Tag: BlockWalks

A real estate snow story from 30 years ago

A real estate snow story from 30 years ago

I signed a contract to sell my home, which you can see in the above video (part 1 here), the first night of the storm that paralyzed Chicago in Ja [...]
Walking downtown Evanston: Joe and Andy on Sherman Avenue

Walking downtown Evanston: Joe and Andy on Sherman Avenue

After short looks at Grand Bend at Green Bay, the Evanston Farmers' Market, and the shops and restaurants near Church Street and Maple Avenue, Joe Z [...]
BlockWalking West Walker with Eric

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 [...]
Little distress, lots of life on Drake Avenue

Little distress, lots of life on Drake Avenue

The way Alderman Mell's been talking, you'd be forgiven for thinking Albany Park was a wasteland of board-ups and junkies these days. Using this for [...]
BlockWalks: The 1000 block of Spruce Street in Winnetka

BlockWalks: The 1000 block of Spruce Street in Winnetka

The block along Spruce Street east of Glendale is only one of many handsome blocks in Winnetka, says Joe Zekas. It has a special place in the memory [...]
BlockWalks: Prairie Avenue and Central Street in Evanston with Mike Stern

BlockWalks: Prairie Avenue and Central Street in Evanston with Mike Stern

Mike Stern of Koenig & Strey took Joe Zekas on a walking tour around the intersection of Prairie Avenue and Central Street, a convenient, pedestrian [...]
BlockWalks: the 1800 block of North Maud Avenue in Lincoln Park

BlockWalks: the 1800 block of North Maud Avenue in Lincoln Park

Join Joe Zekas for a BlockWalk down a street he didn't build on. Joe explains: Back in the early '80s I bought two lots in the 1800 block of Maud [...]
BlockWalks: The 2000 block of North Seminary Avenue in Lincoln Park / DePaul

BlockWalks: The 2000 block of North Seminary Avenue in Lincoln Park / DePaul

In the text summary accompanying this video, Joe Zekas writes: This is one of my favorite blocks in Chicago. I lived there for nearly eight years, [...]
BlockWalks: the 4400 block of North Albany Street in Albany Park

BlockWalks: the 4400 block of North Albany Street in Albany Park

Loran McDonald was the first New Trier kid I met upon arriving at the University of Missouri more than a decade ago. During our four years at Mizzou [...]
1600 North Claremont: A Bucktown BlockWalk

1600 North Claremont: A Bucktown BlockWalk

Like Joe, I picked one of the streets I know best for my first BlockWalk: the 1600 block of North Claremont Avenue, near the Wicker Park / Bucktown [...]
BlockWalks, 2300 North Cleveland in Lincoln Park

BlockWalks, 2300 North Cleveland in Lincoln Park

With this video we're launching a new feature: BlockWalks, a simple video tour of a single Chicago or suburban block. For many Chicagoans the block [...]
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