Tour Ravenswood by bike with Eric Rojas
We won't have the chance to join Rubloff agent and Yo contributor Eric Rojas on his weekend bike tour of Ravenswood, but that doesn't mean you can't.
[...]
In Lincoln Square, Part 1: Walking Lincoln Avenue from Sunnyside to Eastwood
After visiting Rockwell Crossing and Welles Park, Mark and I hit up the commercial heart of Lincoln Square -- North Lincoln Avenue -- to get a look [...]
Fountain View bringing retail to Lincoln Square
During our visit to Lincoln Square on Tuesday, Joe and I passed by Fountain View, which is located at 2326 W Giddings St, to see if any of the fi [...]
Walking Welles Park in Lincoln Square
Pass Welles Park in Lincoln Square on a sunny weekend afternoon and you're sure to see plenty of stroller pushers, sunbathers, softball players, ten [...]
Rockwell Crossing: Chicago's "Little Mayberry"
Mark and I stepped off a Brown Line train yesterday afternoon and into the short stretch of North Rockwell Street in Lincoln Square known as Rockwel [...]
Prices cut up to 55 percent at Catalpa Gardens
It's been four years since marketing began at Edgewater's Catalpa Gardens project at 1122 W Catalpa Ave, yet 61 of it units were still on the market [...]
New Home Nuggets: New listings, new prices in North Center, Lincoln Square
Since I was up in Roscoe Village Tuesday, I figured I'd head a little farther north to check out the new construction scene in North Center and Lincol [...]
The Clarovista slashes some prices in half
With just 50 percent of its units sold -- despite construction having begun on the development in January 2007 -- The Clarovista at 6238 N Broadway [...]
The gardens at Waters School
Waters Elementary School is a small (enrolment 449) pre-K-8 neighborhood school with a fine arts magnet program. It serves the Ravenswood Manor, Rav [...]
A walk around the Waters School in Ravenswood Gardens
If "concrete jungle" is your notion of the grounds of a Chicago Public School, you'll be surprised by this Pre-K -8 school on Chicago's near Northwe [...]
What's going down in Uptown?
I took a cruise through Uptown Thursday to check out progress at the Wilson Yard development and see if any new homes have popped up since the last [...]
Buy or rent four-bedroom condos in Buena Park
On the surface, Buena Estates, which is located at 742 - 748 W Buena Ave, doesn't look all that different from the other vintage conversions in Uptown [...]
A Ravenswood recap from Winnemac Park
To wrap up our tour of Ravenswood, Rubloff Realtor Eric Rojas took me to one of his family's favorite neighborhood amenities, Winnemac Park. There, [...]
Eleven left at Sheridan Park's Dover Court
There are dozens of courtyard conversions on the Far North Side that currently have condos for sale, but few courtyards can rival Dover Court Condomin [...]
Eric Rojas on working with buyers and sellers
As we made our way to the Sears parking lot on Lawrence Avenue, the site of a proposed residential / commercial development, Rubloff agent Eric Roja [...]
Cityview open for business in Petersen Park
Last month Koenig & Strey agent Barbara O'Connor launched sales for Cityview, a new four-story, 16-unit elevator building at 5760 N Lincoln Ave [...]
Short sales and empty lots on Damen Avenue
The short-sale bug has touched even Ravenswood, but so far the neighborhood seems to have a mild case. In this segment from my tour with Rubloff Rea [...]
Yo revisits Ravenswood with Realtor Eric Rojas
Way, way back in the old days of September 2007, Joe Zekas met up with Yo reader and contributor Eric Rojas at The Perfect Cup at Leland and Damen a [...]
Sales update: Prices pruned back on Edgewater's Provenance condos
"It would be great to get the architect's thoughts on this one, really. I've passed it on foot a number of times, and it never fails to reach out an [...]
Buyers choose between contemporary and traditional finishes at Winnemac Terrace
Selecting a set of finishes that other people want to live with in is no easy task, so in an effort to appeal to a broader pool of buyers at Winnema [...]