Tag: Gold Coast
Views of the beaches at Oak Street and North Avenue
The eastern views from some Lake Shore Drive high-rises might not be very inspiring in the dead of night, but they can be endlessly interesting on [...]
An apartment dweller ages out of Division Street
Planned Property Management has four contemporary high-rise apartment buildings a few short blocks from both the Division and Rush Street bar, nig [...]
Light, bright apartments steps from Gold Coast amenities
25 East Delaware is a completely renovated high-rise apartment building steps from State and Rush Streets, two short blocks from Chicago's Magnifi [...]
Planned Property goes wet and wild on the Gold Coast
Planned Property Management, one of our sponsors, hosts a lot of events for its residents, and I've attended a few. They're orchestrated at high e [...]
On Craigslist, bait-and-switch is the norm
If you're searching for an apartment in any of the lakefront communities covered by YoChicago's at-a-glance apartment lists and maps, you're wasti [...]
Tour a Gold Coast one-bedroom in a full-amenity high-rise
The Ambassador House, 1325 N State Pkwy in the Gold Coast, is a full-service, full-amenity condominium.
Residents come home to an impressive l [...]
New at $4.95M in a cash-only Gold Coast co-op
The Chicago co-op building at 1500 N Lake Shore Drive, is the only Chicago project credited to Rosario Candela, the designer of many of New York's mos [...]
The views from the Gold Coast’s Ambassador House
The Ambassador House condominium, 1325 N State Pkwy, has one of the better roof decks you'll find anywhere in the city.
Its sheer size is one [...]
A Gold Coast fat cat at One East Scott
Representatives of organized labor had a coherent explanation for why they brought a fat cat rather than the traditional inflatable rat to call at [...]
A reconstructed Gold Coast greystone for $3.5 million
The 6,300 square foot single-family greystone at 48 E Cedar St in the Gold Coast was completely reconstructed two years ago.
The 3-story plus l [...]
Soap on a rope, high-rise edition
Some high-rise buildings have very elaborately engineered machinery for washing their windows.
For some buildings, window washing is as simple [...]
How to find an experienced, professional rental agent
Our recently-launched YoRents service connects renters directly with quality landlords.
Many renters, however, are daunted by the task of findi [...]
A Gold Coast custom home on a high-floor corner
1000 Lake Shore Plaza is at the corner of Oak Street, where Lake Shore Drive meets the Magnificent Mile. It's across from Oak Street Beach and st [...]
A back yard lawn and front yard beach in the Gold Coast
If you're relocating to the Gold Coast from a lakefront home on the North Shore, you don't have to give up your back yard grass or the beach outsi [...]
Gold Coast apartment tower takes a step forward
Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that the Fifield Cos. has won the bidding to develop a new retail / apartment tower on the Jewel site at Cl [...]
The grass is greener at 1000 North LaSalle’s dog park
Planned Property Management just made the dog park at 1000 N LaSalle more pet- and pet-owner friendly with the addition of a grassy area, new benc [...]
Gold Coast studio apartments with in-unit washer / dryers
If you're looking for a studio apartment in the Gold Coast with an in-unit washer / dryer, you can stop looking: there aren't any. Ditto for one-, [...]
A high floor 3-bedroom on the Gold Coast’s best block
Unit 2505 at 50 E Bellevue Plwraps around 3 sides of the Gold Coast building, enabling great views and light from floor-to-ceiling windows.
The [...]
Short-term furnished apartments in the Gold Coast
If you'll only be in Chicago for a month or two, simply want to try out a neighborhood before committing to it, or want a walk to Oak Street Beach [...]
Tour a full-floor home in the Patterson McCormick Mansion
The historic Patterson McCormick Mansion, built in 1893, was designed by Stanford White and expanded in 1927 by David Adler. Warm Roman brick and [...]