Tag: Video
Waterview Tower: "Rust in peace"
Here's the closest thing to news that you'll be hearing about Waterview Tower anytime soon -- the project's unattended construction crane poses "an [...]
More Bucktown barnstorming with Greg Viti
This segment from Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti touches on a variety of topics related to residential and commercial real estate, from [...]
Teardowns, empty lots, and opportunities in Bucktown
This segment of Joe's Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti starts with a look at some empty lots and potential teardowns that would be sites of new [...]
Promising signs for the market in 2010
Yesterday I sat down with Koenig & Strey agent and Chicago Association of Realtors President Genie Birch to talk about the ups and downs of 2009 and [...]
The personality of ParkView
Each high-rise has its own personality, says Prudential Rubloff agent Francesca Rose. 600 North Fairbanks, for example, is sleek and artsy, she says [...]
Bucktown highs and lows
In this segment from their Bucktown tour, Joe Zekas and Realtor Greg Viti check out the variety of homes available in the neighborhood, from new sin [...]
The perks of buying early: a $220K cottage surrounded by million-dollar homes
Nothing demonstrates Bucktown's evolution quite like a drive up North Wolcott Avenue. Joe Zekas and Realtor Greg Viti were checking out a home in Wo [...]
Driving Bucktown with Greg Viti
The first segment of Joe Zekas' Bucktown tour with Realtor Greg Viti starts in the 2100 block of West Churchill St, a good example of a street whose [...]
Investors' evolving objectives in Bucktown
Buyers of multi-unit buildings in Bucktown have "dropped out of the game" as developers and have "put on their investment hats," says Koenig & Strey [...]
More video faves from 2009
Here are three more of our most-viewed videos from 2009:
A tour of Parkside of Old Town and Cabrini-Green
Trump Tower, from the Chicago Riverwalk
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Foreclosure comes to the EcoLogic Lofts
Senco Properties has defaulted on almost $7 million in loans for the 94-unit EcoLogic Lofts in Bucktown, leaving the turbine-topped plan blowing in [...]
An audio-visual Christmas experience in Oswego
Before coming to YoChicago.com in the final week of 2007, I worked as a "content specialist" for the Sun-Times News Group's short-lived hyperlocal W [...]
Holiday activities in Antioch
During the holiday season you'll find a variety of activities and events in downtown Antioch, courtesy of the Antioch Chamber of Commerce and local [...]
Christmas goes to the dogs in Antioch
A couple weekends ago, pooches from Round Lake, Lakemoor, Bristol, and other towns in the Chain of Lakes area arrived in Antioch dressed in their Ch [...]
From the video vault: Wilmette's Christmas house
In 2006 Joe Zekas trained his video camera on one of Wilmette's favorite Christmas traditions, the Warren A. Perkins Memorial Christmas Display.
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From the video vault: Reindeer games in Logan Square
Travel back to a recent Christmas past with this video, a short vignette featuring the decorations outside a home in the 3600 block of West Wrightwo [...]
Reviewing 2009 and preparing for 2010
Few people in the real estate business will be sad to see 2009 come to a close, but that doesn't mean the year has been a bust for everyone. Armando [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: South Triangle
The area we call the South Triangle is big enough to contain several South Side "neighborhoods for the rest of us." Within the boundaries of the Dan [...]
Inside a Seyfarth "fun room" in Glencoe
So indoor swimming isn't your top priority. How about some half-court hoops? The buyers of this Robert Seyfarth-designed home at 600 Sheridan Rd in [...]
Touring a West Loop ho-ho-home
With Hanukkah and Christmas right around the corner, people often consider this a hibernation period for the real estate market, but I met one agent [...]