Tag: South Side
A tour of Hyde Park’s Windermere House apartments
The Windermere House, 1642 E 56th St, has an enviable location a short distance from Lake Shore Drive and a Metra station, fronting the Museum of [...]
A ‘Modernist interpretation’ of a Kenwood mansion, priced at $1.59 million
Looking for an alternative to all those Queen Annes and Italianate mansions in Kenwood? This James Nagle-designed single-family at 4824 S Woodlawn [...]
Lofty letdowns in McKinley Park
Times are tough at McKinley Park Lofts. Two of the three units that closed there last year sold for 77% and 46% below their 2007 sale prices. (The [...]
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 [...]
Why residents love living at Hyde Park’s Windermere House
The Windermere House Apartments is a landmark in Hyde Park, set on a prominent corner just off Lake Shore Drive.
One of the Windermere House tr [...]
A Pilsen and Little Village Christmas carol
Santa and the elves from RAN Chicago visited City Hall before Christmas to bestow candy canes on aldermen who supported the Chicago Clean Power Or [...]
A ‘Christmas special’ in New City
Stuck making last-minute purchases again? A listings search won't spark many bright ideas -- only four listings make a mention of "Christmas" in their [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One of these things is not like the others
"Luxury in Chicago means anything over $3,000 a month," says CNBC. With that in mind, I spent part of my afternoon searching for homes listed righ [...]
Woodlawn – throwing good money after bad?
The Tribune brings us yet another chapter in the decades-long saga of initiatives to revitalize Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.
Woodlawn has l [...]
In West Pullman, a “mini-mansion” goes for $179,000
Way down in West Pullman, where the 12-month median sale price of a single-family is $27,100 and nothing's listed higher than the $250s, you can [...]
Ravenswood and Montrose in Hyde Park?
Move.com recently rolled out a revamp of its rental search, and the site apparently has a few kinks to work out.
Silver Clouds (sic) Apartments [...]
New to the market: Twice the price for a quickly renovated Beverly home
This Tudor-style home at 9915 S Bell Ave in Beverly sold in July for $212,000, with the understanding that it needed some TLC. It originally was b [...]
Two Bridgeport restaurants make Michelin’s list of “Bib Gourmand” faves
This week Jeff Benach of Lexington Homes tipped us off about two restaurants near his Lexington Square townhomes in Bridgeport that made the Miche [...]
Englewood, where $315K snags a “well-maintained” six-flat
Ten years ago, more than 43 percent of Englewood's residents were living below the poverty level, according to the new quality-of-life tracking to [...]
Searching for stability in Chicago neighborhoods
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing d [...]
Curbed rounds up reax to Reese razing
We've never spent much time on the Michael Reese Hospital issue, but reports of the main building's imminent demolition have Chicagoans buzzing.
Ev [...]
Would landmark status help Dubin’s Lofts at Bridgeport Place?
Preservationists often use landmarking as a way to protect buildings from demolition or intrusive development, but here's a case of a developer push [...]
From the vault: George Thrush on pioneering neighborhoods
One of the most-viewed videos on the YoChicago YouTube Channel in early November 2007 was this segment of a longer interview with George Thrush, who [...]