Tag: Video
Riding the Red Line: Belmont
The Red Line's stop in Lake View (for riders traveling out from downtown, at least) is at Belmont, a station that bears a strong resemblance to th [...]
Upgraded apartments in a Lakeview East courtyard
Many of Chicago's vintage courtyards have great bones -- and sagging skin. They're sorely in need of a modern update.
The beautiful vintage cou [...]
Riding the Red Line: Fullerton
Travel north on the Red Line from 35th Street and you'll end spend a lot of time underground. All of downtown's Red Line stations are underground, [...]
Tony Grunsfeld, North Shore modernist architect
News of the death last Friday of Ernest A. Grunsfeld III, better known as Tony Grunsfeld, was relayed by the Tribune's Blair Kamin.
Many of Gru [...]
Riding the Red Line: North / Clybourn
The last subway station a northbound rider on the Red Line will encounter is the newly renovated North / Clybourn stop at the border of Lincoln Pa [...]
Ravenswood is a good spot to raise kids
Architect Pat FitzGerald built a new home in Ravenswood 20 years ago and has raised his two children there. He's recently put that home on the mar [...]
Riding the Red Line: Clark / Division
Below the intersection of Clark and Division streets is the next-to-last subway station that riders pass through when traveling north on the Red L [...]
YoChicago’s Lake View apartments at-a-glance list
We've just published what we believe to be the most comprehensive list of Lake View apartments ever made available online.
The Lake View at-a-g [...]
Lincoln Park apartments listed and mapped
View Lincoln Park apartments for rent in a larger map
We're determined to make apartment-hunting in Chicago a faster, easier and far more informed [...]
An architect-built home on a quiet Ravenswood street
When architect Pat FitzGerald set out to build a home for himself and his family, he had comfort and function, rather than architecture, as his pr [...]
A full-floor penthouse with three outdoor spaces in Ravenswood, priced under $500K
Yesterday I met Eric Rojas at one of his newest listings, a, top-floor, full-floor condo at 4610 N Ashland Ave, near Chase Park in Ravenswood.
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Riding the Red Line: Chicago
The Red Line station at Chicago Avenue and State Street is a lot like the one at Grand and State, only without all the orange barrels, concrete ba [...]
Riding the Red Line: Grand
Yes, Grand is still a mess.
The Red Line station at Grand Avenue and State Street has been a construction zone for years, and will continue to [...]
New 3-bedroom extra-wide Avondale condos
The newly-built 5-unit condo at 3543 W Belmont in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood has three simplex and two duplex units.
All of the units are [...]
Riding the Red Line: Lake
Today's segment from my video series on Red Line stations is from the Lake station, located below State Street between Lake and Randolph in the Lo [...]
Checking in: $51K off a stylish West Bucktown single-family
This four-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family home at 1756 N Rockwell St in West Bucktown was priced at a surprisingly low $799,900 when Joe Zekas vi [...]
Checking in on North Avenue’s retail scene
After confirming that we could find plenty of homes for rent in Bucktown simply by driving the neighborhood's streets, Joe Zekas and I drove along [...]
North suburban open house picks – a garden party event
Cheri Allen, who owns Wilmette-based The Village Gardener, will demonstrate container gardening at two open houses this Sunday, April 17.
The [...]
Crain’s: Children’s Hospital proposals narrowed down to four
Children's Memorial Hospital is considering four of the nine proposals for the redevelopment of its six-acre property in Lincoln Park, Crain's rep [...]
Finding more homes for rent on a Bucktown drive
Earlier this week, Joe Zekas and I wound our way through a few streets in Bucktown, searching for FOR RENT signs. As you saw yesterday, we found e [...]