Tag: Bronzeville
From Yo’s archives – free plasma TVs and agents drinking their own Kool-Aid
Remember plasma TVs as sales incentives? Remember buying a Bronzeville condo for its appreciation potential?
Five years ago today we were writi [...]
Is greater Bronzeville a school desert?
There's been a great deal of attention paid to "food deserts" in Chicago, i.e. neighborhoods where fresh food is hard to find.
More worrisome f [...]
Bill Lavicka, Chicago’s most-endangered preservationist
Bill Lavicka is a Chicago original, one of those outsize characters who create and preserve the built heritage the rest of us then take for grante [...]
Eastgate Village remnants go to auction
When we last looked in on Eastgate Village, a troubled condo / townhome development that abuts the Stevenson Expressway connector to Lake Shore Dr [...]
A renovated 5-bedroom Bronzeville showplace
This may be the "most home for the money" that I've seen in the city of Chicago in years.
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath home at 4539 S King Dr in Bro [...]
Greetings from Nigeria – Bronzeville condo goes from $315K to $9,900
In September of 2007 Afolarin Gbenga bought Unit 1N at the Michigan Manor Condo, 4343 S Michigan Ave for $315,000 with first and second mortgages [...]
Another chapter in the Eastgate Village debacle
Eastgate Village, like a number of developments affiliated with the politically-connected New West Realty, has seen its share of troubles. When we [...]
Bronzeville homes with location and style
For a limited time new home buyers can receive a $10,000 grant when they purchase a new home at Oakwood Shores in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborho [...]
High-end finishes and convenient location at Park Boulevard in Bronzeville
For a limited time new home buyers can receive a $10,000 grant through the Find Your Place in Chicago program when they purchase a new home at Par [...]
Quote of the day: ‘Playing a kazoo’
"Erecting a mediocre piece of urban infrastructure alongside such a campus is like showing up at a Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert and playing a ka [...]
Riding the Red Line, starting at Sox / 35th
Last Wednesday I started what will be an ongoing project through the next month or two: a series of videos profiling each Red Line station between [...]
City approves redevelopment plan for Grand Boulevard apartment complex
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The Community Development Commission on Tuesday approved a $26.8 million plan to replace 60 old townhome-style apartments in the the [...]
Plan Commission approves major redevelopment of Lake Meadows
The Plan Commission's approval of a mixed-use development across from Wrigley Field won all the headlines last week (more on that one later), but an [...]
For landmarked Prairie Avenue listing, pictures speak louder than words
Fred Scovell of Keller Williams Realty - West Loop included 16 great photos with his listing for the mansion at 2801 S Prairie Ave on the Near Sou [...]
Weekend opinion – why not build Volo in Bronzeville?
I believe the city has blown and will continue to blow a major opportunity in Bronzeville. That opportunity was presented by the large amount of vac [...]
Quote of the day: Putting the brakes on Bronzeville
From the Tribune:
"This area has come to a screeching halt. We thought the business and the community would be much further along."
- Richard Chal [...]
Prices take a tumble at Park Boulevard and West Village
This morning's perusal of local listings revealed several hefty price cuts on condos and townhomes at two mixed-income developments, Park Boulevard [...]
Conversions and Oakwood Shores: Bronzeville's dominant features
In this video, Coldwell Banker Realtor Clarence Thompson tells me about three distinct pricing areas within Bronzeville. Sixty-seven percent of the [...]
Finding new developments in Bronzeville and North Kenwood
Earlier this week, Clarence Thompson of Coldwell Banker took me around Bronzeville in Chicago's South Side, with a short visit to a street in North [...]
Up to $100,000 off at Eastgate Village
If you watched any college football through Comcast on Saturday afternoon, you might have caught a new ad announcing price cuts on select condos at [...]