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Home » real estate

Tag: real estate

Posted inArts & Culture

A theft hidden in plain sight for decades 

by Meggie Gates February 21, 2022February 22, 2022

The greater Englewood area has been subject to land theft for over 80 years. It’s apparent when you see boarded-up windows and overgrown weeds that cover the community. Empty houses abound, a legacy of the impact that racism has had on the area for years, vacant lots indicating opportunities withheld from aspiring Black homeowners. It’s […]

Thing published ten issues between November 1989 and summer 1993. Zine cofounder Lawrence Warren appears on the cover of the third issue, pictured here at lower left.
Posted inMusic

Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house

by Leor Galil June 9, 2021August 18, 2021

Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.

Posted inMusic

Sor Juana gets the banda back together on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin April 15, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by artist Eric J. García of the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago printmaking collective.

Posted inNews & Politics

New data portal documents developers’ compliance with affordable housing rules

by Maya Dukmasova November 7, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago’s Department of Housing takes a major step toward transparency.

Posted inNews & Politics

Fear and loathing at a South Shore co-op

by Maya Dukmasova October 9, 2019August 18, 2021

Oglesby Manor survived the Great Depression and the Great Recession. Will gentrification and neighborly discord spell the death of this housing co-operative?

Posted inNews & Politics

LLCs affiliated with Pangea, Chicago’s most frequent filer of eviction cases

by Maya Dukmasova May 16, 2019August 18, 2021

Real estate developer Pangea owns hundreds of shell companies that insulate the company from litigation. Here’s a list of the ones we’ve identified.

Posted inArts & Culture

There’s a great play to be written about bigotry in Evanston in the early 20th century

by Tony Adler May 11, 2018August 18, 2021

The cumbersome, contrived, and dull A Home on the Lake is not it.

Posted inNews & Politics

Are tiny houses a solution to homelessness in Chicago?

by Deanna Isaacs January 30, 2018August 18, 2021

The push for a small answer to a massive problem

Posted inBlogs

More than 100 people were shot and 15 killed over the long weekend, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Michael Madigan delays the Illinois house vote to override Rauner’s veto of the budget package and income tax hike until Thursday.

Posted inBlogs

More than 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago in 2017, and other news

by Kate Shepherd April 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, there are plenty of condos for sale in the Trump Tower.

Posted inBlogs

Transgender CPS students will still be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 24, 2017August 18, 2021

The federal government is reportedly paying former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. $138,400 a year.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm Emanuel makes it clear that he’s not running for DNC chair or president in 2020, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 12, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Lakeview’s The Alley is set to reopen in 2017.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago area forecasted to have the weakest real estate market in the U.S. in 2017, and other news

by Kate Shepherd December 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, there have been more than 700 murders in the city so far this year.

Posted inFilm

For writer-director Ira Sachs, it’s all about the real estate

by J.R. Jones September 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Little Men is a tale of friendship and gentrification.

Posted inBlogs

Lisa Madigan orders cops to release Laquan McDonald e-mails, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 17, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Trump’s broken promise to early buyers in his Chicago tower.

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