10/20/14
As he often does, Joel Kotkin looks past wishful thinking to the numbers: It’s an idea echoed everywhere from “Friends” to “Girls”: Young people...
8/7/12
Advocates of the proposition that dense central cities are the way of the future have a few barriers to face – facts and consumer...
4/30/12
The infographic has been craftily designed to convey a misleading picture of the relative state of cities and suburbs: The age of “sprawl” is...
2/22/12
“One month’s free rent” signs dotted the roadside last week as I traversed Lake County on my way to Fox Lake. The signs registered...
12/5/11
I’ve been reading predictions of the imminent demise of the suburbs for nearly 50 years. The ever-provocative Joel Kotkin, an urban futurist, calls attention...
7/21/11
Despite the best efforts of urbanists to civilize them into city living, America’s young continue to opt for the suburbs, according to Joel Kotkin...
6/1/11
The headline and the story at Crain’s Chicago Real Estate Daily tell a tale of uniformly rising rents, declining vacancy rates and fewer concession...
4/19/11
Over at North Shore Views Anne West lists the homes for sale in Wilmette’s Kenilworth Gardens neighborhood, an area that’s long had a strong...
3/6/11
The median net rent per square foot at suburban Chicago apartment complexes rose 7.4% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a...
3/2/11
From an op-ed by Dennis Byrne in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune: A real “back-to-the-city” movement would require Emanuel — and city planners — to examine...
2/24/11
North Shore Views just reported the 10 highest-priced sales on the North Shore during 2010. Three of them, surprisingly, were in Wilmette. Not a...
12/14/10
Winnetka is home to “the educated affluent,” says Joe Zekas, a place with a largely unwarranted reputation when it comes to social snobbery and...
8/12/10
Joe Zekas writes regularly about North Shore homes at the Homeward Bound – North Shore blog at ChicagoNow. There, he recently posted the following:...
7/15/10
Evanston is the nearest North Shore suburb from Chicago, and its downtown rivals almost any Chicago neighborhood as a classically urban environment. Last weekend...
5/12/10
Concessions were the marketing tool of choice to lure renters back to projects after the market began its decline in 2001. Our surveys indicated...
4/30/10
Ask people what characteristic they most value in a city neighborhood and they’ll often answer “walkability” or “pedestrian-friendliness.” If walkability is what you’re seeking...
2/18/10
Now that Tony Rezko’s East Wilmette home is on the market, it’s time to revisit this video from the YoNorthShore archive: a drive down...
2/2/10
At many developments, you can beat the looming federal tax credit deadlines by purchasing a turnkey home, but you won’t have much luck finding...
12/25/09
During the holiday season you’ll find a variety of activities and events in downtown Antioch, courtesy of the Antioch Chamber of Commerce and local...
12/23/09
In 2006 Joe Zekas trained his video camera on one of Wilmette’s favorite Christmas traditions, the Warren A. Perkins Memorial Christmas Display. All week...