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Adams and Sangamon Park

Matt Wood — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:07:12 +0000

The Chicago Tribune’s architecture critic, Blair Kamin, reviewed the new park on Adams and Sangamon in the West Loop. With its geometric pattern, misting archways, hills, and state of the art playground, it’s one of the most exciting new parks in the city.

Roscoe View Journal

Matt Wood — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:40:24 +0000

From the same folks who brought you Center Square Journal, Roscoe View Journal is a new hyperlocal news site focused on the Chicago neighborhoods of Roscoe Village and West Lakeview. Check out both of them for community-level news on events, dining, nightlife, local politics, and more.

Center Square news goes hyperlocal

Matt Wood — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:59:04 +0000

With Chicago’s big newspapers slashing newsroom staff and alt-weeklies forced to survive on shoestring budgets, coverage of the city’s various neighborhoods increasingly falls through the cracks. That’s where “hyperlocal” sites like The Center Square Ledger come in. Launched this week, it covers the Lincoln Square, North Center, and Ravenswood Manor neighborhoods exclusively, from local elections to events to feature stories about neighborhood residents and businesses. Those of you who live in one of these great Northside communities or are thinking of moving there should definitely check it out.

Coldwell Banker’s YouTube Channel

Matt Wood — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:16:48 +0000

Coldwell Banker has a new channel on YouTube featuring videos with real estate advice, market news, and community profiles like the one above about Pilsen.

Update on the West Loop

Matt Wood — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:59:27 +0000

Urban lifestyle a big draw for buyers in West Loop

The West Loop is no longer just Oprah’s ‘hood. It’s known as a condo loft market, but as more people move to the neighborhood and start families, it has started to fill in with townhomes and further develop its retail and commercial amenities. The Tribune’s feature on the West Loop this week highlights some of the developments going on in one of our favorite neighborhoods.

Spotlight on the Jackson Boulevard Historic District

Matt Wood — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:43:44 +0000

This piece in the Sun-Times basically amounts to an extended marketing flyer for a home (we wish we could get that kind of press for our listings), but it features one of the most beautiful blocks in the city. The Jackson Boulevard Historic District, between Laflin and Ashland, just west of Whitney Young High School, is a gallery of Victorian row houses and mansions, built after the great Chicago fire in 1871 and leading up to the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, when the near west side was one of the most fashionable places to live in the city. The block feels as though it were transplanted from the more vintage, tree-lined streets of Lincoln Park, hidden among the mostly new condo developments of the West Loop. The home getting the full press treatment in the article is the jewel of the block, a red-brick Queen Anne mansion with coach house built on a corner lot, now fully restored and on sale for $2.25 million.

Cavalcade of Homes

Matt Wood — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:42:21 +0000

On October 7, the city will be sponsoring a showcase of more than 35 mixed-income housing developments, ranging from Rogers Park on the north side to West Pullman on the south side. The tours will include model units from $139,000 to $800,000. The developments have been partially funded by the government, which supports so-called “affordable units” or “workforce housing,” homes that have been made available to qualifying buyers at set rates.

Tours begin from the UIC campus at 750 S. Halsted. Each tour is three hours, visiting one of five areas of the city. For more information, go to the Calvalcade of Homes website.

Millenium Park Changing the Neighborhood

Matt Wood — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 01:55:38 +0000

Millenium Park has been a catalyst for residential real estate development downtown, causing the center of the city’s urban living to move progressively south. This lengthy profile in the New York Times details the park’s effect on the market.

Single-Family Living in the City

Matt Wood — Mon, 29 May 2006 01:52:00 +0000

Buying new construction in the city isn’t all about condos. There are plenty of single-family homes to be found, either as infill or in planned developments. This article from the Sun-Times profiles a handful of these new developments.

Neighborhoods of Chicago

Matt Wood — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:16:42 +0000

While one should always be skeptical of the veracity of Wikipedia articles, it’s hard to find fault with this guide to the Neighborhoods of Chicago. It features maps and brief descriptions of 76 different neighborhoods in the city. It may not be a definitive guide, but the next time someone tells you they’re from Portage Park or Beverly, you can get a rough idea of where exactly that is.