Tag: South Side
A list of unstable Chicago neighborhoods
Chicago's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) has a goal of assisting the acquisition and renovation of 2,000 to 2,500 units over a 3- to 5-y [...]
From the vault – faces along the bar in Hyde Park
My son Jordan recently completed the tedious task of transferring more than 50,000 of our archive photos from CDs to a hard drive to make them mor [...]
Is mortgage fraud still afoot in Englewood?
Back in early August the Feds announced (PDF) the indictment of fourteen individuals charged with engaging in mortgage fraud in the Englewood neig [...]
Sunrise at Solstice in Hyde Park?
When we last reported on Solstice on the Park, nearly a year ago, we noted that new listings had been entered in the MLS for a project that appear [...]
Romanticizing Pullman, one of the nation’s great neighborhoods
The American Planning Association has select Chicago's Pullman neighborhood as one of its Great Places in America for 2011:
Pullman's timeless [...]
Prices slashed on new Grand Crossing homes
Half a dozen new scattered site homes just east of the Skyway in the Grand Crossing neighborhood have seen their prices slashed about 25%.
The [...]
Did those Woodlawn condos really sell that quickly?
The Renaissance on Kimbark, 6457 S Kimbark Ave, is Phase IV in a series of Woodlawn developments. According to sales agent Hasani Steele's website [...]
No signs of progress at Marquette Village in Marquette Park
I revisited Marquette Village and a part of the Marquette Park neighborhood yesterday.
The development, which was originally planned for 139 h [...]
No renaissance in sight at Beverly Ridge
Here's a tip you can take to the bank: when the alderman's wife is heading up sales for a new home development, the odds are high that the develop [...]
Reflections on visiting Chicago’s South Side
I've visited Chicago's South Side a dozen times during the past two months, and much of what I've seen is dispiriting.
There are large stretche [...]
A renovated 5-bedroom Bronzeville showplace
This may be the "most home for the money" that I've seen in the city of Chicago in years.
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath home at 4539 S King Dr in Bro [...]
Greetings from Nigeria – Bronzeville condo goes from $315K to $9,900
In September of 2007 Afolarin Gbenga bought Unit 1N at the Michigan Manor Condo, 4343 S Michigan Ave for $315,000 with first and second mortgages [...]
The scene at Auburn Gresham’s 79th Street Renaissance Festival
Six years ago, when Carlos Nelson (video) first talked about this event the reaction he heard was "A street festival on 79th Street? You must be c [...]
Chicago is losing its best real estate blogger
When Lockhart Steele told me he was moving forward with his twice-postponed Curbed Chicago launch I suggested he lock on to Mark Boyer, a former Y [...]
Hyde Park’s Regents Park reported sold
Crain's is reporting that New Jersey-based Antheus Capital has agreed to buy Regents Park, a 1,031 unit two-tower apartment complex on the lakefro [...]
Yet another vision for Woodlawn
The morning email brought news that a $30.5 million grant has been awarded to the City of Chicago and Preservation of Affordable Housing for Woodl [...]
West Englewood 2-flat goes from $220K to $2K
The listing for 6049 S Ada St, in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood, says the 2-flat has a newer roof, newer siding, a nice 2-car garage and [...]
Another chapter in the Eastgate Village debacle
Eastgate Village, like a number of developments affiliated with the politically-connected New West Realty, has seen its share of troubles. When we [...]
Tour a Bridgeport retreat on three tree-shaded lots
The current owners bought this Bridgeport home over 20 years ago after seeing an ad in the Chicago Reader that said "your dream north side house m [...]
Quote of the day – drug dealing at 46th and Woodlawn
Just last week we posted an update on Lake Park Gateway II, a development where we shot video nearly two years ago to the day.
As you can s [...]