Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom triplex penthouse in the historic Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in February 2025. The Playboy Mansion was built in 1903 and was previously owned by Hugh Hefner. Yes, Playboy bunnies actually lived on the top floor. In 1993, it was split into 7 […]

This 3-bedroom single family home known as the “Yellow House” at 314 W. Menomonee in Old Town came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1875, it is a landmarked home in the Old Town Triangle historic district with brick sidewalks out front and a white picket fence. Built on a 34×60 lot, it […]

This 3-bedroom in the Pinnacle at 21 E. Huron in River North came on the market in March 2025. Built in 2004, the Pinnacle has 213 units and attached garage parking.  It has full service amenities including 24-hour door staff, indoor pool, a gym, a theater, party room, a dog run and a sundeck. The […]

This 1-bedroom single family home at at 1684 N. Ada in West Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2025. (Sorry, I don’t have a picture) Built in 1885, this 3500 square foot former factory was converted into a single family home on a 82×41 lot. It’s called the Charcoal Factory and was available […]

This 3-bedroom loft at 1235 W. George in Central Lakeview came on the market in March 2025. By the time you are reading this, it may already be under contract as the listing states: “BEST AND FINAL OFFER DEADLINE MONDAY (03-24) AT 10:00 AM. PLEASE REACH OUT WITH QUESTIONS.” Built in 1996, 1235 W. George […]

I wanted to get to this 2-bedroom townhouse at 2729 N. Racine in Lincoln Park before the weekend because we’ve chattered about it before. It was just listed in March 2025. I don’t have a year when this was built. There are only two units and they share a common wall. Is this a townhouse […]

Crain’s Dennis Rodkin reports on the “phantom” gold coast building at 1447 N. Dearborn Parkway, that has seemingly been mostly empty since as far back as 1990. We even chattered about the building ourselves in 2015 (although I used 1445 N. Dearborn as the address, instead of 1447.) Some of you posted the permits for […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 416 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2024. 416 W. Deming is a Booth Hanson designed building with 13 units stretching across several addresses. Built in 2014, it has garage parking and elevators. This top floor unit is all on one level except for the […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up penthouse in 201 E. Chestnut in Streeterville came on the market in February 2025. 201 E. Chestnut was built in 1969 and has 120 units. It’s a full service building with a doorman, an exercise room, a bike room and an indoor pool. There is valet rental parking available. If this […]

This 3-bedroom in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2024. Yes, I’m still calling it the Hancock even though the name has been removed. It will forever be named this, naming rights be damned. But it’s been years, and still no one dares to […]