Tag: People
John Baird’s role in saving the DePaul neighborhood
The death of Baird & Warner's John Baird at the age of 98 is rightfully receiving a great deal of attention in both local and national real estate cir [...]
A Grant Park makeover near General Logan’s statue
The stretch of Grant Park south of the Art Institute doesn't attract the crowds that flock to Millennium Park and the other attractions at its nor [...]
Chicago images painted with light and love
We began this business in 1987 by publishing a real estate newspaper.
A regular feature of the weekly paper in its early days was Kardas' Chic [...]
A visit to YoChicago’s photo archives
We've been fortunate to have worked with several talented photographers over the years.
Joeff Davis was the lead photographer for our New [...]
Downtown Chicago’s boomer bust
Joel Kotkin, writing at newgeography, argues that the oft-reported back-to-the-city trend among empty nesters is a myth:
Perhaps no urban legen [...]
YoChicago challenges a Realtor to create a hokey tag line
After a morning of shooting sponsored video tours of Lincoln Park townhome developments Jeff Herbert and I found ourselves near the statue of the [...]
Recalling the Hancock Center’s troubled early days
The Hancock Center, an iconic presence on Chicago's skyline, had a troubled and mostly-forgotten early history.
I was reminded of that history whe [...]
A 9/11 aerial tour of Chicago
A year ago today I spent nearly two hours in a chartered helicopter, with the doors off, circling downtown Chicago and snapping photos. I was acco [...]
Chicago is leading net exporter of people to New York
According to a recent piece by Aaron Renn at City Journal, the New York area lost nearly 2 million net domestic migrants in the 2000s.
Chicago did [...]
Wrecking the Purple Hotel and Macsai’s Shit List
The demolition of the Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood has elicited a great deal of attention and commentary, as the building itself did throughout the [...]
A homeless man builds a shelter in Wicker Park
DNAinfo posted an article yesterday about Bruce Johnson, a 51-year old homeless man who had built himself a concrete block shelter from materials [...]
Meet John Holabird Jr, architect and Renaissance man
Holabird & Root, one of Chicago's storied architectural firms, began in the 1880s and during most of its history a Holabird was an active principa [...]
Yo’s on vacation, light posting ahead
I'm out of town beginning today through next week at my annual family gathering on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This will be the 21st consec [...]
Immigration and Chicago neighborhoods
"This city is really defined by a south and a north. And they are two different worlds," says playwright Luis Alfaro in the video.
Actress Char [...]
Chicago ranks 20th for high-income educated young women
When I was in high school, a reminder that "the light at the end of the tunnel is Jersey City" was richly ironic.
Now that light, according to [...]
Who’s a paid-to-be-who in Chicagoland real estate
Here's the lead-in to Chicago Agent Magazine's Who's Who in Chicagoland Real Estate 2013 feature:
The following people not only have exemplary lead [...]
Images of domesticity and an architect’s beat-up mother-in-law
The elevator lobby at 100 East Bellevue immerses you in images of domestic bliss.
On the outside chance that you missed the message, the h [...]
Housing tragedy tomorrow, Crib Chatter comedy tonight
To no one's surprise, Crib Chatter's "Sabrina" is once again (still?) predicting a housing bust. In an unexpected move, s/he plans to convert the [...]
Quote of the day – rapacious widows and orphans
Upon hearing of Donald Trump's legal victory over an 87-year old Evanston woman, I couldn't help thinking of a quote attributed to Sam Block of Jenner [...]
How Terry found Susie Schechtman and her new home
When Terry decided to relocate to the city from the northern suburbs, she followed a now-classic path: a Google search that led her to a helpful r [...]