East Garfield Park home and lot for $250M, non-negotiable
According to the sign in the 3100 block of West Lexington, the quoted price, $250,000,000, is sincere and non-negotiable, and only capable buyers [...]
A new single-family under $600K in Smith Park
Noah Properties' homes have been selling almost as quickly as they're completed - if not before. As a result, we've begun walking through the home [...]
A marginal misery tour of Brighton Park condos
The middle of the last decade surfaced a number of ambitious new residential developments on or near Western Avenue in Chicago's heavily Latino Br [...]
Crawford Steel, engorged in graffiti in Brighton Park
If you have a near-insatiable hunger for graffiti, the walls of Crawford Steel might satisfy it.
Hundreds of graffiti artists have painted the [...]
From Yo’s archives – a hot tub in Clearing
Five years ago today we were writing about a 3-bedroom raised ranch with a back yard hot tub pavilion in Clearing.
The recently remodeled hom [...]
A flurry of new three-flats on the market
Chicagoans love their two- to four-unit buildings, with the three-flat being one of the more popular configurations. According to the US Census Bureau [...]
Politicians and gangs – Uptown, Little Village and more
The January 2012 issue of Chicago Magazine features an important article for anyone interested in Chicago's neighborhoods – Gangs and Politicians: [...]
Google Street View’s Humboldt Park time capsule
View the 500 block of N Central Park Ave in Google Street View and you'll see a very different scene than the one, above, that I saw early yesterd [...]
New North Lawndale listing at a mortgage fraudster’s condo
We've occasionally focused on mortgage fraud on Chicago's South Side, but the West Side has also had more than its share.
Today's new listings emai [...]
Chicago News Cooperative visits West Garfield Park, thinks it’s in Austin
Whenever you read about a West Side or South Side neighborhood in Chicago's mainstream media you need to double-check the reference. Reporters vis [...]
Comment of the day – corn, cocaine and dropouts on Little Village’s 26th Street
Our video of a drive down 26th Street in Little Village has generated more than 15,000 views and scores of comments at YouTube – many of them sugg [...]
Quote of the day – North Lawndale not monolithic
The Tribune's Dawn Turner Trice recently visited North Lawndale with Marcus Betts, a resident who's optimistic about the neighborhood's future. Ac [...]
Un-affordable housing follies, North Lawndale edition
"The dream lives on in Lawndale," chanted the crowd, which included the obligatory coterie of local pols and pastors, at the opening of a new "aff [...]
A newer single-family home in the $270s on the southwest side
Chicago's West Elsdon experienced dramatic demographic change during the past decade, and was one of the city's few Community Areas to gain popula [...]
A visit to the Garfield Park Conservatory
The Garfield Park Conservatory is a West Side treasure. It hosts church gatherings, is a frequent backdrop for wedding photos, and amuses kids an [...]
Are journalists unfairly portraying Austin?
Over at Austin Talks Anna Friedman Herlihy, a long-time resident of the neighborhood, is protesting what she feels is the media's inaccurate portr [...]
An Austin 3-flat and an Oak Park 4-flat
In-house tipster Eric just alerted me to a price drop on a classic Austin 3-flat 916 S Austin Blvd.
The investor-oriented property, which needs [...]
Can a cluster of rehabs revive Chicago Lawn?
A slideshow from Dennis Rodkin shows off the latest round of Chicago Lawn homes to be rehabbed through HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program. M [...]
Third steep quarterly decline for Humboldt Park condos
Late last year, I wrote that Humboldt Park house prices took a steep dive during the recession, and that median selling prices in the neighborhood [...]
A peek inside the Austin market
They used to say that you could swap a pair of 501s for a car in Prague. In Austin, you should be able to swap a car for a home. The median sale p [...]