Crib Chatter

This top floor 4-bedroom at 5052 S. Woodlawn in Kenwood came on the market in December 2021. Built in 1910, 5052 S. Woodlawn has 12 units. I found one former listing that said there were 3 parking spaces with the building available on a first come, first served basis. The listing for this unit says […]

This 1-bedroom in The Barclay at 4940 S. East End in Kenwood came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1929, The Barclay has 87 units. It is an elevator building. It has 24-hour door staff, an on-site engineer, storage room, laundry room and exterior outdoor parking. This unit has tree-top views. It’s been […]

This 2-bedroom in 5000 S. East End in Kenwood came on the market in March 2021. Built in 1927, 5000 S. East End has 98 units. It was designed by Robert S. De Golyer and built by Avery Brundage. According to Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Living, it was the first, and largest, of […]

This 3-bedroom on the 16th floor of 5000 S. Cornell in Kenwood came on the market in September 2020. According to Chicago Apartments, a Century of Lakefront Living, 5000 S. Cornell was the last of the high rises completed in the Chicago Beach district, now called Indian Village, in 1930. Conley and Carlson were the […]

This 4-bedroom in the Harvard School Condos at 4731 S. Ellis in Kenwood came on the market in January 2020. Sorry I don’t have a picture but the shelter-in-place prohibits me from driving around for non-essential purposes. Built in 1917, the former private school has 5 units, a center courtyard garden and garage parking. I […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1340 E. Madison Park in Kenwood came on the market in June 2019. The house was built in 1885 but an addition was put on the back of the house in 2005 which added a separate eat-in kitchen and family room as well as a modern back deck. It’s […]

This 2-bedroom in the vintage high rise at 5000 S. East End in Kenwood came on the market in April 2015. 5000 S. East End was built in 1927 and, until the 1960s, was the tallest building on the south side of the city. Some of you might remember it from a few years ago […]

This 2-bedroom duplex down in a Daniel Burnham designed greystone at 4545 S. Drexel in Kenwood was on the market last summer as a distress property. Originally listed for $119,000 in August 2011, the listing described it “needs some finishing work but an outstanding opportunity, hurry and bring your CASH offer.” It sold in April […]

I didn’t even get a chance to go to Kenwood to get a picture of this 4-bedroom one story home at 4933 S. Ellis before it went under contract. (If I even could- as I don’t know how close this is to the President’s house.) It went under contract in just 3 days. Built in […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom townhouse in the modern style at 1380 E. Madison Park in Kenwood in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. It’s clear from the comments that most of you have no idea what properties sell for in the Kenwood neighborhood. Listed in June for $358,000, one of you called […]