Tag: Bronzeville
Prairie Shores has bargain-level rents near McCormick Place and the lake
The five towers of Prairie Shores have a convenient location just south of McCormick Place, just east of the IIT Campus and just west of the 31st [...]
Prairie Shores has budget-friendly apartments near McCormick Place and the lake
The five towers of Prairie Shores have a convenient location just south of McCormick Place, just east of the IIT Campus and just west of the 31st [...]
Will pure lunacy result in pure hell at Bronzeville’s Rosenwald apartments?
Curbed recently took note of the issuance of a building permit for the $100M+ renovation of the Rosenwald Apartments at 47th St and Michigan Ave i [...]
A move-in ready home in a convenient near-south location
The 3- to 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 3216 S Prairie Ave was built 7 years ago but has the appearance of a new home.
The home has high-ceiling [...]
No visible progress at Bronzeville’s Rosenwald Apartments
It's been nearly two years since I spent a good chunk of two days walking the area around the Rosenwald Apartments, a massive abandoned complex at [...]
Headed for a $107 million meltdown in Bronzeville?
Curbed called attention yesterday to the City Council's Finance Committee's approval of $25 million in TIF funding for the renovation of the Rosen [...]
Amenity-rich apartments in Hyde Park / Kenwood
The Sutherland was built as a hotel and briefly converted to a military hospital. Its most famous incarnation, however, was as a music venue frequ [...]
Tour the Sutherland model apartments in Hyde Park with the designer
The Sutherland, 4659 S Drexel Blvd in Hyde Park / Kenwood, was built as a hotel and briefly converted to a military hospital. Its most famous inca [...]
The Sutherland, renovated luxury apartments in Hyde Park / Kenwood
The Sutherland, a historic property at 4659 S Drexel in Hyde Park / Kenwood, has newly-renovated studio, 1- and 2-bedroom apartments available for [...]
Head south to North Kenwood / Oakland for more affordable rents
In the above video, shot in 2009, Coldwell Banker's Clarence Thompson drove one of Yo's reporters around the North Kenwood / Oakland neighborhood [...]
Why a MAC resident likes Bronzeville’s Sutherland apartments
Listen to a woman who has rented from MAC Property Management for four years in two different buildings talk about why she likes the Sutherland ap [...]
A lovingly-renovated Bronzeville single-family
Tim and his wife were looking for a major renovation challenge when they moved from the suburbs to the part of Bronzeville known as The Gap.
Th [...]
A free rent deal at Bronzeville’s Lake Meadows
Five years ago today we linked to a Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily Report that Draper & Kramer planned to demolish the 1,870-unit Lake Meadows [...]
Revisiting Park Boulevard in Bronzeville
The mixed-income Park Boulevard development in Bronzeville, on the former site of Stateway Gardens, is part of the CHA's ambitious and largely-sta [...]
Artist lofts proposed for 47th Street in Bronzeville
Two days ago we posted on a revised proposal for the Rosenwald Apartments at 47th and Michigan. Financing for the project would include $25 millio [...]
A revised proposal for the Rosenwald Apartments
Over at the Sun-Times David Roeder is reporting that a new proposal for the vacant, 5-story Rosenwald Apartments building at 47th and Michigan wil [...]
A family-friendly, pet-friendly Chicago bed and breakfast
Newcomers to Chicago, and tourists just visiting the city, have access to a vast variety of short-term housing options, including hotels, hostels, [...]
What should be done with Bronzeville’s Rosenwald Apartments?
The massive Rosenwald Apartments building at 47th and Michigan in the Grand Boulevard area of Bronzeville was shuttered a dozen years ago. Accordi [...]
Condo owners plant a garden in a Bronzeville food desert
I recently met with members of Rosenwald for All, a group of residents concerned that the local infrastructure is inadequate to support the redeve [...]
Rosenwald Apartments proposal advances toward TIF funding
Last October we marveled at a proposal to revive the long-vacant landmark Rosenwald Apartments at 47th and Michigan at a cost of just over half a [...]