Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom unit at 1654 W. Berwyn in Andersonville recently came on the market. It is a rare duplex up vintage unit. The first floor has the living room, dining room, kitchen and power room. The second floor, duplex up, has 2 bedrooms and 2 full baths. The listing says the unit has 3 exposures, north, […]

This 2-bedroom unit in the Drake Tower Apartments at 179 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on the market since June 2010. It has been reduced $76,000 in that time. The Drake Tower was designed by Marshall & Fox and finished just before the Great Depression in 1929. It has 68 […]

This 5-bedroom vintage tudor at 5919 N. Forest Glen in the Sauganash neighborhood of Forest Glen has been on the market for 11 months. In that time, it has been reduced $75,000. It is now listed $24,000 under the 2004 purchase price. Built in 1930 on a 40×125 lot, the house has many of its […]

This 5-bedroom vintage colonial at 2100 W. Pratt Boulevard in West Ridge came on the market in January 2011. The listing says it is the first time the home has been listed in 111 years. Built in 1900, the listing says it was a summer home and took four years to complete. The 12,000 square […]

This 2007 construction 2-bedroom unit in a 12-unit mid-rise building at 2130 W. Belmont in Roscoe Village just came on the market. It is bank owned. It is listed for $275,100 under the 2007 purchase price. The listing says the home is eligible under the Freddie Mac first look initiative through 3/23/11. The unit has all the […]

We last chattered about this new construction 6-bedroom mansion at 3804 N. Janssen in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview in February 2010. See our February 2010 chatter here. At that time, it had been on the market for 5 months and had been reduced $300,000. It was recently re-listed with another $200,000 reduction. Built on […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2155 W. Caton in Bucktown was built in 1889 and is located on a street with other historic single family homes. The listing says it is a “Wicker Park Historic Landmark Greystone.” It still has some of its vintage interior features including doorknobs, hardwood floors with inlay and a large […]

This 2-bedroom unit at 415 E. North Water in Streeterville is the cheapest 2-bedroom unit listed for sale in the RiverView Condominiums (which consists of two high rises at 415 and 445 E. North Water.) Bound on the south by the Chicago River, many of the units have lake, river and city views. The complex was […]

This 3-bedroom vintage greystone unit at 434 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview has been on and off the market since April 2010. In that time, it has been reduced $174,000. The unit is now listed as a “short sale” and is priced about 22%, or $150,000, under the 2005 purchase price. The south facing unit […]

This 3 bedroom unit at 1030 N. State in the Gold Coast could be your home in the sky. At 2500 square feet, it has 2 balconies and lake and city views. The unit also has upgrades you don’t often see such as solid cherry doors and marble and hardwood floors with inlay. The kitchen […]