Tag: Humboldt Park

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A visit to Chicago’s West Side with a real estate appraiser

A visit to Chicago’s West Side with a real estate appraiser

Citywide Services' Michael Walsh is a veteran appraiser whose work takes him to many areas of Chicagoland. I joined Michael for a mid-morning v [...]
A stolen porch in Humboldt Park

A stolen porch in Humboldt Park

Yesterday morning I accompanied veteran appraiser Michael Walsh of Citywide Services on part of his daily rounds. Our first stop was at a forec [...]
Slow progress on Chicago Avenue condos

Slow progress on Chicago Avenue condos

When I stopped by in early August, picture above, the 8-unit condo building at 2424 W Chicago Ave was nearly topped out. Yesterday's visit [...]
A classic timber loft steps from the Bloomingdale Trail

A classic timber loft steps from the Bloomingdale Trail

If you're looking for the true loft aesthetic you'll find it at Buck City Lofts. This one-bedroom plus den has the high ceilings, hardwood floo [...]
A new Noah Properties home in a hot Humboldt Park location

A new Noah Properties home in a hot Humboldt Park location

The 8-square-block area bounded by Humboldt Blvd, Kedzie Ave, North Ave and Bloomingdale Ave has undergone rapid change in the past few years. New [...]
A hot pocket of new homes in Humboldt Park

A hot pocket of new homes in Humboldt Park

Despite the hot market, it's still a bit premature to be talking confidently about hot neighborhoods. And, however heated the market might become, it [...]
Neighborhood Treasure, West Humboldt Park

Neighborhood Treasure, West Humboldt Park

Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago is "a nonprofit neighborhood revitalization organization committed to helping homeowners and strengthenin [...]
Luxury condos mix with affordable housing in “West Wicker Park”

Luxury condos mix with affordable housing in “West Wicker Park”

It was November of 2008 when YoChicago first looked at the new condominiums at 1555 N Talman in Humboldt Park, and expressed skepticism about the [...]
Are you ready for Humboldt Park?

Are you ready for Humboldt Park?

The blocks just south of North Avenue east of the park in Humboldt Park have seen a great deal of new construction activity in the past ten years, [...]
Should you go condo or single-family in Humboldt Park?

Should you go condo or single-family in Humboldt Park?

Two Humboldt Park new listings slid into our email inbox over the weekend, a 2-bedroom, 2-bath condo asking $299,900 and a 4-bedroom 3 ½ bath sing [...]
The Bloomingdale Trail and the High Line

The Bloomingdale Trail and the High Line

It seems like every article about Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail contains a mandatory reference to New York's High Line. Last Saturday I [...]
Which Humboldt Park is the real one?

Which Humboldt Park is the real one?

There's an idealized Humboldt Park and a real one. You can find the idealized version at a real estate site: A diverse, family-friendly area fu [...]
How to tell you’re in an unsafe area

How to tell you’re in an unsafe area

In Chicago, a Safe Park Zone sign is a warning that you may encounter gang activity, drug sales and weapon-carrying teenagers. You won't find Safe [...]
Some questions about Humboldt Heights

Some questions about Humboldt Heights

There's a part of Bridgeport east of Halsted that some of the locals mockingly refer to as Bridgeport Heights in light of the area's supersized ho [...]
Humboldt Park – too many bullets in the cake

Humboldt Park – too many bullets in the cake

You have to love a sassy Aussie – but not everyone does. Especially one who talks about moving her business from Humboldt Park to Bucktown because [...]
Tough time for condos in three once-strong markets

Tough time for condos in three once-strong markets

Condominiums in Rogers Park, Humboldt Park and Irving Park -- three neighborhoods that once had strong new development and high selling prices -- [...]
Google Street View’s Humboldt Park time capsule

Google Street View’s Humboldt Park time capsule

View the 500 block of N Central Park Ave in Google Street View and you'll see a very different scene than the one, above, that I saw early yesterd [...]
Visit a Humboldt Park open house and make a drug buy

Visit a Humboldt Park open house and make a drug buy

A recently-listed new construction home at 910 N Richmond Ave in Humboldt Park is holding an open house this Sunday, October 16, from 11 AM to 12 [...]
Stupid Realtor tricks, pricing games variety

Stupid Realtor tricks, pricing games variety

The newly-built home at 2448 W Cullom Ave in the fictional "south Ravenswood Manor" has more than 70 entries, beginning in May of 2006, in its lis [...]
Humboldt Park, real estate sites and the real world

Humboldt Park, real estate sites and the real world

Real estate brokerage sites typically feature upbeat overviews of Chicago's neighborhoods. The articles often appear to have been authored on a lo [...]
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