Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom in 2440 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2015. 2440 N. Lakeview is one of the high rise apartment buildings built along the lakefront and along Lincoln Park in the 1920s age of luxury. Built in 1927, it has just 94 units, and is a co-op. This unit faces […]

This 1-bedroom loft at 540 N. Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville just came on the market. It’s a large, 1280 square foot 1-bedroom with 12 foot timber ceilings and multiple walls of exposed brick. In fact, all 4 living room walls are brick, with one painted white. There are two windows in the living room […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Meter Building at 835 N. Wood in the Ukrainian Village came on the market in December 2015. It has the features loft lovers look for including exposed brick, timber ceilings and a bow truss. It’s a south corner unit with 1800 square feet. The kitchen has a commercial Viking stove […]

This 2-bedroom at 708 W. Barry in Lakeview just came on the market. If it looks familiar, then you’ve been reading this blog a long time as we actually chattered about it (and a second unit in the building) in 2008. You can see our March 2008 chatter here. And the July 2008 chatter here. […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 55 E. Erie in River North was on the market for a few months in 2015 and then recently came back on in January 2016. No, your eyes are not deceiving you. It is a townhouse on the 12th floor of this building (as seen in the right on the picture […]

We last chattered about this 4-bedroom “Smart Tech” home at 900 N. Richmond in West Town (East Humboldt Park???) in February 2016. You can see our chatter here. If you recall, this is one of several dozen similar homes that have been built in West Town, Avondale, Logan Square and other gentrifying neighborhoods since the bust. These houses were […]