Construction checkup: One Museum Park West
Has it topped out yet? The western side shows a slight trace of the spiral (similar in shape to a rolled newspaper) that's supposed to crown One Mu [...]
Catalpa's gardens and rooftop views
"This seals the deal...it's pretty amazing, you can see the whole city here," Paullette Rodriguez exclaims at the opening of this final video from C [...]
Upgrades and reductions at Catalpa Gardens
In the second video from our Catalpa Gardens trip, Mark continues his conversation with sales manager Paulette Rodriguez about the homes' standard f [...]
Surveying Hyde Park's retail, residential scenes
Joe Zekas and I were noting this morning that Hyde Park is a neighborhood that's due for a thorough YoChicago checkup. By sheer coincidence, Hyde Pa [...]
Lexington Park Condominiums sales center shifts to Michigan Avenue
The Lexington Park Condominiums sales staff has a layover between the closure of its old Indiana Avenue sales center and the opening of the developm [...]
Jackson Park's urban garden
After their tour of Woodlawn's residential streets, the Woodlawn Wonder took Joe Zekas to Jackson Park to check on the tomatoes, peppers, corn, and [...]
Construction checkup: Museum Park Place
Museum Park Place South, the "budget-priced" option among The Enterprise Companies' latest towers, looks like it's ready for business. But its groun [...]
East Garfield Park's new horizons
Public gardens are sources of pride for many communities, and East Garfield Park is no exception. During our video tour, East Garfield Park New Comm [...]
Catalpa Gardens: Priced Right, Part 2
While I was snapping more than enough sunny photos of Edgewater from Catalpa Gardens's balconies (see previous post), Mark talked to sales manager P [...]
Built and abandoned in Woodlawn
The second chapter of Joe Zekas' video tour of Woodlawn with the Woodlawn Wonder takes the duo past a nearly completed but abandoned condo developme [...]
Catalpa Gardens: Priced Right
Seven weeks after we reported the dramatic price reductions at Edgewater's Catalpa Gardens, 1122 W Catalpa Ave, there remain only two one-bedroom [...]
Foreclosures and vacancies in North Lawndale
During Joe's recent tour of North Lawndale with Larry Kimbrough from Breaking Ground, Larry pointed out a handful of unoccupied new-construction hom [...]
A buyer's reaction to Aqua: "Surreal."
The Lakeshore East canyon of high-rises, punctuated by Aqua's 82 stories, does have a surreal aspect to it, especially if you're visiting from the s [...]
Walking East Woodlawn with the Woodlawn Wonder
"I hate my developer" is the tag line of a fascinating blog that chronicles the days of a woman who bought into a troubled condo development in East [...]
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 [...]
YoChicago's Ashland Adventure, Part 6: Venturing into Ravenswood
In the final video from Joe and Mark's Excellent Ashland Avenue Adventure we took a look at two new-construction developments near Chase Park in Lak [...]
New and vintage elements at 630 West Barry
I've been curious about the execution of the 630 West Barry, a hybrid new-construction and rehab development at 630 W Barry Ave in Lake View, an [...]
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 [...]
Another price reduction: 20 percent off the next five Motor Row contracts
Here's another deal I found out about via Bob Darrow's price reduction roundup post on his Your Windy City Guide blog yesterday: In an effort to spa [...]
Lakeshore East: "The area is pretty addictive"
One of the recurring themes from the interviews with Aqua buyers Joe Zekas conducted last week was that several of the buyers had lived in Magellan [...]