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This 1-bedroom at 4300 N. Marine Drive in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in March 2025. Built in 1929, 4300 N. Marine Drive has 88 units and onsite heated rental parking. It has an on-site engineer and 24/7 door staff but no other amenities. There are just 2 residences per […]

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 4-bedroom penthouse in 707 W. Junior Terrace in Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in November 2023. (I don’t have my own picture of this building yet. Sorry.) Built in 1929, 707 W. Junior Terrace has just 15 units. There doesn’t appear to be any amenities or door staff. This is […]

This 3-bedroom at 646 W. Bittersweet in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in February 2023. The listing doesn’t say when the building was built but it has 3 units and on-site outdoor parking. It does not have an elevator but there is a bike room and storage. It is a […]

This 4-bedroom Prairie-style single family home at 651 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in February 2022. Built in 1914, it’s on a larger than standard Chicago lot measuring 50×108 and has a 1.5 car attached garage (per the 2019 listing) and a gated backyard. It is located […]

This full floor 3-bedroom vintage unit at 707 W. Junior Terrace in Buena Park came on the market in July 2020. 707 W. Junior Terrace was built in 1927 and is on the National Historic Register. It only has 14 units. There’s no parking. The listing says this unit has been “rehabbed and reconfigured” by […]

This 4-bedroom single family house at 4230 N. Marine in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in March 2020. Built in 1935, an older listing described the home as a “Georgian.” It’s on a larger than average gated lot measuring 75×110. It has a 2-car attached garage and a rare city […]

This 6-bedroom historic mansion at 817 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown was originally listed 9 years ago, in 2011. We’ve chattered about it several times, including the last time it came on the market in 2017. See our 2017 chatter here. The Claude Seymour House is one of the many historic […]

This 2-bedroom in 4300 N. Marine Drive at 4300 N. Marine Drive in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in October 2019. Built in 1929, 4300 N. Marine Drive has 90 units and onsite rental parking. It has a 24-hour doorman. This unit has tree top views along with 9′ ceilings, […]

This 3-bedroom garden unit at 840 W. Belle Plaine in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown recently came on the market. Long time readers might remember this building because we chattered about it in 2009, at the height of the Great Recession, because it was a recent condo conversion which they were attempting to sell […]