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