Tag: People
Share some memories of Bill Moran
I did a variety of business with Bill Moran back in the 70s and early 80s, i.e. buying property through his brokerage firm and hiring his management d [...]
172 Chicago homeless programs get $49M in HUD funds
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced yesterday that more than $49 million in funding has been renewed for 172 existing Chi [...]
They called it our bum-of-the-month club
We published print real estate newspapers and magazines until three years ago. We folded our popular New Homes Magazine, the last of our print pub [...]
Sun-Times flaunts real estate tax ignorance
A hat tip to The Wall Street Journal for spotlighting the Sun-Times' publication of the most ignorant real estate rant in recent memory, by column [...]
Jeanne Gang – The sky’s the limit
A hat tip to architecture critic Lynn Becker for alerting us to this captivating introduction to Jeanne Gang, the magnetic starchitect who's [...]
Quote of the day – Graffiti, to glorify god’s name
If your neighborhood, or your property, has been vandalized by graffiti, watch the video to learn what you're up against – including an apparently [...]
From the vault – faces along the bar in Hyde Park
My son Jordan recently completed the tedious task of transferring more than 50,000 of our archive photos from CDs to a hard drive to make them mor [...]
Jay Strauss to plead guilty to defrauding condo owners
The the last time we called attention to Jay Strauss, co-owner of defunct Regent Realty Group, we noted that 3 years had passed between the time charg [...]
Jeanne Gang named a MacArthur Fellow
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang has been named one of twenty-two 2011 MacArthur Fellows, a distinction that comes with a no-strings attached grant o [...]
Rodkin going solo in home tour videos
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin is changing the format of his informative video tours. Going forward you'll be seeing mostly or exclusively Rodki [...]
Chicago is losing its best real estate blogger
When Lockhart Steele told me he was moving forward with his twice-postponed Curbed Chicago launch I suggested he lock on to Mark Boyer, a former Y [...]
SkyNinja offers a window washer’s view of Chicago
Every so often I check in at SkyscraperCity's Photos that'll blow you away forum to snack on the visual feast that's served up there. And every vi [...]
Quote of the day – Excuse Mark from this nonsense
A few commenters have chimed in at Curbed on its "Chicago's hottest brokers" contest, and they're not happy about what they see.
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View week ends, normal posting resumes
For the past week I've posted videos from our archives showcasing Chicago's great views, from vantage points high and low.
I've just returned f [...]
Sergio Martinucci franchises with Weichert, piles up more lawsuits
Sergio Martinucci is back in the news with the announcement of a new franchise affiliation.
We quote from a recent article at Chicago Agent Magazi [...]
Checking in: Glanville wants an offer in Bucktown
A few months ago I pointed readers to a Bucktown single-family that former Cub and current ESPN analyst Doug Glanville was trying to sell for $899,000 [...]