1/30/12
The so-called Winthrop Kenmore corridor has long been a troubled area, home to a largely transient population. According to Compass Rose: In the 1960s...
1/16/12
Last week we quietly began keeping track of the available inventory of homes and condos listed for rent in six north lakefront ZIP Codes...
1/11/12
The real estate crash that began late in 1979 hit Edgewater the hardest among Chicago’s north lakefront neighborhoods. Edgewater condos sold for an average...
1/9/12
When we first focused on Substation North Lofts, in October of 2006, Yo’s Alison Soltau marveled at the notion of a loft priced at...
10/28/11
The three months ending September 30 were a boon to single family home sales in several key north side neighborhoods, including Edgewater (up 91%...
9/16/11
Today’s e-mail from 48th Ward Ald. Harry Osterman led me indirectly to the 48th Ward Community Process for Zoning and Land Use Approvals (PDF)....
8/17/11
When Joe Askins homed in on Edgewater’s Catalpa Gardens last summer he wondered whether it was “short sale central.” The project has had an...
5/13/11
Bryn Mawr isn’t the last stop for northbound riders on the Red Line, but it will be the last stop for me in this...
5/12/11
Today’s Red Line segment looks at the Berwyn ‘L’ station, located on the southern edge of Edgewater. It’s a busier station than Argyle, has...
2/23/11
2010 was not kind to condominiums on Chicago’s Far North Side: Our two northernmost neighborhoods, Rogers Park and Edgewater, both saw condo prices decline...
2/18/11
We last looked at 6030 North Sheridan in June 2006, when Rick Levin & Associates was preparing a developer closeout auction at the 292-unit...
2/14/11
Sixteen of the 26 condo closings recorded in Edgewater since the turn of the new year have been below $100,000. These five-figure homes have...
2/7/11
There are lots of sites where you can check whether there are any registered sex offenders in your neighborhood. The State Sex Offender Registry...
1/3/11
This morning Joe Zekas, writing at Homeward Bound – West Suburbs, likened price cuts at Oak Brook’s Tower Condominiums to the “uncontrollable plummeting at...
11/28/10
Today’s New York Times provides a timely reminder that a vacant hospital site can linger undeveloped for a decade or more, blighting the surrounding...
11/15/10
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing data and analysis to...
11/1/10
The single-family home at 1758 W Thorndale Ave in Edgewater went on the market for the first time in October 2009. Just nine months...
10/27/10
A recent New York Times Travel feature showcased Andersonville’s “village life in a big city,” singling out Las Manos Gallery, Scout 5221, Anteprima, In...
10/5/10
The average sale price of a single-family home in Edgewater over the past year has been just under $590,000, and the average for a...
9/24/10
Looking for a lakefront single-family in the city? For $1.65 million, you can buy the “only home on Chicago’s North Side with exclusive beachfront...