Did you think that flipping was just confined to new construction condos that were in the downtown neighborhoods? Nope. Catalpa Gardens is a new mid-rise development at 1122 W. Catalpa in Edgewater. It is distinctive in the neighborhood for its blue and yellow facade. It will have three towers and 126 units. The first closings started in September […]
You can find loft style units in every neighborhood of the city, even in Edgewater, not necessarily known for its industrial buildings. This 1927 28 unit building at 5646 N. Kenmore is right on the edge of the Bryn Mawr Historic District at Bryn Mawr and Kenmore. It’s not what you would normally think of when […]
Ask anyone who lives in Edgewater about the Tudor castle like building at 1021 W. Bryn Mawr, at Bryn Mawr and Kenmore, and they will tell you that the building is the former British Consulate. Or, at least, that’s what they told me. But apparently that belief is just an old real estate myth. Maybe it got started […]
Maybe the name is a giveaway: “The Provenance.” There is something not right about that name in Edgewater. And if you walk up historic North Kenmore, you will stumble up on it and wonder, “why did they build this here?” Located at 5230 N. Kenmore, the building looks out of place next to the more historic […]
Add this to the category of “they just don’t make them like this anymore.” Yes, the new developers are still putting in indoor pools (and some outdoor ones as well) but none come close to the oppulance of the pre-war buildings. Here’s one of my favorites. This is the pool at the Edgewater Beach Apartments […]
Who doesn’t drive by the Pink Palace on Lake Shore Drive, ala the Edgewater Beach Apartments at 5555 N. Sheridan, and smile? It’s a historic landmark, built in 1929. And yes, it really is pink. It’s a co-op which means high assessments and you have to have 20% for the downpayment. But there are some […]