Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in SoNo at 860 W. Blackhawk in the Clybourn Corridor of Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2019. SoNo was built in 2009 just as the financial crisis hit. It has 198 units and a parking garage. It’s a doorman building. If you recall, originally, the units were drastically reduced in […]

This 2-bedroom in The Eddystone at 421 W. Melrose in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2019. Built in 1928, The Eddystone has 77 units and a doorman and exercise room. There’s no parking with the building. The Eddystone was originally going to be part of a big cooperative apartment development for 2,000 […]

This 4-bedroom first floor duplex at 65 E. Goethe in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2019. 65 E. Goethe was built in 2001 and has just 18 units and a parking garage. It was built as a luxury building and has a doorman. This unit is unique in that it is […]

This 3-bedroom row house at 855 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast just came on the market. It’s the row house on the far right in the picture above. If you remember, we chattered about a 3-bedroom triplex in one of these row houses in May 2019. We concluded that this wasn’t a former mansion, […]

This 2-bedroom vintage unit at 210 E. Pearson in Streeterville came on the market in March 2018. Built in 1928, the building has 62 units but no parking or other amenities. It does have a doorman. This unit has tree top views and an iron French balcony that faces Pearson. There are hardwood floors throughout […]

This 7-bedroom Queen Anne Victorian at 1904 W. Patterson in North Center has been on and off the market since April 2015. We last chattered about it in May 2018 when the sales price had been cut nearly 50%. Many of you liked the property and were surprised that it hadn’t sold after the price […]

This 3-bedroom in the Astor Villa at 1430 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2019. The Astor Villa was built in 1972 and has 49 units and assigned parking. It has a doorman and exercise room. We chattered about the sister unit to this one, #4C, back in September […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse at 1919 W. Crystal in Wicker Park just came on the market. The building was constructed in 2009 and has 9 units and garage parking. This unit is duplex up with the living/dining room and kitchen, along with one bedroom on the main floor, and the second bedroom and den on the […]

This 3-bedroom in the Lincoln Park Villas at 1920 N. Clark in East Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2020. The Lincoln Park Villas were built in 1974 and have 45 units and attached leased parking. There’s no doorman. This unit has east views of Lincoln Park from the 23×4 balcony and you […]

This 2-bedroom loft at 1259 N. Wood in Wicker Park came on the market in August 2019. Converted into loft condos in 1997, this building has 30 units and parking. It has 14 foot timber ceilings and exposed brick walls. Both bedrooms are fully enclosed and have frosted windows to let in natural light, but […]