Tag: Video
A completely remodeled Park Ridge starter home
The 3-bedroom, bath-and-a-half home at 2015 S Washington Ave drew a crowd at its first open house last weekend. It's unusual to see a completely r [...]
Deerfield Village Board meetings now on video
Attending a village board meeting can sometimes be a great way to learn the flavor of a community you might be considering for your next move. You can [...]
235 Van Buren’s ‘crown jewel’ sells for $860K
Last March Scott Hoskins of CMK Realty took me through the "crown jewel" of 235 Van Buren -- unit 4610, a 2,272 square-foot two-bedroom / 2.5-bath [...]
Dennis Rodkin’s excellent adventures – walking Beverly
If you enjoy exploring Chicago on video you won’t want to miss Dennis Rodkin’s neighborhood videos, based on his Chicago Magazine focus on t [...]
The risks and costs of condo rentals
Renting a condo is not like renting an apartment. You’re likely to encounter a range of unexpected fees, delays and restrictive policies, some of [...]
A HomePath bargain in Buffalo Grove?
The just-listed 4-bedroom, 2 ½ bath home at 154 Lilac Ln in Buffalo Grove appears to be worth a closer look. The home last sold for $385,000 in Ma [...]
Winnetka open house – a walk-to-school block
Once again we’re dipping into YoChicago’s extensive video vault of summer drives through the north and North Shore suburbs.
Winnetka District 3 [...]
Two histories of Albany Park
By sheer coincidence I've received links to two wildly different depictions of old-school Albany Park in less than 12 hours. Between them, you can [...]
Valley Lo, lakefront living in Glenview
YoChicago has a huge library of drive-around video shot on sunny days this past summer in north suburban and North Shore communities. I just tappe [...]
Blood near the tracks in Forest Park
The Residences at The Grove was a quality development from a top-notch builder in a location steps from the CTA Blue Line in Forest Park. You can [...]
The present and future of new construction in Chicago
As many as five years, and maybe more, will pass before Chicago sees another medium- to large-scale condo development break ground, says Alan Lev, [...]
The value proposition at Grand Bend in Evanston
Grand Bend at Green Bay is a 49-unit boutique condo building in Evanston that recently slashed prices with a goal of selling out quickly.
Price [...]
A real estate snow story from 30 years ago
I signed a contract to sell my home, which you can see in the above video (part 1 here), the first night of the storm that paralyzed Chicago in Ja [...]
In Lake View, a lot of home for the money
The 4,100 square-foot four-bedroom / 3.5-bath single-family Joe Zekas visited this weekend struck him as a lot of home for the money, with the typ [...]
A high-style Bucktown home on the path to LEED Platinum
The four-bedroom / 3.5-bath home at 1610 N Honore St may enter the exclusive ranks of Chicago's LEED Platinum-certified homes. And that's only one [...]
Another out-of-body experience in Northbrook
If you set out to find the heart of Chicago’s North Shore you wouldn’t look for it in Northbrook.
Northbrook is an affluent, attractive communi [...]
Evanston will or won’t clamp down on off-campus housing
Like most cities, Evanston has an ordinance that limits the number of unrelated individuals who can occupy a dwelling unit to three.
In a camp [...]
A video look at the vision for South Works
Despite its undeniable audacity and importance, I have trouble working up much interest in the plans to revitalize the South Works site.
I can’t g [...]
Rent a pied-a-shore in Highland Park
Thinking about a summer weekend getaway place near the lake?
There’s a rarely-available rental in a HIghland Park coach house across the stree [...]
From the vault: Nelson Street in West Lakeview
Recent conversation among the Chattering class regarding the values and desirability of homes in West Lakeview brought to mind this video from Jan [...]