Bringing ice rinks and grocery stores to East Garfield Park
If East Garfield Park's businesses haven't suffered greatly in today's economic climate, it's only because there aren't just a whole lot of business [...]
North Lawndale: The state of a neighborhood
In this video from Joe's recent drive around with Larry Kimbrough of Breaking Ground, Larry talks about some of the development and improvements tha [...]
Video: New developments in East Garfield Park
On Tuesday -- the last day of summer? -- Joe and I rented a Zipcar and zipped over to the Garfield Park Conservatory, where we met Mike Tomas, the d [...]
Buying a Breaking Ground home
Say you're interested in working with Breaking Ground to buy a new home in North Lawndale, Englewood, or Auburn Gresham. What does that process enta [...]
Inside a Breaking Ground single-family home
Following our introductory drive through North Lawndale, Larry Kimbrough of Breaking Ground took me to a new single-family home at 1414 S Avers Ave. [...]
"Breaking Ground" on new single-family homes in North Lawndale
Along with the job training and education services it provides, the North Lawndale-based organization Breaking Ground builds new single-family homes [...]
Marquette Park: Lithuanians, nuns, and Nazis
In this episode from our recent drive around Chicago's southwest side, Joe Zekas remembers a derogatory term for Lithuanians, visits the grounds of [...]
The Two Joes visit RDM's Marquette Village
One of the last places Joe Zekas and I visited during our South Side drive-around a couple weeks ago was the site of RDM Development's multi-phased [...]
Entering Chicago Lawn at 63rd and Western
Woodlawn wasn't the only area Joe and I visited this week. After winding through neighborhood streets east of Cottage Grove Avenue, we circled back [...]
Quotes of the day: Us versus them
It’s like a big echo chamber. Anything here, you can hear it perfectly.
I don’t really look at other people’s class or their racial background. I ex [...]
Price reduction in East Garfield Park
We normally cover only new construction, but thought you might like a look at a low-budget resale.
At 209 S. Whipple, in East Garfield Park, you'll f [...]
New homes snapshot: Empty three-bedroom / two-baths abound in East Garfield Park
A couple years ago, the Yo staff dedicated a week of coverage to East Garfield Park. Staff writer Mark Dalton recounted a conversation he had with t [...]
Karen Biazar on The Silver District, living in Humboldt Park and market fundamentals
After touring a few model units last Sunday at The Silver District, 2800 W North Ave, Karen Biazar from North Clybourn Group took a few minutes to tal [...]
Sales Center Sunday: Open house at 2208 West Chicago in Ukrainian Village
On my way home from visiting The Silver District yesterday, I noticed an open house sign for this new three-flat at 2208 W Chicago Ave in the Ukrainia [...]
Seeing double on Ashland in West Town
These two new-construction developments are located almost directly across the street from each other in the 800 block of Ashland Avenue in West Town [...]
Slice of Chicago history dies with Berghoff
As YoChicago's Michael Austin pointed out in his Dec. 28 post, the legendary Berghoff Restaurant, 17 W Adams St, will close its doors on Feb. 28. It's [...]
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 [...]
Santa bringing lump of coal for renters
Landlords already are preparing their New Year's resolutions, and they might not be good news for Chicago area renters. A local trade group predicts t [...]