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Selling Under 2005 Prices: Chaplin’s Penthouse in The Brewster

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We first chattered about Charlie Chaplin’s former penthouse in the historic Brewster at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview in January 2008.

It is still on the market and has been reduced $57,000.

The terrace is stunning. Who wouldn’t want to sip a morning coffee out there?

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Here’s the listing:

ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS ‘LINCOLN PARK PALACE’.THIS PENTHOUSE WAS THE HOME OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN.OVER 12 MOVIES SHOT HERE(CHILDS PLAY,UNTOUCHABLES EC.

3 BDR/2BTH.18’CATHEDRAL CIELINGS,FAB, KITCHEN,GREAT FOR ENTERTAINING!EXTRODINARY LAKE,CITY,PARK VIEWS FROM EVERYROOM AND PRIVATE STONE WRAPAROUND TERRACE.

HAND OPERATED CAGE ELEVATOR 19TH CENTURY ATRIUM CEILINGS, GLASS BLOCK FLOORS.ELV.STAIRS,BRIDGES ARE WOVEN IN CAST-I…

Castle Keepers Realty has the listing. There are no longer pictures of the interior (as there were last January.) 

I still wonder what it really looks like on the inside.  Anyone been in it?

Unit #PH1: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2200 square feet

  • Sold in June 1997 for $163,500
  • Sold in September 2000 for $320,000
  • Sold in June 2005 for $545,000
  • Was listed in January 2008 for $597,000
  • Reduced
  • Was listed in June 2008 for $565,000
  • Reduced
  • Currently listed for $540,000
  • Assessments of $998 a month
  • Taxes of $7200
  • No parking with the building

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8 Responses to “Selling Under 2005 Prices: Chaplin’s Penthouse in The Brewster”

  1. Is there any parking available nearby?

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  2. no

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  3. Sure there is. There is monthly parking available right down the street.

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  4. If I remember, the pics were horrible…. Close ups of furniture, not space. Of course, it’s 2008, not having pics is sure to help make the sale.

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  5. I love this building and would really like to see what this place looks like–hopefully it’s just a little shabby and in need of some TLC and hasn’t been mucked up with granite and dark cherry.

    Castle Keepers Realty is really doing a disservice to their client with this listing. The company’s website is flabbergastingly bad. It looks and reads like it was put together by an illiterate seventh grader. Are most real estate sites this…dumb?

    (Also, the site says that Chaplin lived in this apartment in 1902, when he was still a 13-year-old doing handstands for pennies on the streets of London.)

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  6. That’s a really nice couch. I think I’ll buy the place.

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  7. i saw this unit. the agent is a real character (if you know what i mean). the layout is a mess and the decor atrocious, but the building is incredible, and the terrace is great.

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