Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in Kingsbury on the Park at 653 N. Kingsbury in River North came on the market in June 2023. Built in 2003, Kingsbury on the Park has 121 units and attached garage parking. It has 24/7 door staff, on-site management and an exercise room. This unit is unique in that it is just […]

This 3-bedroom Crilly Court row house at 1712 N. Crilly in Old Town came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1886, this is a brick and limestone Queen Anne style row house in the Crilly Court complex that was developed by Daniel Crilly. There is no parking with any of the row houses […]

This 2-bedroom in 757 N. Orleans in River North came on the market in June 2023. Built in 2008, just as the housing bust was hitting, 757 N. Orleans has 198 units and attached garage parking. You may recall that the developer did a bulk sale of 39 units to an investor at the bottom […]

This 3-bedroom at 2034 N. Seminary in Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1891, 2034 N. Seminary has 3 units and 3 car garage parking. There is a shared back yard but no other amenities. My picture above is now 13 years old. In the current picture of the building, […]

This 2-bedroom penthouse triplex loft in Market Square Lofts at 161 W. Harrison in Printer’s Row came on the market in May 2023. I don’t have a picture of this building but it’s the short brick building next to the Vetro in the picture above. Built in 1905 as the Patton Building, the 12 story […]

This 1-bedroom in 49 E. Cedar in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1909, this is a boutique building with 3 units that was designed by Benjamin Marshall. There’s a plaque on the front of the building. We have never chattered about this building before. When I walked by […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in Via Como at 849 W. Ohio in River West came on the market in May 2023. Built in 2002, Via Como is 34 townhouses with 2-car garages. The picture above is a picture of the general community, not of this particular townhouse. The listing says this is the largest floor plan […]

This 2-bedroom duplex brick loft in the Fulton House at 345 N. Canal in River West came on the market in May 2023. Built in 1903, Fulton House was original an old cold storage warehouse. It was converted to apartments in the 1970s by star architect Harry Weese and then was converted into condos in […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse at 1005 W. Dickens in Lincoln Park came on the market in May 2023. We have chattered about this townhouse before, in 2018. Like last time, the picture above is actually of the two townhouses next door with just a piece of 1005 on the far right of the picture. This townhouse […]

This top floor 3-bedroom in the Kilmer House at 1555 N. Sandburg Terrace in the Gold Coast (or Old Town) came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1971, Kilmer House is part of Sandburg Village. It has 96 units and has a pool, sundeck, tennis courts and exercise room. The building has a doorman and valet garage […]