Crib Chatter

This 1930s Georgian at 10301 S. Leavitt in Beverly is bank-owned. It was originally listed in August 2008 and has had a series of aggressive price reductions. This bank doesn’t appear to be messing around. There are no interior pictures (sorry.) Here’s the listing: Beautiful Beverly Georgian style home. Sold as is. No disclosures, no […]

There are those that live and breathe the North Side and those that live and breathe the South Side of the city- and no, I’m not talking about Cubs and White Sox fans. These two houses are on the same street at opposite ends of Chicago. And they couldn’t be further apart. Or are they? First, on […]

You just never know what architectural delight you’ll find in Beverly. A historic Walter Burley Griffin prairie style house just came on the market at 1712 W. 104th Place. The street is actually now named for Walter Burley Griffin, a former office manager of Frank Lloyd Wright and well known for his prairie style houses. […]

I used to live in California and loved the Spanish style house architecture there.  When I moved to Chicago I thought my dream of owning my own spanish hacienda was dashed and I would have to buy a brick bungalow or a tudor. Much to my surprise, the 1930s spanish architecture (which was the peak […]