Tag: Video
The Sun-Times begins a series on Chatham
Several years ago Barry Pearce and I sat down with the late Dempsey Travis, one of Chicago's most accomplished citizens, for a wide-ranging discus [...]
High-rise living in Lincoln Park, Part 2
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 area [...]
Evanston’s most beautiful lakefront home
When I saw listing copy describing 581 Ingleside in Evanston as the "most beautiful lakefront home" I was skeptical. So, I called the listing age [...]
High-rise living in Lincoln Park
The high-rises fronting Chicago's Lincoln Park offer some of the most attractive living options anywhere in the US. The park and its neighborhood [...]
A contemporary home in a convenient Oak Brook locale
Home styles and people's preferences for them vary widely throughout the Chicago area. In some suburbs traditional homes are the most prized and i [...]
Check out Curbed Chicago’s Outdoor Week
It's "Outdoor Week" at Curbed, so head to a park, fire up your iPad and enjoy the great outdoors in Chicago.
Curbed has an informative post on [...]
The biggest apartment search mistakes – Number 5, making assumptions
The biggest mistake apartment searchers make is failing to focus on a small number of ideal and affordable neighborhoods. The second biggest mista [...]
South Chicago, 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 [...]
Fifty-eight years in a Lake Shore Drive high-rise
I stopped for a brief visit at Planned Property's resident appreciation party – the "luau on the lake."
The highlight of my visit was meeting L [...]
Free parking and decorating dollars at The Columbian
The Columbian, which touts itself as "the best deal on Michigan Avenue" is advertising free parking and up to $20,000 in "decorating dollars" on i [...]
Back on the market – a Kenilworth starter home
Back in October of 2009 I stopped at an open house at 611 Roger Ave in Kenilworth and shot the above video tour with one of the owners. At that ti [...]
EPA cites unhealthy lead levels in Pilsen
The Trib is reporting that the US Environmental Protection Agency has moved to designate Pilsen as a community where people are breathing unhealth [...]
A visit to Lake Point Tower, by air and by land
The 70-story Lake Point Tower soars in splendid, undulating isolation as the only high-rise east of Lake Shore Drive. It's likely to retain that d [...]
Neighborhood change – Pilsen, Avondale and West Englewood
For one Pilsen business owner, neighborhood change means that "no one is stealing my flowers."
A Schurz High School student sees Avondale [...]
HomePath – 43% price drop at The Heritage
Unit 2512, a 2-bedroom, 2-bath at The Heritage at Millennium Park, sold new for $650,000 in July of 2008. After a foreclosure and a series of pric [...]
A Colorado-style home in Wilmette’s Indian Hill Estates
The recently-listed 6-bedroom home at 1045 Romona Rd sits on a secluded half-acre lot with an in-ground pool and hot tub.
The site is larger t [...]
