Tag: Kenilworth
Shooting a no-go in Lincolnwood, still OK in Kenilworth
Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that a Cook County Circuit Court Judge upheld the Village of Lincolnwood's decision to bar a shooting range [...]
Memorial Day 2013
In this 2007 video Kenilworth's T. Tolbert Chisum, accompanied by the strains of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, solemnly intones the name and ad [...]
Wilmette and Kenilworth come together separately for the fireworks
Wilmette dwarfs Kenilworth in land area (5.4 square miles vs 0.6) and population (27,087 vs 2,513).
Despite their size differential, these nei [...]
A tight North Shore rental market
We've been following the market for rental homes and condos on the North Shore for several years and the market appears to be as tight as I've see [...]
Is Kenilworth the 5-year home value champ?
Chicago Magazine's April issue hits the stands this week, and one of its features is a series of charts on how home values have performed between [...]
Quote of the day – Kenilworth market time trebles
Chicago Magazine's October issue, with its annual look at real estate market conditions, hits the newsstands tomorrow. Following the archaic tradi [...]
North Shore rental inventory remains tight
At this time last year there were 304 MLS-listed homes and condos for rent in Chicago's North Shore communities. As of this morning that number is [...]
North Shore’s priciest communities post year-over-year sales gains
Over at her North Shore Views site, Coldwell Banker's Anne West has just posted single-family home sales numbers for North Shore communities (minus [...]
New a/c at closing – a sign of the times in Chatham?
The recently-listed, recently-rehabbed 5-bedroom, 3-bath bungalow at 8220 S Prairie Ave in Chatham boasts of "everything new" – and promises buyer [...]
Back on the market – a Kenilworth starter home
Back in October of 2009 I stopped at an open house at 611 Roger Ave in Kenilworth and shot the above video tour with one of the owners. At that ti [...]
A Kenilworth Memorial Day
As we set out to enjoy a long holiday weekend, many of us will pause to remember and honor the sacrifices that make our enjoyment possible, and th [...]
Kenilworth is the capital of stately on the North Shore
If you're a hard-core Joycean, as I once was, the word "stately" immediately calls to mind the opening of Ulysses and the rites of "stately, plump [...]
Winnetka, the teardown capital of Cook County
View Winnetka teardowns & new construction in a larger map
The current issue of Crain’s Chicago Business (subscription required) reports a mode [...]
Rare Kenilworth rental at $1,000 a month
Have you been longing to ditch your basement apartment in Uptown for an address in tiny, tony Kenilworth but thought you’d never be able to afford [...]
East Kenilworth home drops under $500K
When we shot the above video last September there were six homes in Kenilworth listed for under $600,000.
The 3-bedroom, 3 ½ bath, 2-car garage [...]
Coldwell Banker leads Wilmette, Winnetka and Kenilworth sales in 2010
Coldwell Banker had the largest number of closed home sales during calendar year 2010 in Wilmette, Winnetka and Kenilworth.
In Wilmette, where [...]
A 6-bedroom Kenilworth rental bargain
It was a gloomy day in late December with about 8 inches of snow on the ground when I narrated this video illustrating the 5-minute walk from the [...]
Getting de-stoned in Kenilworth
After our chat at a Northfield open house, design-build honcho Geno Benvenuti mentioned that he was seeing a trend away from granite countertops a [...]
From the vault: Memorial Day in Kenilworth
As we set out to enjoy a long holiday weekend, many of us will pause to remember and honor the sacrifices that make our enjoyment possible, and the [...]
Kenilworth homes sell after steep price cuts
One of our local correspondents, Prudential Rubloff's Taylor Lindstrom, recently checked in with a report on home sales in Kenilworth. Read the full [...]