Tag: Video
Are you ignoring the EPA lead paint rules?
Envirnomental Protection Agency rules that went into effect last year require the use of "lead-safe practices" for renovation activities – includi [...]
Loyola students channel Chicago Tourism Bureau
Streeterville is "the ultimate destination for a night on the town with friends" according to the video. That's the kind of statement you'd expect [...]
A Ravenswood 2-bedroom with a unique duplex-down option
What's unique about the 2-bedroom condo at 2200 W Winona is the full lower level directly below the unit. It could easily be expanded into to cre [...]
Owning cheaper than renting at Loop’s 235 Van Buren
When I met with CMK Realty the other day I left with case studies comparing the costs of ownership and rental for 1- and 2-bedroom units at 235 Va [...]
Why a builder bought at Grand Bend in Evanston
After 35 years in the same home in a nearby community Doug and Elsa had a very specific set of requirements for the condo they were looking to pur [...]
Looking for an elegant motorcar pavilion?
You're in luck. There's one coming to auction in "fabled Oconomowoc Lake."
If you're seeking a six-car garage, you're also in luck – for that's [...]
See a renovated 4-bedroom Gold Coast penthouse
If you go searching for the heart of Chicago's Gold Coast you're likely to find it at 1400 N State Pkwy. The location almost defines the Gold Coa [...]
Tour Adler and Sullivan’s Auditorium Building
Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Building cost millions to build in the 1880s – and sold to Roosevelt University for $400,000 60 year [...]
Lakeview East apartments east of Broadway
Planned Property , one of our sponsors, has 3 buildings with renovated apartments east of Broadway on Melrose, in Lakeview East. The buildings are [...]
The scene at Auburn Gresham’s 79th Street Renaissance Festival
Six years ago, when Carlos Nelson (video) first talked about this event the reaction he heard was "A street festival on 79th Street? You must be c [...]
Open house – a sunny new East Village 5-bedroom
This 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 1848 W Erie St in Chicago's East Village neighborhood had barely been completed when I arrived for this video sho [...]
Price cuts on new West Bucktown single-families
A new 5-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 1701 N Artesian in West Bucktown that came on the market in early June at $699,900 has just been reduced to $644 [...]
Sheridan Park (mostly) open house gallery
Uptown Update has a list of 13 condos that are part of a coordinated open house effort this coming Sunday, September 11. The units range in size f [...]
Where Winnetkans let it all hang out
If you love dirty laundry, you’ll definitely want to spend some time poking around the Winnetka Home Owners Association site. It’s a venue where t [...]
New and notable rental, high in Harbor Point
A 2,440 square foot, 2-bedroom, 3 ½ bath unit high up in Harbor Point that has been available for sale just came on the market as a rental, for $4 [...]
Chicago is losing its best real estate blogger
When Lockhart Steele told me he was moving forward with his twice-postponed Curbed Chicago launch I suggested he lock on to Mark Boyer, a former Y [...]
A brief look at Milwaukee’s Calatrava
I was in Milwaukee earlier today, visiting the Lake Bluff Condominiums. On my way out of town I stopped for a brief look at Santiago Calatrava's Q [...]
Bank-owned properties head to a blow-out auction
On September 17 Rick Levin & Associates will be auctioning a variety of (mostly) bank-owned properties subject to minimum bids as low as 5% of a p [...]
Tour a new single-family home in Old Irving
New construction in the mid-$700s in Chicago's Old Irving neighborhood has been a scarce item, and scarcer still in a walk-to-transit location.
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A loose history of Evanston
We've previously noted the wide variance among Evanston census tracts in private school attendance among elementary school age children.
In Ce [...]