Tag: South Side
Lake Park Crescent immersed in Chicago history
One of the many perks of buying a new home at Lake Park Crescent in North Kenwood-Oakland is being able to live in an area steeped in Chicago histor [...]
Lake Park Crescent's neighborhood: all about North Kenwood-Oakland
Take a trip through the Lake Park Crescent community and the surrounding North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood with this montage of video and still ima [...]
Shark bites: Garrison makes the sale in Obama's neighborhood
You don't see a lot of Chicago home sales make national headlines, but all sorts of news outlets are carrying stories this morning about the sale of [...]
A great starter home at Lake Park Crescent
Check out one of the new one-bedroom condos ready delivery at Lake Park Crescent in North Kenwood-Oakland. With a price below $170,000, the home is [...]
The handcrafted, high-ceilinged rowhomes of Lake Park Crescent
Follow Joe and Kim on a video tour through a three-story, single-family-style rowhome at 4060 S Oakenwald Ave, a unit that doubles as the sales cent [...]
A duplex with great city, lake views at Lake Park Crescent
Take a walk through one of the new two-bedroom plus den / three-bath duplex condos available at Draper and Kramer's Lake Park Crescent community in [...]
Grants still available for down payments and closing costs at Lake Park Crescent
Buyers can still receive grants for down payment and closing cost assistance at Lake Park Crescent in North Kenwood-Oakland, making select one-bedro [...]
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 [...]
Quote of the day: Putting the brakes on Bronzeville
From the Tribune:
"This area has come to a screeching halt. We thought the business and the community would be much further along."
- Richard Chal [...]
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 [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: New City
Being a young transplant, just about everything I know about New City (and its sub-neighborhoods, Back of the Yards and Canaryville) comes from the hi [...]
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 [...]
Rentals proposed for Hyde Park's Shoreland Hotel
The historic Shoreland Hotel at 5454 S South Shore Dr in Hyde Park could find new life as a 350-unit apartment building, according to the Sun-Times.
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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 [...]
Mixed-use Shops and Lofts in Grand Boulevard to feature 140 new apartments
Way back in April 2007, we caught wind of a proposed development in Grand Boulevard called the Shops and Lofts at 47. The mixed-use project at 47th [...]
Prices take a tumble at Park Boulevard and West Village
This morning's perusal of local listings revealed several hefty price cuts on condos and townhomes at two mixed-income developments, Park Boulevard [...]
Construction compilation: Reviewing the newest proposals from around Chicago
Keeping with the last post's train of thought, here are some other development proposals we've seen in the news in recent weeks. It seems like a lot o [...]
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 [...]