Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom vintage Victorian single family house at 6316 N. Magnolia in the Magnolia Glen neighborhood of Edgewater came on the market in December 2009. The listing says it is on a double wide lot of 50×125. It also has a rare 4-car garage. The house has many of its vintage 1904 features intact including woodwork, […]

We first chattered about this 2-bedroom duplex loft in The Singer Lofts at 1019 W. Jackson in the West Loop exactly one year ago. See our January 2009 chatter and pictures here. The listing now says it is a short sale. The loft has a wide open living/dining/kitchen space with 17 foot high ceilings. The master suite […]

Camping out for condos wasn’t limited to California, Arizona and Florida during the height of the boom. It happened several times at various buildings, mainly in the South Loop, but also in River North where developers sold out some buildings within days in the early 2000s. Here’s a look at some of the frenzy. This is […]

There are live/work lofts where maybe you have a home office and then there are live/work lofts like this one at 1124 N. Wood in West Town. At 4800 square feet, it has authentic brick and wide open spaces. It even has a pulley elevator. The listing says it is now zoned residential but the commercial element is […]

This vintage 3-bedroom unit at 2044 N. Orleans in East Lincoln Park has managed to keep some of its original features and character most likely due to the fact that the unit was not a recent conversion. The building was built in 1890. The fireplace still has its marble mantle. The condo has central air, but it doesn’t […]

For many years, an empty parking lot stood to the north of the brick and timber loft building at 300 W. Grand in River North. It took the housing boom of the last decade before a developer decided to build on it. The new highrise, The Silver, at 303 W. Ohio, was the result. This […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 4150 N. Kedvale in Old Irving Park is only a block from the Metra and the El stop. It was built in 1950 in the Georgian style. A lis pendens foreclosure was filed in June 2009. Since October, it has been reduced $225,000. The listing says it has a […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom single family home with a 2-car garage at 1830 W. Oakdale in the North Center neighborhood of Lakeview in October 2009. See our prior chatter and pictures here. There were many comments about the paint color of the kitchen which, apparently, someone was paying attention to as you can […]

There have been “teaser” ads in the Tribune the last few Sunday’s about something “big” coming at 565 Quincy, the new Belgravia building in the Loop. It should come as no surprise that the news is price reductions. You’ll recall that in November, Belgravia’s CEO had this to say to Crain’s about the downtown market: […]

Longing for views of the lake and Millennium Park? This 2-bedroom rental at 65 E. Monroe in the Loop is for you. The listing says it’s “never been lived in”. It has hardwood floors in the living area and carpet in the bedrooms. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. The listing […]