Split-face concrete block residential buildings are the parking meter lease deal of Chicago architecture: ugly, regrettable—and something we’re stuck with for decades to come. This blight first popped ...

John Sullivan, a 27-year-old renter in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, hopes the third time is the charm. Twice in the past three months Sullivan has put in offers on condos in his neighborhood, ...

Justin Grow is quick to haul out the old chestnut that Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was the concrete wall in front of his home. The wall wasn't even built in a summer -- as he initially ...