Tag: South Side
Have the twelve days of Pilsen changed?
In the Christmas spirit, we offer you the final stanza of an old standard. Click here to play the tune.
On the twelfth day of Pilsen
My true l [...]
A park bordered on 3 sides by parking lots
Armour Square is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The Chinatown neighborhood occupies the northern part of Armour Square. US Cellular Field an [...]
A deceptive “first look” in Brighton Park
A newly-listed condo at 4156 S Western Ave in the Brighton Park neighborhood has an exterior picture of the upper stories of the building.
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Dubious Dubin developments descend definitively into deadpool
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily reported late last week on late-September federal court judgments against developer David Dubin.
Dubin has be [...]
New listings at resurrected condo in Pilsen
You'll be just around the corner from Pilsen's popular and colorful Nuevo Leon restaurant if you buy one of the recently-listed condos at 1533 W 1 [...]
Side by side Wright bootleg homes sound an alarm
A year ago we invited you to consider this quote from John Shelette Van Bergen, a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright:
Since the American architect h [...]
Artist lofts proposed for 47th Street in Bronzeville
Two days ago we posted on a revised proposal for the Rosenwald Apartments at 47th and Michigan. Financing for the project would include $25 millio [...]
A revised proposal for the Rosenwald Apartments
Over at the Sun-Times David Roeder is reporting that a new proposal for the vacant, 5-story Rosenwald Apartments building at 47th and Michigan wil [...]
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 [...]
A new single-family at Old Bridgeport’s RiverBend
Old Bridgeport, the gritty area bounded by the Dan Ryan and Stevenson Expressways, Archer Ave and the Chicago River, boasts a surprising volume of [...]
A family-friendly, pet-friendly Chicago bed and breakfast
Newcomers to Chicago, and tourists just visiting the city, have access to a vast variety of short-term housing options, including hotels, hostels, [...]
What should be done with Bronzeville’s Rosenwald Apartments?
The massive Rosenwald Apartments building at 47th and Michigan in the Grand Boulevard area of Bronzeville was shuttered a dozen years ago. Accordi [...]
Condo owners plant a garden in a Bronzeville food desert
I recently met with members of Rosenwald for All, a group of residents concerned that the local infrastructure is inadequate to support the redeve [...]
Rosenwald Apartments proposal advances toward TIF funding
Last October we marveled at a proposal to revive the long-vacant landmark Rosenwald Apartments at 47th and Michigan at a cost of just over half a [...]
Asking price for Bridgeport single-family drops to $2.287 million
Four years ago in June the asking price on 3214 S Canal St was $2.8 million. The home has been on and off the market since that time and the list [...]
Will massive drug bust boost Bronzeville condo values?
Unit 4N at 4441 S Indiana just came on the market for $79,900, in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood of Bronzeville.
It seems an attractive pric [...]
Looking back on Bridgeport’s Lowe Street Homes
Ten years ago the median price of a Bridgeport home was $155,000, the highest-priced sale in the area the previous year was $419,000, and Mayor Daley' [...]
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 [...]
Is this the best deal ever in North Kenwood?
Five year ago yesterday we briefly noted the 34-unit Drexel Commons condominiums. At the time, units were priced from the $350s to the $380s.
U [...]
Oakley Avenue sales in Bucktown and Heart of Italy
Five years ago today we were writing about a single-family home at 2070 N Oakley Ave in Bucktown and a 21-unit condo development slated for 2520 S [...]