Crib Chatter

This 7 bedroom single family home at 1515 N. North Park in Old Town came on the market in April 2023. I don’t know when this house was built, but it was sometime after 2005. It’s on a double lot measuring 50 x 101.7 and has a unique front facing 2.5 car attached garage with […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up penthouse loft in the Churchill Row at 2111 W. Churchill in the Bucktown came on the market in June 2023. Churchill Row is a former cabinet factory which was converted into 39 loft condominiums in 2002. It has attached garage parking but no other amenities. When it was first converted, the big […]

With rates moving back towards 7% early this summer, that slowed Chicago housing sales once again. July sales plunged to their lowest since the housing bust in 2011. The city of Chicago saw a 20.0 percent year-over-year home sales decrease in July 2023 with 1,986 sales, down from 2,481 in July 2022. The median price […]

This 2-bedroom free standing coach house at 1234 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2023. Built in 1903, this is a 6 unit condo association with a small, luxury condo building in the front, and this free standing coach house in the back, which became condos in 1998. […]

This 2-bedroom in the Edgewater Beach Apartments at 5555 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in August 2023. The Edgewater Beach Apartments was built in 1928 as a companion property to the older Edgewater Beach Hotel which was a resort with a Mediterranean flair on the Lake. It’s a co-op. Designed by Benjamin […]

This 2-bedroom authentic loft in the Anchor Lofts at 215 W. Illinois in River North originally came on the market in February 2020. It has been on and off the market. We last chattered about it in February 2022. You can see our rather infamous chatter here. Built in 1923, the Anchor Lofts has 17 lofts and […]

This top floor 2-bedroom in Fulton Station at 560 W. Fulton on the Near West Side came on the market in August 2023. Built in 2000, Fulton Station includes condos and townhouses. This building has 40 units and heated, attached garage parking. There is no doorman or amenities. The listing on this corner unit says […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 511 N. Bishop in West Town came on the market in July 2023. Sorry, I don’t have a picture but I still wanted to crib on it. 511 N. Bishop is a group of fee simple townhouses that were built in 1999. This is an end unit which has side yard […]

This 2-bedroom at 811 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2023. Built in 1886, 811 W. Webster has 6 units and was converted into condos in 1986. There’s garage parking and outdoor decks. The building appears to have gotten a new garage door since I took my picture, above, in […]

This 3-bedroom in The Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in the Cathedral District in River North came on the market in May 2023. Built in 2002, The Pinnacle has 213 units and attached parking. It’s a full amenity building with 24/7 door staff, an indoor pool, jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, exercise room, wine storage cellar, […]