Lizzie Kane – Page 15

Looking north on Crawford Avenue, later renamed Pulaski Road, toward North Avenue on Feb. 28, 1928, in Chicago.

Pioneer Arcade affordable housing project in jeopardy as city support wavers

March 8, 2023 at 3:21 p.m.

1535 N. Pulaski Road is no ordinary Chicago building. Modeled after 17th- and 18th-century Spanish Baroque style architecture, rising two stories with an ivory-colored, terra-cotta facade, the Pioneer Arcade building...

The outside of an @properties-listed condo on South St. Lawrence Avenue in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

As @properties prepares to open 1st South Side office in Bronzeville, residents feel torn about the influx of development

March 6, 2023 at 9:21 a.m.

Since moving to Bronzeville in 2007, Vanessa Harris has seen the many vacant lots in her neighborhood get scooped up by developers and turned into $800,000 townhomes, some of them...

Aerial view of 18th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 15, 2020.

Cook County property taxes are due April 3. Here’s what to know.

March 6, 2023 at 5:23 p.m.

Cook County property tax bills are starting to hit mailboxes, with taxpayers getting an extra month to pay their first installments this year. The first installment — 55% of a...

Aerial views of the 18th Street in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Pago de impuestos sobre la propiedad del condado de Cook vence el 3 de abril. Esto es lo que debe saber:

March 3, 2023 at 2:57 p.m.

Las facturas de impuestos a la propiedad del condado de Cook están comenzando a llegar a los buzones de correo, y los contribuyentes tienen un mes adicional para pagar sus...

People vote at the polling location inside Silvie's Bar in Chicago on Feb. 28, 2023.

Polls are now open in Chicago — and a record number of early votes have already been cast

February 28, 2023 at 10:42 a.m.

It's Election Day and Chicago voters have begun heading to the polls to cast ballots in the hotly contested mayoral race and to vote for aldermen in all 50 wards....

First-time homeowner Danielle Stanley works in her new home on Chicago's South Side on Jan. 31, 2023.

To rent or to buy? Some South Side residents find buying the better option

February 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Cherrell Brown, 33, had been trying to purchase a home since right before the pandemic. She said she ran into some issues when a lender neglected to consider how her...

Aerial view of houses in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

El sistema de impuestos a la propiedad en mora del condado de Cook es el objetivo de legislación propuesta

February 15, 2023 at 12:17 p.m.

Un par de proyectos de ley respaldados por la Tesorería del Condado de Cook tienen como objetivo reducir la carga de los contribuyentes que se han atrasado en sus impuestos...

An aerial view shows houses and apartment buildings in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago on Oct. 15, 2020.

Cook County’s delinquent property tax system target of proposed legislation

February 15, 2023 at 12:33 p.m.

A pair of bills backed by the Cook County Treasurer's Office aims to reduce the burden on taxpayers who have fallen behind on their property taxes and crack down on...

Chicago to receive $60 million in federal funding to fight homelessness

February 2, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

As temperatures hovered in the single digits this week with wind chills below zero, officials urged Chicagoans to be cautious when going outside. But for thousands of people experiencing homelessness,...

Potential buyers arrive to look at a home for sale in Northbrook on March 30, 2022, during an open house. A new report Friday from Illinois Realtors showed the number of home sales dropped 15% statewide in 2022.

Chicago housing market cools, with home sales down 15% in 2022

January 20, 2023 at 4:50 p.m.

The Illinois housing market is continuing its correction to where it was before the pandemic, but would-be homebuyers looking for the right time to jump into the market will have...

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