How far would you walk to a baseball game? With the Cubs home opener upon us, residents of Wrigleyville and beyond brace ourselves for the annual uptick of automobile traffic. While I enjoy an unobstructed view of the ballpark from my Lakeview high-rise, I’m astounded and yes, disconcerted each year, as I witness the never-ending queue of cars along Addison Street in the [...]
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Walk to Wrigley!
Posted in Buyer Buyer Not So Dire!, Car-free digest, High-rise lowdown, What's happening in the 'hood, tagged Buyer, Car-free, Chicago Cubs, condo living, Jill Press, Lakeview, North Center on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chicago Condo History 101
Posted in Buyer Buyer Not So Dire!, High-rise lowdown, tagged Buyer, Chicago Real Estate, condo living, Edgewater, Jill Press on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Why would anyone want to buy an apartment?!” This question was posed more than three decades ago by someone who’d been raised in suburban Chicago during the 1950s and ’60s; privileged to have lived in a single-family house since the age of two. As a young adult in the early 1970s, she moved to a high-rise rental apartment on [...]
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