Tag: Video
Chicago Weekly’s Hyde Park 2013 Housing Guide
One of the things we most enjoy doing at YoChicago is finding useful resources at other websites and linking our visitors to them.
Chicago Week [...]
1225 Old Town honored as Development of the Year
The Sun-Times 25th annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards, billed as the "Oscars of the local industry," were announced at a dinner last Thu [...]
Nearly 90% sold four years ago, Legacy now at 63%
Back in April of 2009 we rode the construction elevator to the 71st floor of Legacy at Millennium Park with Mesa Development's Jim Hanson.
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Sizzling sales at Silver Tower in River North
During its life span sales at River North's Silver Tower, 303 W Ohio St, have oscillated between slow and sizzling.
Four years ago sales had stall [...]
New construction checkup at the Polish Triangle
East Village residents prevailed in their wish for higher-density development on the site where a Pizza Hut once stood at 1601 W Division St. The [...]
Is the West Loop the next hot neighborhood?
For years, the West Loop has been one of those neighborhoods that's always on the verge of becoming hot but never quite catches fire.
The past [...]
A new Lake View home from RD Precision
RD Precision has quickly become known for building high-style, luxury single-family homes with all of the features that buyers want included in th [...]
A video look at Portage Park
You may or may not have noticed that ABC 7 has cancelled 190 North. The last show will air on March 31, and it will be missed by Chicago neighborh [...]
Why Karen and Jim bought a second home at 235 Van Buren
After nearly three decades in the suburbs, Karen and Jim wanted an urban experience and a place to stay after late nights at a downtown dinner.
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A video look at Helmut Jahn’s University of Chicago utility plants
Architect / photographer Tom Rossiter and architectural historian Jay Pridmore are teaming up on a new book titled Building Ideas; an Architectura [...]
A lovingly-renovated Bronzeville single-family
Tim and his wife were looking for a major renovation challenge when they moved from the suburbs to the part of Bronzeville known as The Gap.
Th [...]
A drive through the heart of Lincoln Square
It was a wintry day when Kale Realty's Eric Rojas drove me through the heart of the Lincoln Square neighborhood. It's an area which he knows well [...]
This Ravenswood Gardens 3-bedroom lives like a home
The 3-bedroom, 2-bath condo at 4709 N Artesian in the Ravenswood Gardens part of Lincoln Square has all of the features that savvy buyers are seek [...]
Lincoln Park apartments with available parking
Join us for a brief look at a large studio apartment at 2630 N Hampden Ct.
The building offers updated studio and 1-bedroom apartments in a pri [...]
A $2.6M price hike on the Dewes Mansion
The list price on the Francis J. Dewes Mansion, one of Chicago's most lavishly detailed landmark homes, was recently raised from $9.9 million to $ [...]
Remembering Wilmette’s C.J. Arthur’s and Art Falzer
Last September, just before it closed, my son and I visited C.J. Arthur's in Wilmette for the last of the 100s of meals we'd eaten there over a mo [...]
Night and day at Helmut Jahn’s 600 North Fairbanks
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin recently visited 600 North Fairbanks in Streeterville for a tour of a 40th floor southwest corner condo. The unit [...]
Remodeled 3-bedroom apartments in a terrific Lincoln Park location
Residents of 482 W Deming have an enviable location, with a Starbucks and Einstein Bagels directly across the street, an array of fun shops, bars [...]
How to find the best deal on a Streeterville apartment
Chicago's rental services would like you to believe that it's a difficult task to find your best apartment deal in the Streeterville. In fact, it [...]
A new Wicker Park home sold at near list price before completion
By the time I met Sergio & Banks' Demetrius Simpson at a nearly-completed Noah Properties' home in Wicker Park late last December, it was already [...]