Crib Chatter

This 5-bedroom single family home at 747 S. Dearborn in Printers Row came on the market in November 2022. Built in 2019, it was designed and constructed by Filoramo Talsma Architecture on a 50×70 lot across from Dearborn Station. The listing says: “The exterior finds definition from masonry construction and a steel-and-terra cotta sunscreen by […]

This 4-bedroom single family home in BaseCamp SFH at 3646 N. Kenneth in Irving Park came on the market in November 2022. (Sorry, I don’t have a picture of this house but I DO have a picture of the Lincoln Park waterfall.) If you recall, BaseCamp SFH was a development of 48 single family homes […]

This 3-bedroom vintage cottage at 1338 W. Grace in Southport came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1891, the house is on a smaller than standard lot measuring 58×40. It has no back alley but instead, has a side driveway which is accessed from the street. If this house looks familiar, that’s because […]

This vintage single family home at 1457 W. Addison in Southport came on the market in September 2022. Built in 1901, this single family home is on a larger than standard corner lot of 41×134. It has 6,000 square feet and a 2-car garage. If the house looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it […]

This 5-bedroom contemporary single family home at 54 E. Scott in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Built in 2010, it’s on a 45×145 lot and has a 5-car garage with a gated driveway. It has an elevator. The listing says it was the first LEED Gold certified home in Illinois. […]

This 5-bedroom vintage single family home at 511 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1890, this Victorian house is on a shorter than standard Chicago lot of 25×100 but still has a 2-car garage. The listing says this house has been “renovated.” It still has vintage features […]

This 6-bedroom vintage single family home at 416 W. Webster in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2021. Built in 1890 on a 25×127 lot, it has a 3-car garage. The house has been “extensively renovated” and no longer has any of its original vintage features although it does have high ceilings […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1566 N. Hoyne in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2022. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in 2011, when it was priced under the 2007 purchase price and we discussed whether or not it was a deal. Many of you disliked […]

This 4-bedroom Italianate cottage at 2121 N. Hudson in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1869 by WW Boyington, who was the architect of the Water Tower, according to the listing, it is one of only 3 north side houses that survived the Chicago Fire. Built on a larger […]

This 4-bedroom Prairie-style single family home at 651 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in February 2022. Built in 1914, it’s on a larger than standard Chicago lot measuring 50×108 and has a 1.5 car attached garage (per the 2019 listing) and a gated backyard. It is located […]