Tag: Video
Revisiting the birth of River North
Five years ago Barry Pearce, who was YoChicago's editor at the time, sat down with developer Albert Friedman for a fascinating look back at River [...]
A Gold Coast custom home on a high-floor corner
1000 Lake Shore Plaza is at the corner of Oak Street, where Lake Shore Drive meets the Magnificent Mile. It's across from Oak Street Beach and st [...]
A newer Wicker Park home with great outdoor space
The 3-bedroom, 3 1/2 bath home at 1515 N Paulina St in Wicker Park has large rooms throughout, a recently-updated kitchen / family room and an att [...]
A fresh look at a duplex riverfront penthouse
Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin's most recent video tour focuses on a two-story penthouse on the Chicago River. The home boasts dramatic views fr [...]
Historic Del Prado offers renovated Hyde Park apartments
The Del Prado, built in 1918, is one of a group of distinctive buildings that mark the gateway from Lake Shore Drive into Hyde Park in Chicago. Th [...]
Help envision the Cermak Creative Industries District
One of my favorite Chicago intersections is Jefferson, Cermak and Lumber in East Pilsen, just west of the Chicago River.
The street names them [...]
New construction from RD Precision in East Village
We recently visited a home built by RD Precision at 2550 W Huron St in Smith Park both while it was under construction (video below) and after it [...]
Talking about the much-maligned four-plus-one
The four-plus-one or 4+1 is the Chicago building type that everyone loves to hate – everyone, that is, except for the many renters who choose to m [...]
CA23 is down to the final four in the West Loop
Crews are on target to enable late December delivery of units at Phase II of CA23, which is under construction at 23 N Carpenter in the West Loop. [...]
The grass is greener at 1000 North LaSalle’s dog park
Planned Property Management just made the dog park at 1000 N LaSalle more pet- and pet-owner friendly with the addition of a grassy area, new benc [...]
A renovated and expanded East Wilmette classic
618 Central Ave in Wilmette is the setting for a classic side-entrance center-entrance vintage charmer that's been completely updated. The home ha [...]
A luxuriously appointed new West Lakeview home
The newly-listed home at 1928 W Wolfram, in a part of North Center that's often referred to as West Lakeview, is the latest offering from Noah Pro [...]
Quote of the day – South Loop land is worthless for apartments
Every successful real estate developer I've ever known has distilled his experience into a few simple calculations that enable him to quickly anal [...]
A high floor 3-bedroom on the Gold Coast’s best block
Unit 2505 at 50 E Bellevue Plwraps around 3 sides of the Gold Coast building, enabling great views and light from floor-to-ceiling windows.
The [...]
Rental of the day – The Kensington on Armitage
Today's rental pick is in a building that I renovated and converted to condos back in 1979 – 1980, and is a unit that I lived in for several years [...]
A time-lapse video of K2 from day one to now
K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment building in the Fulton River District broke ground last October. Its progress from then [...]
Five years ago today was Prairie District Day
On April 20, 2007 YoChicago featured the South Loop's Prairie District.
Developers Jerry Karlik and Keith Giles gave us an overview of their ill-fa [...]
Dennis Rodkin sees the light in the South Loop
The latest Deal Estate column video features Dennis Rodkin's take on a South Loop loft that we visited last December. We focused on the loft's cha [...]
Live two doors from the Wilmette Christmas house
I'm a sucker for a front porch, and the home at 2022 Wilmette Ave in Wilmette has a great south-facing one that wraps around the sides of the home [...]
Landmark Lincoln Park mansions not budging on price
When I visited the Theurer-Wrigley House last August it hadn't yet been listed in the MLS. The landmark home at 2466 N Lakeview, which is more com [...]