Tag: Video
Rental deal of the day in Noble Square
Katie Bommarito, one of the founders of Chicago Rentals Direct, sent along the following note:
I have a rental listing that I think would make a gr [...]
The panoramic views from a Lincoln Park mid-rise
If you think you need to pay a small fortune and live in a high-rise to get some of Chicago's great skyline views, a visit to the roof deck at 194 [...]
Bronzeville homes with location and style
For a limited time new home buyers can receive a $10,000 grant when they purchase a new home at Oakwood Shores in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborho [...]
New York’s High Line and Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail
The Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail has this vision for the abandoned rail line that runs through several near northwest side neighborhoods:
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An Inverness country retreat on nearly 2 acres
The home at 222 Bradwell Road in Inverness has a classic split-level floor plan with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, a family room, an office, and 3 fireplac [...]
A DePaul / Sheffield single-family home update
The area bounded by Armitage Ave (2000 N), Fullerton Ave (2400 N), Halsted St (800 W) and Racine Ave (1200 W) is the heart of the Sheffield Histor [...]
I didn’t know where Sycamore was before listing the home
As I headed into the city yesterday I heard a real estate agent on the radio delivering the all-too-typical babble about how she worked "throughou [...]
WTTW visits Chicago’s fascinating little-known neighborhoods
WTTW's Geoffrey Baer has taken us to many places throughout Chicagoland and told us their often wonderful stories.
Architecture critic and WBE [...]
A sunny Lincoln Park townhome at The Pointe
Over a span of 30 years Lincoln Park developers refined the art of townhome planning and design. By the time The Pointe was built on the former si [...]
South Loop Market opening in September at 235 Van Buren
I met Jimmy, one of the owners, at the South Loop Market this morning. It's a family-run business, and Jimmy's wife and 8-month old daughter looke [...]
Lincoln Park high-rise living near Clark and Fullerton
The high-rises fronting Chicago's Lincoln Park offer some of the most attractive living options anywhere in the US, but the character of the a [...]
High-end finishes and convenient location at Park Boulevard in Bronzeville
For a limited time new home buyers can receive a $10,000 grant through the Find Your Place in Chicago program when they purchase a new home at Par [...]
A never-lived in home in the Gold Coast
It might take some imagination to adapt the sizable 1-bedroom units at The Carlyle, 1040 N Lake Shore Drive to the way you live. When you hear "1 [...]
The lowest-priced single-family on the Gold Coast
Bellevue Place, just west of Lake Shore Drive, is one of the most attractive blocks in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
The 1880s-era 5-bedro [...]
A great floor plan at the Gold Coast’s Park Astor
The Park Astor, 1515 N Astor St, is one of those "sleeper" buildings built in the late 60s, but with qualities atypical of that era.
The Park A [...]
The largest 2-bedroom at The Carlyle, 1040 North Lake Shore Dr
The square footage of units at The Carlyle, 1040 N Lake Shore Dr, typically doubles and occasionally triples that in buildings of lesser stature. [...]
Rental open house pick – a furnished 4-bedroom in Streeterville
222 East Chestnut is a boutique vintage doorman building that has only two units per floor, a gym and a sundeck. It's one of the few remaining bui [...]
Open house pick – a price-reduced North Center single-family in the mid-$400s
The 2-bedroom, 3-bath single-family home at 1808 W Diversey in the Picardy Place gated complex is at the far southeast corner of Chicago's North C [...]
Stanley Tigerman’s sophisticated spaceship at Water Tower Place
Chris Hancock greeted me on the 57th floor of Water Tower Place saying "this home is like nothing you've ever seen before." Having seen many thous [...]
A Gold Coast girl remembers a vanished Lake Shore Drive
While we were shooting a video tour of 67 East Bellevue I asked Meladee Hughes what the Gold Coast was like when she was growing up there decades [...]