely broke, I moved into an amenity-free mid-rise building on the edge of the Gold Coast. My fellow tenants were [...]

Carl Sandburg Memorial Village?

The Chicago Architects Oral History Project, at the Art Institute of Chicago site, is a must for anyone with more than a passing curiosity about Chica [...]

Christmas in Gary

You find Christmas spirit in the most unexpected of places. Driving through the strange rural/industrial landscape a little east of Gary, Indiana on S [...]

Loft + atrium = silly name

When you're trying to come up with a name for your development that will resonate with buyers, it's a good idea to pick something that highlights the [...]

Gold Coast chopper

There was a giant helicopter hovering about 300 feet above the intersection of LaSalle and Schiller in the Gold Coast neighborhood Saturday morning ar [...]

Pilsen protests condos planned for TIF

Back in 1998, proponents of a tax-increment financing district in Pilsen were almost condescending as they tried to sell it to neighborhood residents [...]

Online apartment hunt turns up gems in Chicago

Finding a place to live in Chicago is stressful enough if you've lived here forever. When you're fresh out of college and broke, it can be a bit more [...]
Dog days in Chicago highrises

Dog days in Chicago highrises

Just how pet-friendly can a highrise condo be? Dog-ownership is common in highrise-happy neighborhoods like the South Loop and developers often tout d [...]

Mountain of housing inventory headed for Chicago market

There are a whopping 11,000 new construction housing units currently in the pre-marketing stages of development and Chicago will see a huge amount of [...]

Snow falling on silence

One good thing about a snow storm, if you live and work near the corner of Lincoln and Wells in Old Town, is that everything gets quieter. The truck n [...]
In 2006, Marshall Field's will be gone forever from Chicago

In 2006, Marshall Field's will be gone forever from Chicago

In less than a year, the historical department store that has graced State Street for years, will be changing its name. Marshall Field's isn't in the [...]

Lissner's real estate forecast for 2006

The guru of Chicago real estate trends, Gail Lissner, gave her annual forecast for the coming year at a Chicago Association of Realtors forum earlier [...]
Chicagoans in glass highrise houses

Chicagoans in glass highrise houses

Glassy condo highrises are popping up all over downtown in the City of Big Shoulders, and it's interesting to look at possible reasons for the materia [...]
Lee's Loft holds holiday open house

Lee's Loft holds holiday open house

Tiemaker Lee Allison opens his home (which is also his office) this coming weekend, Dec. 10-11, for a Holiday Open House from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. both d [...]
Drinking your way through Chicago

Drinking your way through Chicago

"Entry into the Cork is through a forbidding wooden door that looks like it leads into someone's house in Des Plaines." So begins a newly updated revi [...]
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