Some years ago, Sam Walker saw a band at one of Uptown’s many concert venues, and the neighborhood made an impression on him. It was much closer to the lake than where he lived at the time, there was ...

Homeless Chicago residents “cannot close their doors to this virus,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot at a press conference Monday after announcing additional efforts to help the city’s most vulnerable ...

House Calls, Curbed’s weekly tour series, takes you inside some of the most stylish and creative living spaces in Chicago. Over the years, the series highlighted works by big-name architects like ...

While most of the architects work from home, a small team of volunteers manufacture and assemble personal protective equipment out of bKL’s Lakeshore East office. The majority of the 80 employees at ...

Many Chicago buyers and sellers manage to close on a home amid the pandemic, but others have not been so lucky. For Cameron Leavitt, a construction manager who was in the middle of buying a unit in a ...

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in Oak Park. Photo by Nick Fochtman After closing to the public in response to the novel coronavirus, a dozen historic sites designed by famed American architect ...

On the first of the month, millions of Americans made mortgage payments but with the economy at near halt, it’s hard to say how many homeowners will be able to do that again. The coronavirus crisis ...

Amid efforts to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, the Loop seemed eerily quiet and less crowded this week. While the scenes may not be as bleak as the hypothetical Chicago ghost town created in ...

The upcoming building will look very similar to this 2018 rendering but with “updated massing,” according to its developers. Pappageorge Haymes Partners/Onni Group A long-discussed—and, for some ...

A whole host of questions spring up when you think about purchasing a home. But one in particular can nag at you throughout the process: Is it actually the right year to buy? In Chicago in 2020, all ...

The historic property stands on a double-wide lot at 526 Ashland Ave in River Forest, Illinois. Photos by Next Level Productions, courtesy Suzanne Treudt of Realty Executives Premiere A historic ...

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what you can buy for a specific dollar amount in various Chicago ‘hoods. We found five homes at or around today’s price of $775,000. Vote ...