Tag: Downtown Loop
A New East Side apartment walk with Katie and Stephanie
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito are former rental services agents who grew frustrated with that business and set out to connect Chicago tenant [...]
A high-rise home near the Gold Coast farmers market
Early Saturday morning I met Lori and Clark at the Division Street Farmers Market to see and chat about the scene that's a 30-second stroll from t [...]
Downtown MLS-listed rentals remain at low levels
The number (756) of homes and condos listed for rent in the MLS in the 14 downtown ZIP codes that we track barely budged over the last week, des [...]
The best value at The Carlyle
Everything about The Carlyle is out of the ordinary, beginning with its Gold Coast location overlooking Oak Street Beach.
The Carlyle's reside [...]
A Benjamin Marshall Gold Coast classic
When 1200 North Lake Shore Drive was built in 1912 it attracted residents with some of Chicago's most storied names: Field, Armour and Wrigley.
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A glorious Gold Coast roof deck
This is undoubtedly one of the most lavish rooftop decks on a single-family home in the Gold Coast. The greenhouse makes it a year-round space. Th [...]
$40K price drops at 755 North Paulina
We first wrote about the 12-unit development at 755 North Paulina back in December of 2008 and January of 2009, noting that construction was compl [...]
757 Orleans still looking for its next 20 buyers
This morning's listing update from Redfin spotlighted several "new" listings at 757 Orleans. The listing copy describes the project as a "popular [...]
Follow the world’s largest Ronald McDonald house in Streeterville
You can follow the progress of the world's largest Ronald McDonald house in real time via a streaming webcam.
The 14-story 86-room facility at [...]
Views from 1200 Lake Shore Drive, Libertyville, Chatham
Earlier today I visited the rooftop sundeck at 1200 N Lake Shore Dr with Coldwell Banker's Meladee Hughes. The views were quite a contrast wit [...]
Superior 110 flanked by River North restaurants
As the Taste of River North approaches on July 15-17, it’s worth noting the wealth of dining opportunities flanking River North’s Superior 110 condomi [...]
Was the Alderman misquoted on the proposed Gold Coast apartment tower?
Crain's Chicago Business (subscription required) Is reporting that Jewel is taking bids from high-rise developers for its site at Clark and Divisi [...]
Lucien Lagrange’s finest achievement
If you had to choose a single word to characterize well-known architects as a group, you'd be unlikely to choose "humility." Frank Lloyd Wright, f [...]
Chicago by boat and firepower – fabulous time-lapse videos
A hat tip to Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin for discovering filmmaker Philip Bloom's journey along Chicago's lakefront and river. The video cons [...]
MLS-listed rental inventory continues to shrink
When we began tracking MLS-listed homes and condos for rent in 14 downtown ZIP codes back in November of 2009 there were 1,927 units available. Av [...]
At Lakeshore East, The Coast will block The Tides
Ever since the announcement of a new tower at Lakeshore East fronting `Wacker Drive there's been speculation about how it would affect the views f [...]
Wacker Gateway Park under construction below 235 Van Buren
Getting tired of the Congress Parkway bridge construction at Wacker Drive? You wouldn’t be the only one. According to IDOT’s bridge website, the [...]
Should you rent an apartment or a condo at Lakeshore East?
The Lakeshore East mega-development on Chicago's New East Side has three rental towers, The Tides, The Shoreham and Aqua, which also has condomini [...]
Near West Side, one of YoChicago’s hottest neighborhoods of 2006
We're taking a brief look at the state of each of the eight neighborhoods we spotlighted as Chicago's hottest back in June of 2006. We've already [...]
