Crib Chatter

The Claude Seymour House at 817 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood in Uptown has returned to the market in March 2024, but is now owned by the bank. We have chattered about this 6-bedroom home numerous times over the years, but the last time was in 2020 when it was a short sale. […]

This 2-bedroom in 2626 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2024. 2626 N. Lakeview was built in 1968 and has 492 units and and attached rental garage. It’s a full amenity building along Lincoln Park with a doorman, pool, exercise room, party room, bike room and sun deck. The listing […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in the Embassy Club at 2609 N. Greenview came on the market in April 2022. The picture above is of one of the other parts of the Embassy Club but it’s the closest I could come up with in my photograph collection of the private cobblestone drive that leads to the townhouses […]

This 4-bedroom in Kingsbury on the Park at 653 N. Kingsbury in River North just came on the market. Built in 2003, it has 126 units and a parking garage. It’s a full amenity building with a doorman and exercise room. The listing for this unit says it was originally a combined unit bought from […]

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 duplex up at 1434 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2018 but still hasn’t sold. We chattered about it in January 2019. See our chatter here. Just a reminder that it is bank owned. Built in 1889, it has a 3-unit self-managed association. The two bedrooms, which […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 1434 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2018. It is bank owned. Built in 1889, it has a 3-unit self-managed association. The two bedrooms, which appear to have carpeting, are on the second level with the living/dining room and kitchen on the third floor. […]

This 3-bedroom top floor vintage unit at 31 E Elm in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2018. It’s bank owned. This building was constructed in 1916 and has 12 units but no parking. This unit has some of its vintage features including hardwood floors and crown molding. The listing says it is […]

This 2-bedroom in Park Tower at 800 N. Michigan came on the market in April 2018. The Park Tower was constructed in 2000 and has 117 units and a parking garage. There’s a hotel on the lower portion of the building. It sits directly across the street from the historic Water Tower. This unit has […]

This 1-bedroom in The Vetro at 611 S. Wells in the South Loop recently came on the market. Thanks to one of the original Crib Chatter readers, Bob, who pointed out that we had chattered about this unit in March 2009 when it had a large landscaped west-facing terrace with an outdoor kitchen. You can […]