Crib Chatter

The amazing thing about running this website is when properties that we chattered about previously come back on the market to try again. This 2-bedroom at 2944 N. Broadway in Lakeview is one of those. We first chattered about it all the way back in September 2008. See our old chatter here. Back then, when […]

This 3-bedroom brick bungalow at 2600 W. Coyle in the Indian Boundary Park neighborhood of West Ridge came on the market in May 2013. Built in 1921 on an oversized 32×124 corner lot, it has an unusual 1-car attached garage. Two of the 3 bedrooms are on the main floor with a master bedroom on […]

  This 2-bedroom duplex at 3700 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview came on the market in March 2013. It was reduced several times but still didn’t sell. The listing was removed and re-listed with brand new photographs. Even though only minor details were changed with the actual property (i.e. a rug was removed in the […]

This 2-bedroom at 2006 N. Howe in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. (It is actually on the far right end of this building above which shows 2002 N. Howe.) Built in 1905, it is a top floor unit with some exposed brick walls and an open layout for the living/dining and kitchen […]

Crain’s is reporting that 46 out of 48 units in Phase II at the Park Monroe at 65 E. Monroe in the Loop which went on sale 8 months ago have sold. The Legacy, practically next door at 60 E. Monroe, however, still has 140 unsold condos but it has a higher price point. “We […]

This 2-bedroom duplex down at 2017 W. Evergreen in Wicker Park just came on the market. Both vintage and modern lovers can rejoice. The front of the building was built around 1901. Many of the vintage features are intact. It has 12 foot ceilings on the main floor as well as the original hardwood floors, […]

With the recent news that 2 units were sold on the penthouse floor of the Legacy across from Millennium Park for a combined price of $5 million, and that penthouses were in demand but in short supply, the developer of 200 N. Dearborn, American Invsco, in the Loop wasted no time in listing the penthouse in […]

This 3-bedroom second floor loft at 400 N. Racine in West Town just came on the market. It has upscale finishes including duel level concrete counter tops on the kitchen island and Subzero stainless steel appliances. In addition to the three bedrooms, there is also a sizable 9×10 exercise room. The loft has high ceilings, […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom top floor vintage unit at 411 W. Briar in Lakeview in 2009 and 2010. See our original chatter about it in August 2009 here. Back then, it was listed for $535,000 and we debated whether it would sell for around $500,000 given that it was a 4-bedroom unit with […]