Closings underway at Park Monroe
At the beginning of February, Joe reminded us that closings at Park Monroe, the office tower conversion at 55 E Monroe St in the Loop, would begin by [...]
Sales update: Superior 110 ready for residents
Closings finally have begun at JFJ Development's Superior 110 in River North, and buyers could start moving into their homes as early as next week, [...]
A death sentence for taggers?
Uh, you might want to move your spray paint to your trunk, and put a newspaper over it, before you park your car in West Walker, a part of the city th [...]
The daily Joeff
See dozens more in YoChicago's West Loop photo gallery.
Photo by Joeff Davis [...]
The daily Joeff
The alley behind The Alley on Clark Street. See dozens more in YoChicago's Lake View photo gallery.
Photo by Joeff Davis [...]
Sets my sleaze-o-meter racing
I have a finely-tuned sleaze-o-meter that easily jumps past the redline.
One mortgage broker's radio commercial sends my sleaze-o racing from word on [...]
Waiting on the 37th anniversary for Block 37
It's nearing the silver anniversary of the day I sold the leaning office tower on Block 37 that I owned for a split-second. Older Chicagoans will reme [...]
Where the rats are
Bucktown, Wicker Park, Lincoln Park and Lake View are the hot spots for rat infestation, according to today's RedEye.
I guess that's what happens w [...]
A segregated restroom?
One has to wonder whether use of this portable facility is limited to the Irish construction workers who build much of Lake View's new housing. [...]
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 [...]
Second-hand air
According to an Associated Press study of Environmental Protection Agency data, reported by the Chicago Tribune, 280 Illinois neighborhoods are among [...]
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 [...]
Century of progress
Is thoughtful residential design gaining ground in Chicago?
Few cities are more obsessed with themselves than Chicago, and Chicagoans obsess about fe [...]