All Posts Tagged With: "Neighborhood"

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Motion To Downzone 6000 W Touhy Ave In Edgebrook To B1-1 Carries!

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, you read that right. Last night, at the conclusion of a two and a half hour meeting between Ald. Doherty, the 41st Ward Zoning Advisory Board, about 50 residents of the subdivision north of Touhy Ave in North Edgebrook [...]

July 3rd, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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6000 W Touhy Ave., Or, Are Chicago Neighborhoods Indeed For Sale?

As a Chicago resident, my understanding has always been that Aldermen of any ward in Chicago possess what’s called an “aldermanic prerogative”, the supreme right as it were, to determine what shall be built within their ward and what shall not [...]

June 30th, 2008 | | 6 comments | Continued
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As Seen In North Edgebrook: Clogged Storm Sewer Attracts Ducks

A clogged storm sewer has been misinterpreted as a pond by these two friendly ducks [...]

June 9th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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6000 W Touhy Ave, Or, How A North Edgebrook Community Is Fighting An Injustice

We’re about to witness a showdown in Chicago’s North Edgebrook neighborhood: It evolves around the building at 6000 W. Touhy Ave. which houses the Frozen Ropes baseball training center, Edgebrook Bank, and Athletico Rehab Center [...]

June 8th, 2008 | | 14 comments | Continued
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A Sauganash Resident On Keating Ave. Speaks Out

Last night, I came home from a listing appointment and found this email in my inbox [...]

May 29th, 2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Inside Our Sauganash And Edgebrook Real Estate Marketing Machine

Last week, while we were busy with a slew of new listings and working with buyers, I promised you a sneak peek into our way of promoting and exposing our listings to a world of buyers on the Internet [...]

May 10th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Oh Look, 6232 N Keating Ave In Sauganash Now Has A Sibling: Meet 6234 N Keating Ave

Remember that story on 6232 N Keating, about which I first wrote almost ten months ago [...]

April 19th, 2008 | | 2 comments | Continued
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60646 Now On Google Street View

I’ve been checking on this Google feature every few weeks, since Google introduced Street View for Chicago, back in October of last year [...]

March 7th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Ripped From The Headlines: Community Input An Illusion

Chicago Tribune Investigation (almost sounds like CSI): When they go after a story, it’s usually an eye-opener for the reader [...]

January 28th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Edgebrook and Sauganash Market Conditions 2005-2007

2007 final sales figures for area 12 (Forest Glen) are in, and as usual, I parsed them out into Sauganash and Edgebrook stats [...]

January 25th, 2008 | | 0 comments | Continued