Create a free Chicago Cityscape account
Use a social network to sign up instantly - we will never post on your profile
Create a free Cityscape account first...
- Use Gmail or Google
- Use LinkedIn
- Use Outlook + Microsoft + Office 365
Your free Cityscape Neighbor account includes
- View building permit and project descriptions
- Email updates about any one of the 52,899 Places
- Email updates about any one of the 219,000+ Companies
- Email updates about any Property Report
Pro accounts get so much more
Why get a Pro membership?
Save time researching buildings
Find contractors for a job
Download data for market analysis
Stay updated on building trends in any neighborhood
Get alerts for zoning changes, demolitions, and new businesses
Our members love Chicago Cityscape
"We used Chicago Cityscape at Smart Chicago because we want to encourage the development of civic tech products that people can't live without. On a personal note, I love reading the insights that go along with the data— the narrative threads they pull together to make raw data real meaningful."
— Dan X. O'Neil, City Bureau board member, founder of former Smart Chicago Collaborative
Don't want to use a personal social account?
You can create a new Google Account or Microsoft Account with your work email address and avoid using a personal social network account.
Once you've created that account, come back to this page and click "Sign in with Google, G+, or Gmail".
Privacy and security
We use Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft Outlook, to verify your email instantly and to avoid having to store your password. We receive only your name and email so that we can address you politely via email. Upon creating a new Chicago Cityscape account, you will be signed up for our email newsletter and a few introductory & informational emails (every email has unsubscribe instructions).
We are unable to post to your wall, feed, or timeline, and we cannot see your friends or shared content.
You are required to create a Chicago Cityscape account in order to access restricted services & information, and so that we can store the things you do on the site (create a list, draw a Personal Place, subscribe to a notification, or purchase a Property Report, for example) to be retrieved and seen on a visit you make in the future.
Read our full privacy policy.