An Old Town North home in Western Springs
The Village of Western Springs is situated between La Grange and Hinsdale. The attractions of Western Springs, apart from its small-town atmospher [...]
A drive around Mayberry a/k/a Western Springs
"It's not the town for you if you want to be anonymous," says Ann-Marie Hickey about the Village of Western Springs, which has been her home for t [...]
Is this a Zook house or merely a Zook roof?
As I was leaving Western Springs yesterday I chanced upon the home at 811 Oak St that's pictured above. I had to stop for a closer look.
A few [...]
A 4-bedroom classic under $400K in Elmhurst’s Elm Estates
The 4-bedroom, 2 ½ bath 2-story home at 964 Kent Ave in the Elm Estates neighborhood of Elmhurst will be instantly recognizable to tens of million [...]
Sunday open house pick – a newly-listed upgraded Elmhurst ranch
The 3-bedroom, 2-bath ranch at 826 S Fairfield Ave is an upgraded variation on the typical ranch home.
The floor plan affords privacy to the be [...]
Sunday open house pick – dramatic downtown Elmhurst townhome
While many suburban downtowns have been struggling for years and searching for ways to reinvent themselves, downtown Elmhurst has been thriving.
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An open-plan traditional home in Elmhurst’s Cherry Farm neighborhood
South Street, with its broad expanse of front lawns and lush, colorful vegetation, is one of the most attractive streets in Elmhurst's sought-afte [...]
Cicero’s latest Gang problem
Cicero hasn't always had a source of pride readily at hand, so when the town recently went 14 months without a street-gang related killing, Larry [...]
Eat your heart out if you missed Oak Park’s Cookie Walk
A mere five bucks garnered participants in Oak Park's 4th Annual Cookie Walk a souvenir cookie tin, up to 54 free cookies available at downtown bu [...]
Ken Neumann is back – in Elmhurst and other venues
Neumann Homes, once one of the nation's largest homebuilders, filed for bankruptcy protection in 2007, and developer Ken Neumann told Bloomberg Bu [...]
A new home in Elmhurst’s College View neighborhood
I've seen quite a bit of west-suburban Elmhurst of late, and what struck me the most is the number of new construction homes underway on infill si [...]
A pristine Tudor-inspired home in Elmhurst
The 5-bedroom, 5 ½ bath home at 757 S Berkley Ave rests on a pretty tree-lined street in the Lincoln Elementary School area in Elmhurst.
The 3 [...]
A drive through Elmhurst’s College View neighborhood
I was in Elmhurst yesterday, shooting video tours of three homes listed with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey's Gracik Makinney Gro [...]
A well-crafted 6-bedroom in Elmhurst’s Crescent Park
Elmhurst’s Crescent Park neighborhood is bounded on the west by Poplar Ave, on the north by St Charles Rd, on the east by I-290 and on the south b [...]
You can be the sixth owner of Riverside’s historic Dore cottage
The Village of Riverside's story is too storied to bear repeating, but if you're interested you can visit the websites of the Village and the Rive [...]
A brief look at the Crescent Park neighborhood in Elmhurst
Yesterday I visited the Crescent Park subdivision in Elmhurst with Tom Makinney and Maria Gracik of Koenig & Strey's Gracik Makinney Group. We sho [...]
Reaching for splendor in Oakbrook Terrace
Hartz Homes has been building homes for 50 years in an industry that's been periodically decimated. And Hartz is continuing to build, recently deb [...]
An Oak Park HomePath one-bedroom for $35K
Unit 7 at 1209 N Harlem Ave in Oak Park came on the market 4 days ago, priced at – wait for it - $35,044. It's been freshly painted and carpeted, [...]
River Forest home reduced to less than half the mortgage
The 3-bedroom, bath-and-a-half home at 12 Lathrop Ave in River Forest came on the market in January at a list price of $399,000. After half a dozen [...]
A Hinsdale home that would be at home in Colorado
The highest-priced "new" listing in Hinsdale this past week, by a multiple of two, is a Colorado-style mountain lodge that comes with an appropria [...]