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Here is an interesting site I stumbled across. Have you ever been curious at to what street gang controls your neighborhood?

Then check out www.chicagogangs.org

There is an amazing amount of information here. Not just about stats, symbols and turf but also history and their origins.

Little did I know that the local gang in my neighborhood, the Insane Deuces, used to be two gangs that began in the 1950’s and merged together in the early to mid 1960′s. Two gangs into one – thus the Deuces. They also have a branch office in Aurora.

Wow – a merger and a branch office – How corporate of them.

• Season of optimism kicks off in real estate
• New two-flats an uncommon find in S. Shore
• A modest shift saves thousands on a townhouse
• CANINE CLOUT
• It Sounds Like Boiler Room, But Sometimes It’s What You Need To Hear
• Like A Locomotive, Mortgage Rate Increases Are Picking Up Steam

At Block Shopper, a couple of locals have listed all the real estate transactions of note in the Lakeview and Lincoln Park neighborhoods. When possible, details about the buyers or sellers is included along with the basicd details like name, date and price. It’s a bit eerie what you can put together from searching public records and matching it up with what’s available from some Google searches.

http://blockshopper.com

A comprehensive guide to blogs in Chicago can be found at Chicago Bloggers. Weblogs from Chicago and its suburbs are listed here by their closest el, subway, or rail station, from Adams to Zion.

http://chicagobloggers.com/index.php

For the Chicago Landlord, a new site called CompleteLandlord.com offers free and timely news and analysis. The site has tons of free info, but also sells forms, leases and management software.

http://www.completelandlord.com/

• 7 Ways to a pain free remodel
• If you pass the test, your move could save on taxes
• It’s the little fixes that count
• Chicago auction action: how to succeed at auctions without really trying
• Sales of new condos down in fourth quarter of 2006

• City home shoppers finding more bang for the buck on Northwest Side
• Hand-scraped wooden floors are all the rage. Again.
• The crooked deals that destroy neighborhoods
• Ask Chicagoist: What’s Going on with the North Avenue Bridge?
• Lakeview East’s sunny Center on Halsted perfect for dark winter days