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A rare new construction Bucktown single-family under $1M

A rare new construction Bucktown single-family under $1M

An MLS search for ground-up new construction single family homes in Bucktown turned up only one result today – the home that's the subject of this [...]
Incentives, value prices add to the appeal of West End’s location

Incentives, value prices add to the appeal of West End’s location

The new homes at West End at Jackson Square are conveniently located near the Eisenhower Expressway, Medical District and United Center, just a fe [...]
A high-rise home near the Gold Coast farmers market

A high-rise home near the Gold Coast farmers market

Early Saturday morning I met Lori and Clark at the Division Street Farmers Market to see and chat about the scene that's a 30-second stroll from t [...]
Do murals denote a depressed community?

Do murals denote a depressed community?

I have a bias about murals: I associate their creation with communities that have declined and are likely to remain in a state of decline. I s [...]
Continuing our tour of Chatham

Continuing our tour of Chatham

The Chicago Sun-Times recently ran a high-profile series of articles about the changes in Chatham, a neighborhood that has long been considered th [...]
The best value at The Carlyle

The best value at The Carlyle

Everything about The Carlyle is out of the ordinary, beginning with its Gold Coast location overlooking Oak Street Beach. The Carlyle's reside [...]
A video tour of a changing Chatham

A video tour of a changing Chatham

The Chicago Sun-Times recently ran a high-profile series of articles about the changes in Chatham, a neighborhood that has long been considered th [...]
A Benjamin Marshall Gold Coast classic

A Benjamin Marshall Gold Coast classic

When 1200 North Lake Shore Drive was built in 1912 it attracted residents with some of Chicago's most storied names: Field, Armour and Wrigley. [...]
A Lake Geneva alternative in Libertyville

A Lake Geneva alternative in Libertyville

Mark Stone was 17 years old when his dad bought two abandoned gravel quarries in Libertyville. At the time, he didn't share his dad's vision of th [...]
Lake View condo sales down sharply in first half of year

Lake View condo sales down sharply in first half of year

Prudential Rubloff's Eric Rojas sent along the following market update for the Lake View / Lakeview neighborhood, where he's hosting an open house [...]
A Chicago home inspector’s termite horror story

A Chicago home inspector’s termite horror story

I managed to reach this point in the year without thinking about termites. And then this morning's e-mail brought the July issue of Tomacor's news [...]
The North Shore’s best July 4 parade – Evanston

The North Shore’s best July 4 parade – Evanston

The 4th of July parade has long been a big deal in Evanston, and this year's event is expected to be no exception, with about 140 groups expected [...]
Chicago, the 11th greenest North American city

Chicago, the 11th greenest North American city

Some time back a local skeptic called out Chicago's boast of becoming the "greenest city in America" as a "total public relations fraud." Accor [...]
Does calling homebuyers dummies promote renting?

Does calling homebuyers dummies promote renting?

A hat tip to Curbed National for alerting us to this bizarre video from Rent.com. According to a recent New York Times / CBS poll, nearly 9 in [...]
Bell and Coonley – market updates by school district

Bell and Coonley – market updates by school district

Over at his lively Chicago Real Estate Local blog, Prudential Rubloff's Eric Rojas has been surveying home prices in sought-after "buzz" elementar [...]
Are journalists unfairly portraying Austin?

Are journalists unfairly portraying Austin?

Over at Austin Talks Anna Friedman Herlihy, a long-time resident of the neighborhood, is protesting what she feels is the media's inaccurate portr [...]
Bidders for Children’s site make their final pitch

Bidders for Children’s site make their final pitch

The Sun-Times' David Roeder is reporting that the three development teams remaining in the bidding for the Children's Memorial Hospital site made [...]
Get out and enjoy Chicago’s neighborhoods

Get out and enjoy Chicago’s neighborhoods

I think it's fair to say that most Chicagoans have never seen most of Chicago. Many Chicagoans have never ventured beyond the downtown and north l [...]
A Wright home in Glencoe for $550K

A Wright home in Glencoe for $550K

The Ravine Bluffs subdivision in Glencoe is home to half a dozen homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It also hosts a Wright-designed bridge and [...]
Near West Side, one of YoChicago’s hottest neighborhoods of 2006

Near West Side, one of YoChicago’s hottest neighborhoods of 2006

We're taking a brief look at the state of each of the eight neighborhoods we spotlighted as Chicago's hottest back in June of 2006. We've already [...]
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