

Cook County Assessor Scrambles to Fix Tax Data Integrity
An investigation reveals significant misclassifications in Cook County property assessments, with many properties incorrectly valued or...
Don DeBat
4 days ago


Landlords Organize to Fight Anti-gentrification Ordinance
(Above) Humboldt Park, northwest of the Loop. Photo by 606 Vision. By Don DeBat A donnybrook is shaping up on Chicago’s Northwest and...
Don DeBat
Mar 16


Bally’s Struggles With Run of Bad Luck
(Above) Rendering by HKS Architects of revised Bally’s casino and hotel being constructed along the Chicago River across from River...
Don DeBat
Mar 16


Chicago Home Buyers May Have to Wait Years for 5 Percent Rates
By Don DeBat Chicago home buyers may have to look at the housing market through long-range binoculars if they hope to see affordable...
Don DeBat
Mar 4


Memories of Cabrini-Green and Halsted St. in the 1950s
Don & Chester DeBat at 1649 N. Halsted Garden late 1950s By Don DeBat Cabrini-Green has created lasting memories for many long-time Old...
Don DeBat
Mar 4


Backlash Not Easing With Plan Commission Approval of Revised High-rise in Old Town
(Above) Rendering by GREC Architects of Old Town Canvas, including a Walgreens store at lower left. (Click on image to view larger...
Don DeBat
Feb 27


$14 Million Approved for Rebirth of Cabrini-Green
(Above) Rendering by Pappageorge Haymes Partners of 57 West Oak Street. (Click on image to view larger version.) The Chicago City...
Don DeBat
Feb 22


Developers Tried to Save Cabrini-Green Two Decades Ago
A building on North Hudson Avenue at Cabrini-Green in 1989. Photo by Camilo J. Vergara As the Chicago Housing Authority prepares to build...
Don DeBat
Feb 20


Cabrini-Green Rebirth Planned on Edge of Gold Coast
(Above) 534 West Division Street in the Cabrini-Green housing project, photographed in 1998 by Camilo J. Vergara (Library of Congress)....
Don DeBat
Feb 14


Approval of Residential High-Rise Met with Old Town Backlash
(Above) Area in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood in which a revised “Old Town Canvas” is planned. (Click on image to view larger version.)...
Don DeBat
Feb 12


Compromise Reached for Residential High-rise in Old Town
(Above) Rendering by GREC Architects of Old Town Canvas. In the new proposal, Old Town Canvas is shorter, has fewer apartments and fewer...
Don DeBat
Feb 4


Alderman Pumps Brakes on 44-story High-rise in Old Town
By Don DeBat Neighbors of the proposed apartment tower at LaSalle Drive & North Avenue swayed Hopkins with their concerns about traffic...
Don DeBat
Jan 31