Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom loft in the Manchester Building at 2035 W. Charleston in Bucktown came on the market in July 2025. Built in 1890, the Manchester Building was originally a hospital and then, by the 1920s, was converted to an industrial building with a bunch of different small businesses. It was converted to 18 loft condos […]

This 4-bedroom Romanesque Revival single family home at 2138 W. Caton in the “Bucktown & Wicker Park area” came on the market in June 2025. (Do you think Mario was reading Crib Chatter about this area north of North Avenue and JohnC’s constant posts that it is really Wicker Park???) We chattered about it in […]

This 3-bedroom in the Urban Treehouse at 1849 N. Hermitage in Bucktown came on the market in May 2025. Built in 1905, the Urban Treehouse is the former Sisters of the Resurrection Convent. It was converted into 7 luxury condos in 2013. In the prior chatter about the building, I could not determine if it […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Pac Lofts at 1735 N. Paulina in Bucktown came on the market in February 2025. The Pac Lofts has 95 units and attached garage parking. It was converted into lofts in 2007. The building has a shared rooftop deck, a gym, a common party room, a bike room and storage. […]

This 2-bedroom in Bucktown Commons at 2045 W. Concord Place in Bucktown came on the market in January 2025. Built in 2002, Bucktown Commons has 30 units and attached heated parking. It’s an elevator building but it doesn’t have any amenities. The listing says this corner unit is the largest tier in the building at […]

This 2-bedroom at 2116 W. North in Bucktown (but johnc would say Wicker Park) came on the market in November 2024. The agent lists it in West Town and then never says if it’s in Bucktown or Wicker Park in the listing description. Built in 1911, this courtyard complex has 41 units. There’s no parking […]

This 2-bedroom vintage row home at 1873 N. Leavitt in Bucktown came on the market in April 2024. I don’t have a picture of this group of row homes but I wanted to talk about this one nevertheless. Built in 1888 on a 16×124 lot, it has a 1.5 car garage and yard. This is […]

This 3-bedroom in 1611 N. Hermitage in Bucktown/Wicker Park came on the market in September 2023, was withdrawn in November 2023, and came back on the market in February 2024. Built in 2015, 1611 N. Hermitage has 17 units, garage parking and an elevator. This unit is a corner with windows on 3 sides with […]

This 3-bedroom in the Clock Tower Lofts at 2300 W. Wabansia in Bucktown came on the market in November 2023. Built in 1916, Clock Tower Lofts was originally the Kling Brothers wholesale clothing business. It was converted into residential lofts in 1996. The building has an exercise room, a shared rooftop deck, an elevator, and […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up penthouse loft in the Churchill Row at 2111 W. Churchill in the Bucktown came on the market in June 2023. Churchill Row is a former cabinet factory which was converted into 39 loft condominiums in 2002. It has attached garage parking but no other amenities. When it was first converted, the big […]