Buy a Piece of Wicker Park’s Vintage Grandeur: 2017 W. Evergreen
This 2-bedroom unit at 2017 W. Evergreen in Wicker Park recently came on the market.
(sorry for the bad picture! It was taken last year- and I forgot how bad it was.)
Located on the top floor of an 1880s vintage building, it has many vintage features from that era including 14 foot ceilings, inlaid floors, oversized windows with the original wood trim and 8 foot wood doors.
This building is also interesting because in the back of the vintage structure there was a new(er) building built so the association actually has 7 units.
The kitchen has granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances.
There is a large marble bath with a double vanity and jacuzzi tub.
The unit has central air, in-unit washer/dryer and deeded parking- all of which are somewhat rare for vintage units from this era.
First listed for just a month last year, it was recently re-listed for $40,000 less.
It is also now listed for $40,000 under the 2007 purchase price and also $30,000 under the 2004 purchase price.
Is this now a deal for the location and square footage?
Julie Siragusa at Koenig Strey Real Living has the listing. See more pictures here.
Unit #301: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1500 square feet
- Sold in October 2001 for $299,000
- Sold in December 2001 for $310,000
- Sold in July 2004 for $405,000
- Sold in April 2007 for $415,000
- Originally listed in May 2010 for $415,000
- Withdrawn in June 2010
- Currently listed for $375,000 (parking included)
- Assessments of $215 a month
- Taxes of $5403
- Central Air
- Washer/Dryer in the unit
- Bedroom #1: 15×12
- Bedroom #2: 10×9
- Bonus room: 6×6
“ULTRA UNIQUE” = Ultra hard to sell in this market.
Very nice unit with some unique features some might like, and others might not. You can bag on the McMansions and McCondos all you want, they serve the purpose the builder is going for: appeal to the widest most general buyers out there. Unique units tend to sit on the market the longest if not priced accordingly.
any ideas on the oct sale and then another sale in december. While it got 10k, the closing costs and agent fees would have more than eaten that up.
This is a case of the description painting a much brighter picture than reality. While central air, large marble bath, double vanity, granite counter tops and stainless appliances all sound good… their execution in this property is terrible, so much so I wouldn’t consider it unless the price tumbled into oblivion where it became economical to redo everything that was done.
That being said it had a lot going for it (14 foot ceilings, beautiful flooring, top unit, neighborhood, lots of space and parking), that I would imagine someone will snap it up for mid-low 300s
I think this condo offers a good deal more than most of the newer (
Internet ate my comment.
This reminds me of the Bosworth house chatter (lovelovelove) and there was a convo between it and the modern Grace house comp and how there should be a fusion between the two.
This place shows that no, you shouldn’t fuse the two.
Nice vintage touches like the floor trim inlay and the nice high natural window trim.
But the ductwork is HIDEOUS, the fireplace is incongruous, track lighting vom, and wood doors but with painted trim what? Even the stair railing is all sorts of wrong.
Not my cup of tea from a vintage style point. And I’m not a big Wicker fan, either.
Wow, dude’s got discriminating tastes. While not for me, this is a 2/2 with enough room for distinct dining and office areas. And that bathroom looks huge.
Sabrina – don’t be ashamed of your photo of the front of the building, check out the first squished one that the realtor has up.
aw man thats a shame that those ducts are exposed… it would look really nice if they werent
Agree with dude, the cheapo open ductwork in the living room is at odds with the beautiful floors. A more skillful and more expensive reno would be able to negotiate old/new.
Man that tacky open ductwork is really making me hungry for some Jimmy John’s or Chipotle for lunch.
315k for this…thing.
Sabrina,
Do you really think it sold in both october and December of 2001, or were those two condos in the same building? I’ve notice that Redfin sometimes cannot distinguish between different units.
I’ll stand corrected. I guess I’m still conditioned to higher prices but for 375k for a 2/2, walkable to El in GZ, 1500 sq ft seems to me that this place has reasonable finishes.
It looks like the other duplex on the top floor (#302) sold in August 2010 for $370K.
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/2017-W-Evergreen-Ave-60622/unit-302/home/12726378
@dahliachi, its possible there were consecutive sales. Maybe someone closed in October and then lost their job and had to relocate so there was a quick sale? I recall some people had to do that because of 9/11
I think this is an awesome unit for the price/location. I don’t think prices are going to come down much further than this. Don’t underestimate the importance of tall ceilings.
I like this place better for $350K — same concept: 2BR, 2 bath duplex up, parking, nice side yard, nice Bucktown block. Has outdoor space as well.
http://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1920-W-Dickens-Ave-60614/unit-3R/home/28779106
Icarus, Could be, but I have seen Redfin and even tax records confuse units many times.
I looked at this place back in 2004. I believe it was listed over $400k . . . Maybe around $425k? The front room feels very big and spacious. The floors are incredible (the pictures don’t do it justice). But the rest of the place seemed pretty subpar. Also, there was no outdoor space which was a must for me. In the end, I liked it a lot but wasn’t willing to pay $400k for cool floors.
“how there should be a fusion between the two.”
That was me, and I didn’t say there *should* be a fusion bt the two, just that *I* would like it better with a little from a and a little from b.
Especially the outdoor space–the Bosworth house seems to do nothing with their side yard, and, given the deck pic, the backyard *must* be a wasteland. And, from what I can see in the listings, I like the Grace basement better and would prefer the square front to the bay. Not a stylist mash-up, but pulling a few elements from one and adding them to the other. And then moving the whole thing one more block off of Ashland.
Wick Park = D-Bag Country
“Wick Park = D-Bag Country”
Your confusing it with Wrigley I think.
“Your confusing it with Wrigley I think.”
Just confusing cousins, it seems. Hipster trust fund d-bags and dudebro trust fund d-bags are just a shade apart. Maybe a few shades if you spray tan.
But they’re still relatives.
anon (tfo) on January 19th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
No need to get defensive, anon. But thanks for the clari. I took you as meaning the interior style of it (which was the debate over the two in that thread). Mea culpa.
That said: Bosworth house LOVE.
Maybe it’s just me but I still maintain romantic notions of wicker park when 1056 and the rainbo club were actually cool places to be. I’m in my 30’s now and settled down quite a bit so I don’t even know if those cool places are around any more. I don’t even know if those places were wicker park but that’s what everyone I knew called it.
HD — the 1056 is gone (and any potential bar/restaurant replacement was killed by the NIMBYs in the ‘hood — it’s now a condo development, with some very strange ground floor condos where 1056 once was), but the Rainbo is still going strong. I consider both more UK Village than Wicker proper, but I guess the Wicker label kinda covers the whole area.
“Sabrina,
Do you really think it sold in both october and December of 2001, or were those two condos in the same building? I’ve notice that Redfin sometimes cannot distinguish between different units.”
Redfin’s data is derived from the PIN number (which is inputed by the agent.) If it’s wrong- then the data is incorrect.
I only use the public records (cook county assessor- OR- if something is remiss there, which sometimes happens with typos etc. I will confirm it with the Tribune’s database.)
In this case- the county records show it selling twice in just a few months and the owners match up so I included it.
rainbo was totally packed with hipster d-bags the last time I was in there… $4 PBR’s are a huge turnoff for me
$4 PBRs?!
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Nuff said.
Just a block east of here (1958) is a similar-looking 3-flat apartment building. During the 60s and 70s the top floor was rented out for less than $100 per month to a local “character” who often hung out at the Rainbo, the nearby Serbian Club, and Lottie’s bar a few blocks north.
His name – Nelson Algren. His bio is displayed on the front lawn. Hope the new owner reads it some time for a most enlightening “reality check.”
Every day is D-day under the L…
A well known local musician tim kinsella used to bartend a rainbo years ago. Im not that old but im dating myself here. Thanks for the update michael.
Yes you know you’re in a hipster shit bar when PBR costs more than Budweiser
Never got the whole PBR thing. Friends would drink it way back when (long before it was cool) because it was cheap and they thought it had more alcohol in it. I never cared for the taste. I prefer Lone Star over PBR. Same piss but I like the taste better. 🙂