Why move to Hyde Park?

One of the harder parts of moving to a city is feeling this weird divorce from nature–concrete does that, for some inexplicable reason. Yet if you look hard enough, little treasures pop out, especially in Hyde Park. Take, for instance, the baby bunny carefully munching grass in front of the monolithic Regenstein. Or consider the huge variety of squirrels exploring wave motion as they hop across the quad, streets, power lines, even balconies. Then there are the ducks, standing statues that occasionally ruffle a feather, glaring at any who dare step foot into their botany pond territory. Next come the scavengers, pigeons and rats, whose territory ranges cover the alleys to the point, even encompassing cross walks.

But my favorite kind of wildlife, the best kind to watch, has to be the people.

You should come to Chicago and try it some time soon. The majority of characters emerge around Memorial Day , blinking in shock at the bright sunlight and wet, sun-drenched air. People-watching season kicks off with a sonic boom in early June at the 57th Street art fair (which practically sets up at my front door), continues the next weekend with the Printer’s Row Book Fair and oh-so-rowdy Blues Fest. Between now and Labor Day, when the season winds down with a final sonic boom clad in the disguise of an Air Show, millions of people will crowd the parks, streets, bike paths, stores, alleys and beaches of Chicago. Prime people watching time.

Best of all, chicagohouse has the perfect spot for you: a 2-bedroom vintage condo right in the heart of Hyde Park’s Golden Triangle and across the street from a great park and less than five minutes from University of Chicago’s campus.

Views from the condo, the park across the street.