Crib Chatter

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1324 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2020. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it when it was on the market in 2017. Back then, it was listed for $2.999 million and many of you thought the price was too high […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 610 W. Kemper Place in Lincoln Park just came on the market. Built in 1881, it’s on a smaller than standard Chicago lot measuring 50×21 and doesn’t have parking. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in 2012 and 2013, the last time it was on […]

This 4-bedroom brick bungalow at 2434 N. Sawyer in Logan Square just came on the market. Built in 1912, it’s on a bigger than standard Chicago lot measuring 31.5 x 186.5. It has a 2-car garage. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in 2009. Thanks to DSquareD who pointed out […]

This 5-bedroom historic home at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2018. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually two separate townhouses with a courtyard and […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1224 E. 57th in Hyde Park came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1887, the listing calls it a “unique campus cottage, built around the Columbian Worlds Fair.” It’s on an irregular 34×100 lot but doesn’t have a garage or any onsite parking. This house has many […]

This 7-bedroom Queen Anne Victorian at 1904 W. Patterson in North Center has been on and off the market since April 2015. We last chattered about it in May 2018 when the sales price had been cut nearly 50%. Many of you liked the property and were surprised that it hadn’t sold after the price […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1652 N. Cleveland in Old Town came on the market in May 2019. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in June 2019. Back in June, many of you talked about the crime in this part of the neighborhood and that there isn’t a 2-car garage […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 4165 W. Berteau in Irving Park came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1924 on an oversized 24×174 lot, the listing says it’s the “historic Warnesson-Dressler” home. But I couldn’t find anything on Google about Warnesson in Chicago or any info about the house. Does anyone know […]

This 4-bedroom Italianate single family home at 215 W. Eugenie in the Old Town Triangle came on the market in July 2019. Built in 1886, it’s on a smaller than normal Chicago lot measuring 24.67 x 92.10. The listing says its landmarked and is featured in the AIA guide. It has the layout that many […]

This 5-bedroom historic home at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast was recently re-listed in October 2018. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually two separate townhouses with a courtyard and a […]