Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in the Park Tower at 5415 N. Sheridan Road in Edgewater came on the market in September 2024. I thought I had my own picture of this building, but I apparently still do not. The Park Tower was built in 1973 and has 734 units and attached garage parking. In the 1970s, they […]

This 3-bedroom in The Renaissance at 5510 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in September 2023. Built in 1927, The Renaissance is an elevator building with just 32 units. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places. There are only 2 units per floor. It has indoor and outdoor parking as well as […]

This 2-bedroom in the Edgewater Beach Apartments at 5555 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in August 2023. The Edgewater Beach Apartments was built in 1928 as a companion property to the older Edgewater Beach Hotel which was a resort with a Mediterranean flair on the Lake. It’s a co-op. Designed by Benjamin […]

This 3-bedroom in Malibu Condominiums at 6007 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in January 2023. Sorry, I don’t have a picture of this building but I will get one by this summer. Built in 1969, Malibu Condominiums has 356 units and attached valet parking. It’s a full service building with 24/7 door […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1418 W. Elmdale in Edgewater Glen came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1920, this vintage building has 6 units and private garage parking behind the building. The listing says that this unit was the developer’s unit. It has south facing windows in the living room/sunroom. Two of […]

This 1-bedroom in Park Tower at 5415 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in November 2021. I thought I had a picture of this building, but apparently I don’t. I’ll have to get one when the weather improves. The Park Tower was built in 1973 and has 734 units and attached garage parking. […]

This 3-bedroom in the Rockefeller-McCormick building at 6334 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in August 2021. Built in 1924, the building was part of the building boom along Lake Michigan that extended from the South Shore to the far north neighborhoods of Edgewater and Rogers Park about a hundred years ago. It […]

This 3-bedroom in The Renaissance at 5510 N. Sheridan in Edgewater just came on the market. According to the Chicago Apartments, A Century of Lakefront Living (a MUST buy for a holiday gift) the Renaissance was designed by Quinn & Christiansen and built by H. Janisch in 1926-27. At 17-stories, it was built with a […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse at 1031 W. Bryn Mawr in Edgewater came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1908, Manor House was designed by John Edmund Oldaker Pridmore in the Tudor Revival style. According to Wikipedia, many people believe this was the former home of the British consul in Chicago, but the Edgewater […]

This 2-bedroom in the Tiara at 6145 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in March 2019 (sorry- I don’t have a picture of this building). The Tiara was built in 1970 along Lake Michigan and has just 50 units. It’s a full amenity building with an outdoor pool, exercise room and 24-hour doormen. […]