Moving to Chicago: Neighborhood Moving Guide
Practical, neighborhood-by-neighborhood guidance for anyone moving in Chicago. Parking realities, building types, when to book, and what actually happens on move day — from a crew that has done hundreds of moves across the city.
Each episode covers one neighborhood: what the buildings are actually like inside, where the truck can park, which weeks of the year are impossible, and a few local spots worth knowing once the boxes are in.
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Episodes
Moving to the Gold Coast: Why You Can’t Move on a Saturday
The Gold Coast is the one Chicago neighborhood where your move date isn’t entirely your decision. Freight elevator windows that exclude weekends, limestone mansions on Astor with staircases built for a different era of furniture, and why January through March is the clearest stretch of the year. Covers 60610 and 60611.
Moving to Lincoln Park: The Park, DePaul, and 34-Inch Stairwells
Over 1,200 acres of lakefront park with a free zoo, the DePaul calendar that drives the whole neighborhood every August and May, and a housing stock that runs from narrow brownstone walk-ups to high-rises on the Drive. Covers 60614.
Moving to Lakeview: Six-Flats, Game Days, and Why People Stay
Courtyard six-flats, the Wrigley Field effect on daily life, why so many people arrive for one year and stay for nine, and the late-August week when the whole neighborhood turns over at once. Covers 60613 and 60657.