Tag: Rogers Park
Loyola students channel Chicago Tourism Bureau
Streeterville is "the ultimate destination for a night on the town with friends" according to the video. That's the kind of statement you'd expect [...]
Is that 3-months free rent deal in Evanston for real?
Or is it just a hustle to grab your attention?
415 Premier Apartments, formerly known as Skyline at Evanston, sits on the north side of Howard [...]
The courtyards of Rogers Park
Larry Shure, a preservation planner with the City of Chicago, has begun a fascinating project cataloging and categorizing the courtyard buildings [...]
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Rogers Park gets a LEED Silver building
Cleaning out the Yo inbox is like digging in between sofa cushions -- all sorts of goodies can fall beneath the cracks. Take, for example, the announc [...]
Renaissance Lofts slapped with foreclosure suit
Last month we brought you this video interview with David Derk, who is suing the Kopley Group for not honoring a buyback guarantee at Renaissance [...]
From $86K to $289K in 16 months in Rogers Park
Rogers Park isn't a big market for single-family homes. In the past 12 months, 27 single-families inside the community area have sold, at prices rangi [...]
A Kopley Group buyer’s story
Almost two years ago to the day, I added the following comment to a post on the Lofts at 1800, a development of the Kopley Group: There’s something ab [...]
The two-two tango: Five new listings around town
The average Chicago condo has two bedrooms and two baths, but these homes come in all shapes, sizes, locations, and prices. Here are five two-twos, al [...]
Edgewater, Rogers Park see condo prices fall in 4th quarter
2010 was not kind to condominiums on Chicago's Far North Side: Our two northernmost neighborhoods, Rogers Park and Edgewater, both saw condo price [...]
Renaissance Lofts buyers fight back
Thanks to Curbed for highlighting a new article by Dennis Rodkin about Renaissance Lofts in Rogers Park, where buyers have filed suit against the Kopl [...]
Seeking diversity? Skip Rogers Park and head for Skokie
Rogers Parkers lean heavily on the diversity meme when they describe their community to outsiders. At RogersPark.com, for example, the About pag [...]
Sex offenders opt for Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park
There are lots of sites where you can check whether there are any registered sex offenders in your neighborhood. The State Sex Offender Registry has t [...]
A Rogers Park condo bust
Edgewater condos took the biggest hit during the real estate crash of the early 80s. The average-priced unit sold in the mid-$70s in 1979, and in [...]
Aerial tour from Belmont Harbor to Rogers Park
The video is unedited footage from a 90-minute helicopter ride around Chicagoland earlier today. Be sure to watch in high-def.
Joe and Jordan Zekas [...]
Loyola welcomes students to the Far North
Yo sales manager and Loyola alum Anish stumbled upon this new video from his alma mater, which introduces new students to the campus' Far North Side [...]
Woodstock: How eight lakeside locations fared in first-half foreclosure filings
A couple weeks ago, the Woodstock Institute released foreclosure numbers for the first six months of 2010 (PDF), broken down by community area. Listed [...]
Riding the rails: Few homes to find near the Loyola Red Line stop in Rogers Park
Loyola's facilities take up a lot of area directly around the Red Line station at Sheridan Road and Loyola Avenue in Rogers Park, so it's not surpri [...]
Riding the rails: New-construction short sales near the Morse station
One block south of the Red Line station at Morse and Glenwood avenues in Rogers Park is this new-ish five-unit building at 1416 W Farwell Ave, home [...]
Riding the rails: $575,000 for an "exquisite" Painted Lady on Jarvis Avenue
Walk a block west from the Red Line's Jarvis station or a block east from Touhy Park and you'll find this turn-of-the-century Victorian home done up [...]
Quote of the day: "I don't want this job."
From the Tribune:
"I had no clue what I was getting into. I pay the utilities, take care of the lawn, electrician work and extermination. I don't wan [...]