

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


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


$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


North Side Housing Market Heats Up with Double-digit Sales and Price Gains
By Don DeBat The North Side housing market has defied the cold, reporting significant sales and price increases in the fourth quarter of...
Don DeBat
Jan 29


Controversy Continues on 44-Story Moody Church High-Rise
Moody Bible Church By Don DeBat The on-going, highly controversial saga of the proposed construction of a massive 44-story high-rise at...
Don DeBat
Jan 22


Developers Tried to Save Cabrini-Green Two Decades Ago
North Town Mid-Rise Second of two articles on the future of Cabrini Green. By Don DeBat Two decades ago, private developers tried to...
Don DeBat
Jan 8