The Home Front

(Above) Area in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood in which a revised “Old Town Canvas” is planned. (Click on image to view larger version.)...

(Above) Rendering by GREC Architects of Old Town Canvas. In the new proposal, Old Town Canvas is shorter, has fewer apartments and fewer...

By Don DeBat Neighbors of the proposed apartment tower at LaSalle Drive & North Avenue swayed Hopkins with their concerns about traffic...

By Don DeBat The North Side housing market has defied the cold, reporting significant sales and price increases in the fourth quarter of...

Moody Bible Church By Don DeBat The on-going, highly controversial saga of the proposed construction of a massive 44-story high-rise at...

North Town Mid-Rise Second of two articles on the future of Cabrini Green. By Don DeBat Two decades ago, private developers tried to...

CHA's New 2025 Cabrini-Green Plan First of two articles on the future of Cabrini Green. By Done DeBat The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)...