Tag: Downtown Loop
Up on the roof at Aqua – views that speak for themselves
Join Todd Wendell, who was the project manager for the design team at Aqua, on the roof above the penthouse level, over 800 feet above Chicago, c [...]
South Loop views, high and low
We begin with the views from a 41st floor penthouse at The Columbian. Its location at 1160 S Michigan Ave affords unbroken views of Grant and Mill [...]
On the roof with Buzz and Lou at 600 Lake Shore Drive
Join developer Buzz Ruttenberg and Lou Graziano, the building's Chief Engineer, on the roof of the north tower at 600 N Lake Shore Drive. Buzz and [...]
The penthouse views from Astoria Tower
Astoria Tower has converted from condos to rentals since I visited the rooftop terraces on the penthouse level to check out the 360-degree views o [...]
Price reductions and incentives on the remaining units at Parkside of Old Town
The new homes at Parkside of Old Town have a convenient location, two blocks from Wells Street shops, bars and restaurants, close to the Gold Coas [...]
The white-hot market for $1M homes
His position overseeing sales at Superior 110, a new boutique high-rise in Chicago's River North neighborhood, affords @properties' Greg Eldridge [...]
SoNo – some of Chicago’s most magnificent views
The views from an east-facing 23rd floor balcony at SoNo, 860 W Blackhawk, are some of the best to be had from any vantage point on the Near North [...]
A hard-hat tour of Mondial and the rooftop views
Mondial was still under construction in the River West neighborhood when architect / developer Jack Berger took us on a hard-hat tour. As we scan [...]
The views from a drive along Lake Shore Drive
We've been looking at Chicago from high in the air the past few days, and we'll return to the sky tomorrow. Sunday's a great day for running north [...]
Take a hard hat and penthouse tour of 235 Van Buren
The Ralph Johnson-designed high-rise in the Loop at 235 Van Buren now rises 46 stories above the ground. It had peaked out at 40 when we rode the [...]
John Hancock Center views, from the world’s highest grocery to the Signature Lounge
The John Hancock Center has some of Chicago's very best views – on days when you're not above the cloud cover or shrouded in fog. Because of its l [...]
Light posting, much news and great views ahead
I'll be taking some time off and posting less than usual, much of it time-stamped in advance and mined from our archives of video of Chicago's gre [...]
Coven of NIMBYs goes bonkers over Division and Ashland site
The proposed redevelopment of the former Pizza Hut site at Division and Ashland has evoked a flurry of pleas to 1st Ward Ald. Proco Joe Moreno to [...]
The panoramic views from Parkside of Old Town
The new homes at Parkside of Old Town have a convenient location, two blocks from Wells Street shops, bars and restaurants, close to the Gold Coas [...]
Grand Plaza penthouses hit the rental market
Several of the penthouse units at Grand Plaza, 545 N Dearborn, in the River North neighborhood have just become available for rent.
The buildi [...]
Dearborn Park – did they have to blight the South Loop to save it?
Travel back in time to the 1970s with Lois Wille's At Home in the Loop: How Clout and Community Built Dearborn Park:
The only residents of the [...]
University Village, from the air and on the ground
Driving south along the Dan Ryan Expressway, just south of Roosevelt Rd, you encounter a sea of rooftop air-conditioning units. You're seeing a pa [...]
A light-filled corner 2-bedroom loft in the West Loop
Chris Hancock has been selling lofts at Haberdasher Square in the West Loop for 15 years, and knows the building intimately.
According to Chris [...]
Quote of the day – the urbanism of exhaustion
Architecture critic Lynn Becker is not pleased with 42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly's proposal for the triangular park at Chestnut, Rush and Wabash. [...]
A video tour of a handmade home at Carl Street Studios
Time Magazine aptly referred to artist and artisan Edgar Miller's work as the "handmade home."
When Unit 15 at Old Town's Carl Street Studios, [...]