Uptown Update
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Happy Wash Demo Begins, Making Way For 5 Story Residential

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Demolition underway at Wilson & Dover (photo by Reader JR) We first heard of a proposal to replace the Happy Wash Building at Wilson ...

Green Mill Gardens Building Looking for a New Owner

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The property at 4800-4810 N. Broadway just came on the market yesterday. Link to the agent's PDF here ,  no price listed, sorry . Courte...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Annual Pilgrimage Of Monks Through Uptown

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photo by Bill Biederman Photographer Bill Biederman sends us a beautiful photo of this year's procession of monks through Uptown as they...

Lawrence Food & Deli Now Open Across from Aragon

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1113 W. Lawrence (TL) We have been watching slow progress at the former Kinetic Playground space at 1113 W. Lawrence for many months now.  ...

Argyle's Kim Huot to Close

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A sign in the window announces longtime Argyle jewelry and gift store Kim Huot is closing its doors.  Image courtesy reader "TL" T...

Empanadas to Kebabs

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Image Courtesy of Reader "TL" We first heard about a new Turkish doner restaurant coming to the old Don Pablo's space back in ...
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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Explore the History of the Uptown Theatre By Buying This Book

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James "Andy" Pierce and Robert Loerzel's The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Place , is hitting the big time, as the bo...
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Johnson Administration Seeks to Erase the Debt Attached to Two Uptown Buildings

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The Leland Apartments at Leland & Racine (Google) Two proposals were introduced at city council yesterday that would wipe the debt owed ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

A Pizza Pie

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 *sounds best in Mario voice. If you like Ragadan , you're in for a treat. Ragadan's owner and chef Daniel Sweis has been busy worki...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Two New Women-Led Businesses Opening In Uptown

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Two new women-led businesses focusing on the youth of Uptown are celebrating double ribbon cuttings on Saturday, May 17 ! Morgan Maxon, foun...
Friday, May 9, 2025

Argyle's Renaissance Continues: 1101 W. Argyle Scores Building Permit

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1101 W. Argyle ( Compass Architecture ) We told you about the plans for the 6 story development at 1101 W. Argyle (at Winthrop) back in Nove...
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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Circ Esteem Collects an Award

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CircEsteem's recently remodeled exterior at 4730 N. Sheridan (Instagram) Two Uptown rehabilitation projects have been awarded 2025 Prese...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Woo-ee YooYee!

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If you haven't seen or heard yet, Thai Pastry moved to Argyle (taking over the Hong Ngu spot). Same great food and people, new location...
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