7/6/02
When Teresa Fraga moved with her family to the Lower West Side neighborhood of Pilsen 36 years ago her apartment did not have a...
6/15/02
The experts choose Chicago’s best new homes for 2001 Deciding on this year’s New Homes awards was both extremely difficult and unusually easy. The...
5/15/02
The neighborhoods were part of the larger ethnic states. To the north of the Loop was Germany. To the northwest was Poland. To the...
3/6/02
By 11 a.m. the Teamsters are tired. They’ve been out here a couple of hours already, on the 3700 block of South Halsted, picketing...
4/6/01
Maura Grace spent two years shopping for a new condo before she found one she liked and could afford. Paul Breytman looked at only...
5/7/00
As prices rise in Logan Square, Humboldt Park fights gentrification Lula Café is nearly full at lunchtime, but about half of the tables are...
9/6/99
By all accounts, Jack and Liz Wilson seemed to be overpaying for their house in Old Irving Park when they bought it in the...