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This 3-bedroom vintage unit at 5483 S. Hyde Park Boulevard in East Hyde Park came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1909, it has 6 units. This is a 2000 square foot top floor unit with its own private front patio. It still has many of its original features including crown molding, exposed […]

This 3-bedroom garden unit at 5312 S. Woodlawn in Hyde Park came on the market in June 2019. This vintage 3-flat has been completely renovated. The top two units are already under contract. Only this garden unit remains. It has 8 foot ceilings and a private patio. There are light wood floors throughout. The kitchen […]

This 2-bedroom corner unit at 1700 E. 56th in Hyde Park came on the market in July 2019. Built in 1968, it has 369 units and garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with a roof top deck, exercise room, doorman, dry cleaners and bike storage. This southwest corner unit on the 26th floor has […]

This 5-bedroom vintage row house at 5735 S. Dorchester in Hyde Park came on the market in September 2018. It is the row house on the left in the picture above. Built in 1887, it is on a larger than standard lot of 24×151. It has many of its original vintage features including 10-foot ceilings, […]

This 7 bedroom historic home at 5132 S. Woodlawn in Hyde Park came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1897, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Isidore Heller. To be honest, until I saw the plaque in front of the house, I couldn’t tell from the style it was a Wright […]

Hyde Park, home to the world-renowned University of Chicago, and the Museum of Science of Industry, is often an after thought by most people moving to Chicago. But the neighborhood is starting to build momentum as real estate investors have been renovating and building new apartment buildings. Meanwhile, more amenities are starting to move in. […]

This 3-bedroom Victorian row house at 1730 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in July 2019 (it’s the one on the right). If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it the last time it was on the market in 2013 when the discussion was whether your 5 year old could […]

This 2-flat at 1732 N. Hudson in Old Town came on the market in January 2019. Built in 1876, there’s a 3-bedroom duplex up unit on the second and third floor and a 1-bedroom apartment on the first floor. The listing says there’s been a “complete renovation” of the building. The 3-bedroom duplex up “owner’s […]

This 3-bedroom in The Sterling at 345 N. LaSalle in River North came on the market in May 2019. The Sterling was built in 2001 as apartments before it was quickly converted into condos due to the condo craze that was going on at the time. It has 389 units, an outdoor pool, and an […]

This 3-bedroom in a historic greystone at 3618 N. Fremont in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in May 2019. I don’t have a direct picture of this building but I remembered the building next door- so in the picture above- it is the building you can just barely see on the […]