Tag: South Shore
Is $14,500 the right price for a 3-bedroom in Terror Town?
Unit 1S at 7708 S Essex Ave is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath duplex that's listed as 3,300 square feet and described as "completely remodeled with all stain [...]
South Shore squatters meet the world’s largest junk removal truck
The boom in foreclosures has contributed to the growth of a number of businesses that deal with the conditions found at foreclosed properties. It [...]
Jackson Park Highlands, a historic model neighborhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48fnF_S3yLI
In 1905, the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood was commissioned as a model community featuring some of [...]
Price drops 44% in 14 days on Jackson Park Highlands home
Talk about rapid-fire price reductions …
The 5-bedroom, 3-bath home at 6710 S Euclid Ave in Jackson Park Highlands came on the market November [...]
What snow? Day sees plenty of new listings
The market marches on -- at noon, Redfin showed 139 homes listed since midnight.
On the high end, there's a five-bedroom / four-bath triplex at [...]
City sending wrecking ball to South Shore’s ‘white elephant’
Built for a then-hefty $9 million, South Shore High was planned to be "a pace-setter for the city," according to a 1968 Tribune story. The archite [...]
McCaffery opens marketing center for US Steel redevelopment
“This will change the entire face of the South Side, which now has the perception as not being a nice place to go. I saw a map the other day, a ba [...]
Kamin: More Chicago, less Virginia for South Works, please
Trib columnist Blair Kamin digs the broad strokes of the South Works redevelopment plan but hopes developer McCaffrey Interests and architect Antuno [...]
South Shore bungalows going green
The Historic Chicago Bungalow Association is putting the finishing touches on a fully renovated green model bungalow at 7622 S Cregier Ave in South [...]
Quick hits: South Works proposal is a go
The City Council has approved McCaffery Interests' plan for a whole lot o' condos, apartments, and retail spaces at the old US Steel South Works sit [...]
Zoning Committee OKs South Works plan
“We’re talking about developing a city here, with new schools, roadways, infrastructure, transportation. This area is larger than the Loop.”
- Alde [...]
Touring South Shore: High schools and heavyweights
The Nation of Islam's presence in South Shore has been so significant that, as a child, Jeff Heilbrunn's wife played around with the Fruit of Islam [...]
Touring South Shore: bungalows and block clubs
Jeff Heilbrunn wrote the book on block clubs. Literally. These neighborhood organizations have existed for decades, but Jeff, with the help of Build [...]
Touring South Shore: Terror Town's troubles
For South Shore to rebound, someone will have address the problems of "Terror Town," an area plagued with boarded-up buildings and open-air drug mar [...]
Touring South Shore: Life on the lakefront
Even with the economic hurdles South Shore will have to clear in the coming years, there's still a lot to envy about the neighborhood, including its [...]
Touring South Shore: A neighborhood native's first trip to the old Country Club
If you don't know much about South Shore's history, you might be surprised to learn that a neighborhood native like Jeff Heilbrunn had never been in [...]
Touring South Shore, Part 1: History and the Highlands
Our link to RedEye's "next hot 'hood" article generated a lot of comments, some of which touched on the present and future of the South Shore on the [...]
Crain's: City mulls TIF for South Works site
The city's Community Development Commission this afternoon is considering a tax increment financing district for the first phase of the 530-acre South [...]
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