Category Archives: Chicago Lofts

Decorating De-mystified: Clear the Clutter

A messy Chicago apartment

Buying your first home was likely one of the most difficult, rewarding experiences of your life. You probably spent months pouring through books, magazines, newspapers and blogs—looking for help anywhere you could find it. You probably also logged some long hours scrutinizing your personal finances, crunching numbers and questioning your decisions.
But you took the plunge anyway! You fell in love with a home, you decided to buy it, and you moved in as soon as you could. You were happy with your new home, and you wanted to make it …

by Lindsey Anderson on January 27, 2012

Decorating De-mystified: Color Can Be Your Friend

Buying your first home was likely one of the most difficult, rewarding experiences of your life. You probably spent months pouring through books, magazines, newspapers and blogs—looking for help anywhere you could find it. You probably also logged some long hours scrutinizing your personal finances, crunching numbers and questioning your decisions.
But you took the plunge anyway! You fell in love with a home, you decided to buy it, and you moved in as soon as you could. You were happy with your new home, and you wanted to make it …

by Lindsey Anderson on January 22, 2012

Open House Chicago Open Eyes

A View of Hyde Park

February may be just around the corner, and it will surely bring snow flurries and cold temperatures to Chicago, but the weather has been unusually warm for most of the season, and many people have been taking advantage of the crisp winter air.

Among them are the thousands of people who turned out to participate in Open House Chicago, an architecture tour designed to appeal to nosy neighbors and potential home buyers throughout Chicago and abroad.
According to WBEZ, Open House Chicago “gave the public access to about 130 nooks and crannies …

by Lindsey Anderson on January 16, 2012

The Neighborhood Files: Bronzeville

An elegant Bronzeville home

Chicago , perhap more than most cities, a city of neighborhoods. From the broad boulevards of Lincoln Park, to the arty avenues of Pilsen, each and every neighborhood in this city possesses its own distinct energy and unique charm.  Each neighborhood is worth learning a little more about. So, every other week, we’ll be featuring another neighborhood on this section of the blog, and we’ll interview someone living in that neighborhood—Someone capable of giving us the inside scoop on their ‘hood!
This week I sat down with Joyce Dupler and …

by Lindsey Anderson on January 16, 2012

Chicago’s Architectural Triumphs: The Aqua Tower

Chicago is certainly a city of beautiful buildings. Steely skyscrapers dominate the skyline of the Loop. Elegant apartment buildings are scattered throughout neighborhoods like Lincoln Park and the Gold Coast. Edgy, arty lofts can be found in neighborhoods like Bucktown and Wicker Park. And many of Chicago’s museums and administrative buildings double as awe inspiring works of architecture.
There is so much great architecture in Chicago that it can sometimes be hard to appreciate all of the architectural beauty of the buildings in Chicago.
For that reason, we’ve decided to feature a …

by Lindsey Anderson on October 7, 2011

Abandoned Buildings Could be Converted into Art Studios and Apartments in Pilsen

WBEZ staffer Micah Maidenberg reports that a Pilsen alderman may convert block of abandoned buildings in his neighborhood into apartment units and studio spaces for artists.
“In June,” Maidenberg writes, “Alderman Danny Solis, who represents the area in Chicago’s City Council, introduced an ordinance that calls for allowing “work-live units” in the buildings, where artists and small-scale producers would be able to collapse their home and professional lives into the same space.”
“It’s an idea he says is tied to the changing nature of Pilsen itself, a historically immigrant neighborhood that once …

by Lindsey Anderson on September 27, 2011
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