6/16/10
Today’s segment from Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose‘s Lake Shore Drive walk showcases 219 East Lake Shore, a vintage co-op designed by Fugard &...
6/10/10
The Mayfair, 189 E Lake Shore Dr, is the only condo building on the highly prized, architecturally cohesive stretch of East Lake Shore Drive....
6/9/10
Are you sitting down? The first home you see in this video from Pearson on the Park — a completely remodeled two-bedroom / one-bath...
6/8/10
Outdoor space is precious in a neighborhood as dense as Streeterville. In addition to private balconies, residents at the ParkView Condominiums, 505 N McClurg...
6/7/10
The corners of high-rises aren’t normally reserved for one-bedroom condos, so naturally Joe was interested in seeing the corner one-bedroom that’s open to visitors...
6/7/10
The first place Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose profiled on their walk down Lake Shore Drive was the Drake Tower, one of the most...
6/2/10
This weekend Joe Zekas and Prudential Rubloff agent Francesca Rose went on a long stroll down Lake Shore Drive, starting from the intersection of...
5/26/10
More than 55 percent of downtown Chicago’s new condo and townhome developments reported an increase in the number of units sold from the fourth...
5/25/10
Many real estate developers are virtual recluses when they’re on site at one of their projects. They go out of their way to remain...
5/21/10
Yo reader Bob sent along his view into the Ritz-Carlton Residences site at 664 N Michigan Ave after reading yesterday’s pricing update. More clutter...
5/20/10
What, you thought we’d entered some new age of frugality and thrift? Not on the Mag Mile! Ritz-Carlton laughs in the face of a...
5/19/10
If you watched Joe’s video from the top of 600 Lake Shore Drive on Monday, you should remember Lou Graziano, the development’s chief engineer....
5/17/10
We love the hole. I think we would like to have the hole there forever. – UIC architecture professor Alexander Lehnerer, on the 70-foot-deep...
5/17/10
There’s no point in wasting a sunny day, especially when you’re taking a tour of a Lake Shore Drive high-rise. With that in mind,...
5/13/10
Our Streeterville correspondent Francesca Rose checked in yesterday with a post topic in mind: the 84-year-old high-rise at 680 N Lake Shore Dr. This...
5/5/10
Last month we took you to the top of 990 Lake Shore Drive — now go inside the tower to get a closer look...
5/3/10
Earlier this year a group of investors bought up the remaining inventory at the converted Pearson on the Park high-rise at 222 E Pearson...
4/29/10
“What’s the % sold in this building?” a reader asked via e-mail last week? The building in question was Avenue East, Residential Homes of...
4/9/10
It was a brilliantly clear morning as Francesca Rose and I headed for the roof at 990 Lake Shore Drive, one of Streeterville‘s oft-overlooked...
4/6/10
Last November, our Streeterville expert Francesca Rose went on camera with Kim Baker and Karen Fike of Chicago Home Staging at ParkView condo to...