Tag: Video
A West Englewood rehab without a building permit
The 2-flat at 6219 S Marshfield Ave in Chicago's radically depressed West Englewood neighborhood sold just a few months ago for $17,500 after a fo [...]
New Lincoln Park condos with over-the-top finishes
New homes and condos by Chicago-based builder Noah Properties have been generating a lot of buzz.
Noah's been able to take advantage of sharply [...]
Living La Vida Loca at the edge of Logan Square
The developer promised Dolce Living at Springfield Vue condominiums, 1920 N Springfield at the edge of Logan Square. What I saw at the site was cl [...]
Old Town Triangle home closes quick sale at $201K over list
The striking Italianate Frederick Wacker home at 1838 N Lincoln Park West was listed for sale on December 20 at $1,299,000. The 4,700 square foot, [...]
Let’s take a ride through Roseland
Roseland is "someplace you really don't want to be," says flippinmikegriffin, a self-described "small time real estate investor." Here's his summa [...]
Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square
The growing roster of new apartment construction in downtown Chicago has been generating a lot of attention recently, but there are also new renta [...]
Marie Spear’s view from the tower crane at K2
Some say that the tower crane operator has the most critical job in the construction of a high-rise building.
At K2 at K Station, a 34-story ap [...]
Tour a historic home on an Old Town Art Fair block
The Frederick Wacker home in Chicago's landmark Old Town Triangle neighborhood is one of the largest and most distinctive residences in the area. [...]
Bearish prospects for original buyers at Bucktown’s Baer Lofts
Five years ago today one-bedrooms at Bucktown's Baer Lofts, 1927 N Milwaukee Ave, were being offered for sale from the $270s and two-bedrooms from [...]
YoChicago traffic up sharply year over year
Traffic to YoChicago, measured by the number of unique visitors, rose 49.8% in 2011 over 2010 levels. The rate of growth slowed in December, increasin [...]
Who’s afraid of New Trier High School?
From Winnetka's New Trier High School:
New Trier High School students in the Class of 2011 achieved an average composite score of 27.5 on the A [...]
Two views of Woodlawn – fairy tale and reality
We begin with the fairy tale – a two-part video panegyric to the Rev. Leon Finney Jr, with cameo appearances by a number of Chicago notables. [...]
A New Year’s Day open house at a new Wilmette home
If you guessed that no one would want to visit open houses on New Year's Day, you would have guessed wrong.
Within 50 minutes of the time it op [...]
The washout on Wabash files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
New West Realty, a once politically-connected developer, extended an almost unbroken string of development debacles with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy f [...]
We’ll find you a rental as cool as this one
"This one" is a 4-bedroom, 4 ½ bath Old Town home with everything a luxury renter would want for the $5,500 a month asking price.
The unit, on [...]
Winter activities at Lincoln Square’s Welles Park
Welles Park in Lincoln Square packs a lot of activities into its 15-acre span, and there's some history behind that.
When then 47th Ward Commi [...]
Superior 110, a gleaming gem in River North
Viewing Chicago's skyline from the west your eyes are drawn to a striking River North high-rise. What locals call "the blue building" is Superior [...]
Deceiving with images, Mondial apartments edition
It's not uncommon for Chicago apartment websites and videos to engage in a little puffery about the advantages of their location.
WalkScore.co [...]
A highly-addictive Christmas lights and music show in Wilmette
On Christmas Eve my daughter Val and I headed over to the corner of Cleveland St and Thornwood Ave in Wilmette, planning to spend a few minutes se [...]
A warehouse makeover planned for Pilsen
The plans for several large new mixed-use / residential developments in Pilsen came to naught, but there is some significant construction on the h [...]