Walking the Drive: Mies' four black boxes
In this segment from their Lake Shore Drive walk, Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose look at the Mies van der Rohe-designed co-ops at 860-880 N Lake Shore [...]
Riding the rails: Few homes to find near the Loyola Red Line stop in Rogers Park
Loyola's facilities take up a lot of area directly around the Red Line station at Sheridan Road and Loyola Avenue in Rogers Park, so it's not surpri [...]
Then and now: Water Tower Place
Here's what our 1992 Co-ops & Condos sourcebook had to say about Water Tower Place, the 74-story high-rise and shopping center at 180 E Pearson St in [...]
Beyond Blaine: Schools near Southport, and other things buyers should know
Most of the conversations I've had with Realtors about schools in the Southport Corridor begin and end with Blaine. But as Realtor Eric Rojas notes [...]
New cuts for Heart of Chicago condos
This morning Koenig & Strey agents posted new, lower prices for eight new-construction condos at Oakley Pointe, a new 21-unit building at 2520 S [...]
BlockWalking West Walker with Eric
Long-time YoChicago readers may remember Eric Borys as "The Bench," our Irving Park correspondent. For about six years, Eric has lived in an apartme [...]
A living space at Benton Place
That's what a furnished living room looks like at Magellan Development's Benton Place Parkhomes. Interior designer Robert Pope, who designed the int [...]
From the vault: Central Station in 2001
In early 2001, the stock market, which had risen to dizzying heights, fell precipitously. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan moved swiftly to c [...]
A first-time buyer on choosing Silver Tower
When Abigail and her husband decided to move out of their Wicker Park apartment and buy their first home, they turned their attention to the high-ri [...]
How they play: The living rooms and kitchens of State Place resales
Remember State Place? The mixed-use development in the 1100 block of South State Street in the South Loop comprises three mid-rises and a 24-story hig [...]
Waiting it out: Olympia Centre studio nearing 1,000 days on the market
Do good things come to those who wait? And wait? and wait? The owner of one 650 square-foot studio at Olympia Centre must think so. He or she has ha [...]
Wrigley takes new tack for $14 million Gold Coast penthouse space
The Tribune reported in late June that Wrigley chair Bill Wrigley Jr was taking a new approach to selling 12,120 square feet of raw penthouse space [...]
Inside a duplex gut rehab at Dearborn Park
Ted Guarnero is our guide to West Loop lofts, but that's not his only area of expertise. He certainly knows his way around Dearborn Park in the Sout [...]
The upper end of Southport's condo market
The building at 3214 N Southport Ave, just north of the Southport / Belmont intersection, doesn't look much different than all the other new brick s [...]
Chess Lofts slashes prices for 10 buyers
The next 10 buyers at Chess Lofts in the South Loop will see discounts of 40 to 50 percent off their purchase prices, according to Weichert, Realtor [...]
Magellan opens Studio Gang-designed model for Aqua's Parkhomes
Often left out of conversation about Aqua's mix of residential units are the nine Parkhomes located at its base, on the western side of Lakeshore E [...]
A sophisticated condo buyer's take on Superior 110 in River North
It's hard to imagine a more sophisticated home buyer -- or architecture critic -- than Lewis Kostiner.
Over a 20-year span, Lewis and his wife Anni [...]
Does the South Loop need a pedestrian street?
Sloopin asks the question after reading this post from the Trib's Blair Kamin. [...]
Streeter places: One-bedrooms with dens at two Streeterville rental towers
The floor plans above represent your options for one-bedroom apartments with dens at Golub & Company's two Solomon Cordwell Buenz-designed towers i [...]
Why Rob chose a condo at 235 Van Buren
One of the best ways to learn about a home you're interested in buying is talking to the neighbors. Rob bought at the new Ralph Johnson-designed hig [...]