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A homeless man builds a shelter in Wicker Park 27 Aug 2013 | 10:08 am
DNAinfo posted an article yesterday about Bruce Johnson, a 51-year old homeless man who had built himself a concrete block shelter from materials found on a foreclosed property in Wicker Park. Meanwh...
Soil testing underway for new West Loop apartments 27 Aug 2013 | 10:06 am
Two trucks from H.H. Holmes were on site on the parking lot south of 123 N Sangamon when I passed by yesterday. They were engaged in soil testing, which is typically one of the earliest steps in const...
Major rehab slated for 2101 S Michigan apartments 27 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust has provided $32 million in financing toward a $42 million renovation of the 250-unit, 26-story apartment tower at 2101 S Michigan Ave. The renovation will includ...
An architectural gem in southeast Evanston 27 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
Designed in 1910 by the architect team of Spencer and Powers and built in 1911, this stunning “Prairie Tudor” home is situated on tree-lined Forest Ave in Southeast Evanston. Robert Spencer had worked...
Downtown Chicago apartments – the dark side of the boom 26 Aug 2013 | 10:08 am
Crain’s Chicago Business raises the possibility that 2015 may be the year in which Chicago’s downtown apartment market reprises a Pink Floyd lyric: For long you live and high you fly But only if you...
Can an off-lakefront Wilmette home command $4.5 million? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:06 am
The asking price for the 6-bedroom, 6 ½ bath home at 723 8th St in Wilmette is $4,500,000. The home, built in 2011, boasts an outdoor pool and a 3-car garage on a nearly half-acre lot. The classic Ame...
Meet John Holabird Jr, architect and Renaissance man 26 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
Holabird & Root, one of Chicago’s storied architectural firms, began in the 1880s and during most of its history a Holabird was an active principal at the firm. John A Holabird Jr may have been the l...
A post-collegiate sorority hive on the Gold Coast? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
The video from last week’s rooftop pool party at 1111 N Dearborn might lead you to believe that the building’s merely a hive of post-collegiate sorority and fraternity types. I’ve been in the Gold Co...
Views, high and low, from the South Loop 23 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
The South Loop has a different perspective on Chicago’s skyline, and it’s often a great one. We begin with the views from a 41st floor penthouse at The Columbian. Its location at 1160 S Michigan Ave ...
Views from the neighborhoods – and beyond 22 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
You can find surprisingly good views of Chicago’s skyline in places where you aren’t expecting to find them. Start with the view above, which stretches from Rogers Park to the West Loop. It was shot f...
