Crib Chatter

This top floor 2-bedroom at 1746 W. Henderson in West Lakeview just came on the market. Or is this Roscoe Village? Posters have always said that west of Ravenswood was Roscoe Village and this is just east. The building was constructed in 1896 and has 7 units and garage parking. The building overlooks the boulevard […]

This 4-bedroom row house at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. But if it looks familiar, that means you’re a long time reader of Crib Chatter, because we chattered about this row house the last time it was on the market in 2012 and 2013. You can see our […]

This 3-bedroom in Grace Pointe at 3808 N. Lincoln in North Center recently came on the MLS. Grace Pointe is a new construction 15-unit boutique building that includes a parking spot for each unit. It has an elevator and the top floor units have rooftop decks. While this boutique style of construction is common on […]

This 5-bedroom McCormick Seminary row house at 852 W. Chalmers in Lincoln Park first came on the market in July 2017 but was recently re-listed again. Built between 1884 and 1889, these row houses make up the McCormick Row House District. They are found on both Fullerton and Belden as well as Chalmers Place, which […]

The Illinois Association of Realtors is out with the February sales numbers. Was January a one-off bad month or did it continue for a second month? The city of Chicago saw year-over-year home sales decrease 7.4 percent with 1,422 sales in February, compared to 1,535 a year ago. The median price of a home in […]

This 2-bedroom in the Oakdale Towers at 431 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview just came on the market. Built in 1928 (just before the Great Depression hit), Oakdale Towers has 57 units with 2 units per floor. This unit has 270 degree views with windows with 3 exposures. At 1800 square feet, it has the […]

This 2-bedroom at 1020 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2019. Built in 1995, the building has 6 units. This unit is on the second floor and stretches the length of the building which includes a private 350 square foot front facing deck. You can access the front facing deck, […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up in Park Place at 600 N. Kingsbury in River North originally came on the market in May 2018. Built in 2002, it has 163 units and a parking garage. Some of the low floor units on the river, however, were constructed almost like townhouses with levels. This is one of those […]

This 1-bedroom at 400 E. Randolph in Lakeshore East just came on the market. The building was constructed in 1963 and has 942 units. It’s a full amenity building with an indoor half basketball court, ping pong, a pool table, what looks like a library, a kids playroom, a hot tub and a large exercise […]

This 2-bedroom in 1400 Museum Park at 100 E. 14th Street in the South Loop recently came on the market. Built in 2008, at the height of the housing bubble, 1400 Museum Park has 260 units and a parking garage. It’s a full service building with a doorman and pool. The listing for this 31st […]