Tag: Video
For Steve and Randy Fifield, challenges are opportunities
In 2003 the 8-acre Fulton River District site that became K Station, now a residential complex of nearly 2,000 units, was nearly surrounded by rai [...]
Quote of the day – Graffiti, to glorify god’s name
If your neighborhood, or your property, has been vandalized by graffiti, watch the video to learn what you're up against – including an apparently [...]
A more traditional new East Village single-family
Each of the homes I've seen from Noah Properties has had a few signature touches: lavish kitchens and baths, high-style lighting fixtures, hardwoo [...]
A mystery room in Chicago’s Wrigley Mansion
This brief clip was inadvertently left out of my longer video tour of Chicago's landmark Wrigley Mansion, one of the great homes in the city.
O [...]
The views from Golub’s proposed South Loop apartments
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily reported earlier today that Golub & Co. is buying the southeast corner of 9th and State Street from the city, an [...]
Oakwood 200 Squared is a foodies’ paradise
Despite the high-end finishes and quality appliances that reside in their granite and stainless steel kitchens, residents at Oakwood 200 Squared, [...]
SEIU visits the wrath of the rat on Kingsbury on the Park condos
The Kingsbury on the Park Condominium, 653 N Kingsbury in River North, recently switched security contractors, prompting Local 1 of the Service Em [...]
TIF talk and public housing at Occupy Chicago
Local issues are being discussed at Occupy Chicago, and some of the discussion involves real estate.
The Reader's Ben Joravsky, who's lavished [...]
A new West Town 3-bedroom, 2-bath in the mid-$200s
Condo prices slowly fall as you head further west along Chicago Avenue in Chicago's West Town community area. By the time you reach the corner of [...]
Evanston’s Grand Bend offers rent to own program
Bluewater Assets Group slashed prices and arranged new financing options for buyers after purchasing the remaining 39 unsold units at Grand Bend a [...]
A preview of Geoffrey Baer’s new Loop walking tour
If you want to see greater Chicago in all its dazzling variety without leaving home you have to connect with WTTW's Geoffrey Baer.
Baer fa [...]
A SoNo East update and a creepy video
The 324-unit SoNo East rental tower has topped out at 22 stories, six shy of its western condo cousin.
The building, at 840 W Blackhawk St, [...]
Comment of the day – corn, cocaine and dropouts on Little Village’s 26th Street
Our video of a drive down 26th Street in Little Village has generated more than 15,000 views and scores of comments at YouTube – many of them sugg [...]
Steve Fifield’s tenacity, K2, and the building of a small city
I don't usually attend groundbreaking ceremonies, but I stopped by K2's this morning to hear Steven Fifield, its developer, talk about his latest [...]
This land is Studs’ land
A hat tip to Chicagoist for calling attention to the anniversary of Studs Terkel's moving on to another Division Street.
Back in 2007 YoChicago [...]
Bill Lavicka, Chicago’s most-endangered preservationist
Bill Lavicka is a Chicago original, one of those outsize characters who create and preserve the built heritage the rest of us then take for grante [...]
New (?) construction single-family in Back of the Yards
The listing for 4600 S Marshfield Ave in Chicago's storied Back of the Yards neighborhood describes a "Beautiful newly built corner lot custom sin [...]
Nature boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo wins Distinguished Building Award
It's old news by now, via the Tribune's Blair Kamin and other sources, that Studio Gang Architects, Shaw Sustainable Solutions and WRD Environment [...]
Ten duplex penthouses for rent at Trio
The Trio apartment tower at 670 W Wayman in the Fulton River District has 10 penthouses available for rent as of this writing, priced off a spread [...]
Chicago Magazine and YoChicago, in the vicinity of Canal and Archer
At the opening of his video tour of an Armour Square / Chinatown loft Chicago Magazine's Dennis Rodkin noted that, on the very cloudy day of his v [...]