Changes in Chatham?
If you don't read Levois' Sixth Ward blog regularly, you might have missed a recent discussion over there regarding an observation by the Chatham/Av [...]
Buy your home or rent to own at The Renaissance in North Kenwood-Oakland
The second stop on this week's Quad Communities home tour was The Renaissance, a new mixed-use building at 4234 S Ellis Ave in North Kenwood-Oakland [...]
A Quad Communities Home Tour, Part 1: Revisiting Oakwood Shores in Oakland
As a part of our continuing effort to visit more South Side neighborhoods, I spent Wednesday afternoon with Bernita Johnson-Gabriel, executive direc [...]
Two-flats, rehabs, and plans for South Chicago
In this segment from my video tour through South Chicago with Claretian Associates Executive Director Angela Hurlock, we take a look at the sites fo [...]
Closings to begin at the Signature Residences
When Joe and I visited Bronzeville's historic Calumet / Giles / Prairie District a few weeks ago, we stopped by the Signature Residences at 207 E 31 [...]
The murals of South Chicago
At various points throughout our drive around South Chicago, Angela Hurlock of Claretian Associates would pull over to show me one of the neighborho [...]
Commercial Avenue: A "little downtown" in South Chicago
Angela Hurlock, executive director of Claretian Associates, takes a lot of pride in her neighborhood's commercial strip, a Main Street-style stretch [...]
Olympics and commerce in Washington Park
What effect would the 2016 Olympics have on Washington Park? Brandon Johnson, executive director of the Washington Park Consortium, offers his thoug [...]
Washington Park, in context
Brandon Johnson, executive director of the Washington Park Consortium, gives an overview of his neighborhood's history, and explains why he believes [...]
Building new homes in South Chicago
Down in South Chicago, Claretian Associates is filling in empty lots with new three-bedroom single-family homes. Although the homes have a base pric [...]
Find your place in South Shore, Part 3: In search of the Kingston Condominiums
The last of the three Find Your Place in Chicago developments in the South Shore neighborhood is Kingston Condominiums, PreferredCo Development's ne [...]
The Washington Park Consortium: An introduction
On Thursday morning I went on a driving tour of Washington Park with Brandon Johnson, executive director of the new Washington Park Consortium, a no [...]
Find your place in South Shore, Part 2: Shoreline Condominiums on 71st Street
The second leg of our South Shore drive-around this week took us through some slow-moving traffic along 71st Street to the Shoreline Condominiums, l [...]
Find your place in South Shore, Part 1: Revelation Pointe's single-families and two-flats
The South Shore community area is home to a handful of new single-family homes and condos participating in the Find Your Place in Chicago initiative [...]
Jackson Park's lagoons and Japanese garden
Jackson Park is largely defined by water. The park is bordered to the east by Lake Michigan, and it has two large lagoons and a harbor. In Part 1 of [...]
Jackson Park and the 63rd Street Beach
Jackson Park is one of the city's biggest parks, spanning the South Side neighborhoods of South Shore, Woodlawn and Hyde Park, and it's one of the c [...]
The Calumet / Giles / Prairie District: Old rowhomes and new condos
The 3100 to 3500 blocks of South Calumet, Giles, and Prairie avenues are lined with a mix of rowhomes dating back to the late 1800s and relatively n [...]
Joewalking the Calumet / Giles / Prairie District
In the latest "Joewalking" installation, Joe and I headed down to The Gap to view the historic Calumet / Giles / Prairie District, which is located [...]
Walking the block by Bridgeport Condominiums
Agent Mark Doyle won't deny that one of the Bridgeport Condominiums' biggest selling points is it's proximity to U.S. Cellular Field, the home of th [...]
Touring the Bridgeport Condominiums
When I think of Bridgeport, I don't exactly think of new construction. The blue-collar neighborhood is more likely to conjure up images of bungalows [...]