9/23/09
Living next door to the president’s Chicago home can be like living in a “circus,” according to neighbor Bill Grimshaw, who is selling his...
9/22/09
In Joe’s recent visit to East Pilsen, he spent some time walking the immediate area around Union Row. Belgravia Group‘s townhome development on 16th...
9/22/09
The Tribune reports this morning on the liquidation of suburban home builder Kirk Homes, which had attempted and failed to reorganize under Chapter 11...
9/22/09
We don’t hear many homebuilders boasting of their pre-construction sales these days — especially not in neighborhoods like Woodlawn — so it came as...
9/21/09
There’s quite a racket coming from the corner of Kingsbury and Erie Streets in River North, as a rotating fleet of cement mixers swarm...
9/21/09
I stopped by a cluster of River North developments this Friday to check up on the progress of their construction. From ground level The...
9/21/09
Every neighborhood expects to benefit from an Olympics boom should Chicago win its bid, it seems. In the second half of his chat with...
9/20/09
I met Cuahutémoc Morfin while walking the streets of East Pilsen. He’s a 28-year resident of the area and a former and future candidate...
9/19/09
One of my favorite Chicago intersections is Jefferson, Lumber and Cermak, in East Pilsen, just west of the Chicago River. The street names themselves...
9/18/09
In our final installment of my Uptown walking tour, I head east on Montrose Avenue to Montrose Park. In stark contrast to the bustling...
9/18/09
Stonemason Group received a Good Neighbor Award from the Chicago Association of Realtors earlier this year for its ongoing Renaissance on Kimbark project in...
9/18/09
Harold Washington, Chicago’s first African-American mayor, launched his mayoral campaign in Bill and Jacky Grimshaw’s dining room. The Grimshaws’ political connections ratcheted up sharply...
9/17/09
The beat goes on as I travel south down Sheridan Road, then over to Uptown‘s new development Wilson Yard on the corner of Broadway...
9/17/09
Being in the West Loop, CA23‘s new condos at 23 N Aberdeen St have neighborhood amenities that more or less go without saying. Residents...
9/16/09
Surely you’ve heard some of the hoopla over Navy Pier‘s new AeroBalloon by now. My advice to anyone who wants to take a ride:...
9/16/09
Ethiopian food, Red Line murals, the Aragon Ballroom, and the mosaic facade of Alternatives Youth and Family Center are featured in this installment of...
9/15/09
When he wasn’t busy sampling the eats or rocking out to U2 (or something like it) at The Brixton Group‘s block party on Aberdeen...
9/15/09
In the second video of the series, we don’t go beyond what is immediately available at the corner of Broadway and Lawrence Avenues. We...
9/14/09
I recently conducted a walking tour of Uptown on the Far North Side to get a sense of its “walkability.” At WalkScore.com, Uptown gets...
9/12/09
David Hall died peacefully, and unexpectedly, in his sleep earlier this week. Seven months ago today I sat with David, an old friend who’d...