Tag: Neighborhood amenities
Add Cermak Fresh Market to the list of Bridgeport perks
Lexington Square residents are about to gain a much-needed neighborhood amenity: a new grocery store just a few blocks north on Halsted Street. Ga [...]
A Bucktown home in a "Walker's Paradise"
Realtor Jim Gramata's home at 2321 W McLean Ave gets a Walk Score of 92, high enough to be deemed a "Walker's Paradise." It's close enough to the We [...]
What's your Transit Score?
Walk Score can tell you a lot about a neighborhood, but it's always faced a couple of legitimate complaints. One, it doesn't distinguish between the s [...]
A neighborhood with everything at Edgebrook Pointe
Following their trip through a new two-bedroom condo at Edgebrook Pointe, 6425 W Touhy Ave, Joe Zekas and Sergio & Banks agent Phyllis Bisceglie tur [...]
Gary Lucido in University Village, Part 2: Recreational spaces and townhome prices
In the second segment of our University Village video tour, Realtor Gary Lucido discusses one of the most convenient amenities near his home: a UIC [...]
565 Quincy's 'hood – life in the West Loop
Take a virtual tour of the neighborhood around Belgravia Group's 565 Quincy high-rise at 565 W Quincy St by browsing the 554 images in our West Loop [...]
Navigating MoveSmart.org with Justin Massa
After giving us an update on MoveSmart.org's development, Justin Massa jumped on the computer to demonstrate just how the tool works. The neighborho [...]
Avondale's uncommon amenities
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The Avondale community area was once home to the one-of-a-kind Olson Park and Waterfall, one of the city's "S [...]
Erik's excursions: Uptown's Montrose Park
In our final installment of my Uptown walking tour, I head east on Montrose Avenue to Montrose Park. In stark contrast to the bustling and motoring [...]
Erik's excursions: Uptown, pt. 4
The beat goes on as I travel south down Sheridan Road, then over to Uptown's new development Wilson Yard on the corner of Broadway Street and Montro [...]
Erik's excursions: Walking Uptown, Part 3
Ethiopian food, Red Line murals, the Aragon Ballroom, and the mosaic facade of Alternatives Youth and Family Center are featured in this installment [...]
Silver Tower's local Merchandise Mart
Just south of the 40-story high-rise Silver Tower at 303 W Ohio St in River North is the behemoth Merchandise Mart (the short and long building seen [...]
Erik's excursions: more Uptown
In the second video of the series, we don't go beyond what is immediately available at the corner of Broadway and Lawrence Avenues. We see the Green [...]
Erik's excursions: strolling around Uptown
I recently conducted a walking tour of Uptown on the Far North Side to get a sense of its "walkability." At WalkScore.com, Uptown gets a rating of 9 [...]
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