South Loop News

July 9, 2009 - The CAPS Group, a premier visual communications company serving advertising agencies, design firms and publishers, today announced that one of its member firms, Black Dot Group, has a new address: Chicago.

Jul. 3--Over the past 10 to 15 years, dilapidated buildings in the South Loop were transformed into condos.

Who would have guessed that Vetro , a 31-story, 232-unit tower at 611 S Wells St , would be one of the most talked-about towers of 2009? Due largely to a much-publicized condo auction in March, Vetro has become the symbol of the South Loop 's burst bubble.

Nice then-and-now series: Demolished! 11 Beautiful Train Stations That Fell To The Wrecking Ball .

This morning I did my favorite bi-weekly activity in the neighborhood: Roy's meeting.

Members of the Plan Commission gave the backers of three major developments in the South Loop and on the Near West Side permission to move their projects forward, according to freelance reporter Ian Fullerton, who covered yesterday's session in city hall for Chicago Journal: The Congress Hotel, enmeshed in a six-year-old strike, received permission ...

Ever since your trip to Barcelona, you've been dreaming of returning for just one more tapa.

The folks behind Hackney's Printer's Row are also behind this Mexican spot just a few doors north of their burger-friendly South Loop eatery.

Indemnity Only , by Sara Paretsky First in a series of mysteries starring private investigator V. I. Warshawski and the city of Chicago.

Last week I met with Jacob Bletnitsky and Alex Vaisman, principals with Russland Capital Group, at the Michigan Avenue Tower II sales center in the South Loop to talk about their history as developers, the construction of the two Pappageorge / Haymes -designed Michigan Avenue Towers at 1250 and 1400 S Michigan Ave , and what it's like to be ...

Mayor Daley's nephew Robert Vanecko and Vanecko's business partner Allison S. Davis have been making news lately.

Jun 5, 2009 9:24 am US/Central An array of celebrated authors will be in Chicago this weekend, appearing for talks at the Printers Row Lit Fest.

On June 9th, 1989, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells performed a memorable set of acoustic blues at the Front Porch stage during the Chicago Blues Festival.

As a designer to high-profile clients including Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan and Will Smith, Barbara Bates never thought she'd have to design a plan to get her 25-year-old son out of federal prison.

Oysy, or "delicious," is a posh addition to the South Michigan Avenue restaurant scene, sporting a relaxed, contemporary decor and creative menu of sushi and Japanese cuisine.

Last year I read 'Sin the Second City' and I couldn't put it down. Karen Abbott wrote an exhaustive tome about Ada and Minna Everleigh--who were famous high class madams 100 years ago with a double mansion at Dearborn and Cermak.

The aesthetic of this South Loop cafe was conceived by designer Kevin Heisner , who sought to bring the outside in through natural wood stools and tables.

Yesterday Tribune reporter Azam Ahmed wrote about elevator inspections - and the lack of them - in Chicago.

Winthrop Properties rolled out several new incentives at Printers Corner , 170 W Polk St , this winter - lease buyouts, rate buydowns, and free parking, to name a few - but it sounds like what the Printers Row development needed to move units again were some good, old-fashioned price cuts.

After delays and litigation, work is beginning on two new parks in South Loop. The city, meanwhile, has purchased other parcels in the neighborhood to develop another park sometime in the future.