Crib Chatter

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1652 N. Bell in Bucktown has been on and off the market since March 2012. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it in October 2012, after it first came on the market, and again a year ago, in December 2017. Back in 2012, we were wondering […]

This top-floor 2-bedroom corner loft in the Bucktown Gardens at 1701 N. Damen in Bucktown came on the market in May 2018. Bucktown Gardens is an authentic loft building with 26 units and parking. This is a duplex up loft with exposed brick and timber ceilings. The kitchen has dark cabinets, stainless steel appliances and […]

This 4-bedroom vintage mansion at 2142 W Caton in Bucktown came on the market in June 2018. Built in 1891, it’s on a larger than standard Chicago lot but there isn’t a lot size in the listing. The listing says it was built in the “Romanesque” style. It has many of its vintage features intact […]

This vintage 3-flat at 2117 W. Concord in Bucktown came on the market in May 2018. Built in 1885, the 3-flat has a brick and limestone exterior as it sits in a neighborhood with many historic mansions that were built for the wealthy. It is on a wider than standard Chicago lot, which the listing […]

This 3 bedroom at 1611 N. Hermitage in Bucktown came on the market in April 2018. It was built in 2014 and has 17 units and a parking garage. This unit has a private elevator with fob access. It has wide plank dark hardwood floors throughout. The kitchen has Italian white cabinets, Viking and Bosch […]

This 2-bedroom in the Concord Flats at 2144 W. Concord in Bucktown recently came on the market. This building was built in 1912 and has 8 units. It’s a “G” unit, which means it’s a garden unit, but the listing says it’s “only” 3 steps down. It has south and west exposures. There’s hardwood floors […]

This 2-bedroom duplex loft in the Marshfield Lofts at 1740 N. Marshfield in Bucktown came on the market in January 2018. The Marshfield Lofts has 32 lofts, some with gated parking and others with garage parking. It was converted in 1992-93. It now has an envious location, across from Walsh Park and one of the […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1652 N. Bell in Bucktown has been on and off the market since March 2012. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in October 2012. Back then, we were wondering if staging mattered in million dollar properties. In 2012, it didn’t have any furniture or […]

This 3-bedroom 2-flat at 1748 W. Cortland in Bucktown recently came on the market. We chattered about this home the last time it was on the market and debated who the buyer would be of this kind of set-up. You can see our December 2011 chatter here. Built in 1890, the old listing said it was […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in the Urban Sandbox at 1615 N. Wolcott in Bucktown came on the market in September 2016. The Urban Sandbox is an 8-unit mid-rise modern building originally marketed in 2007. The architect was Miller Hull and in 2009 it won the Builder’s Choice Urban Infill Grand Award and Project of the […]