Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Park Newberry at 55 W. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2025. Built in 1998, the Park Newberry has 183 units and attached garage parking. This listing says the following about the amenities: “Park Newberry is a premier, 5-star, 85% owner-occupied building with 24-hour door staff, […]

This corner 1-bedroom in the Constellation at 1555 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1967, it has 90 units and valet on-site parking. It has door staff and an exercise room. This unit has floor-to-ceiling windows with three exposures: north, east and south views. There’s […]

This single family home at 79 E. Cedar in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2025. Anyone who has walked down Cedar, notices this home. I have taken pictures of it for 15 years. And now we get to see inside. Built in 1884, the listing says it was Bertha Palmer who […]

This 2-bedroom in 1400 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2025. Built in 1960, 1400 N. State Parkway is a boutique building with 96 units and attached garage parking. It has door staff, storage and bike storage. This unit is a “super bright” corner unit with south, north […]

This 3-bedroom triplex penthouse in the historic Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in February 2025. The Playboy Mansion was built in 1903 and was previously owned by Hugh Hefner. Yes, Playboy bunnies actually lived on the top floor. In 1993, it was split into 7 […]

Crain’s Dennis Rodkin reports on the “phantom” gold coast building at 1447 N. Dearborn Parkway, that has seemingly been mostly empty since as far back as 1990. We even chattered about the building ourselves in 2015 (although I used 1445 N. Dearborn as the address, instead of 1447.) Some of you posted the permits for […]

This 3-bedroom in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2024. Yes, I’m still calling it the Hancock even though the name has been removed. It will forever be named this, naming rights be damned. But it’s been years, and still no one dares to […]

This 2-bedroom at 17 E. Division in the Gold Coast came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1900, 17 E. Division has 6 units and some outdoor parking. The listing called this top floor unit a “French-inspired penthouse.” The unit has some of its vintage features including custom moldings, 12 foot ceilings, a […]

This 3-bedroom in 65 E. Goethe in the Gold Coast came on the market originally in May 2023 but it has been on and off the market during that time. It more recently came back on the market in October 2024. 65 E. Goethe was designed by Lucien LaGrange and built in 2001. Yes, it’s […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in One East at 1 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since 2022. We last chattered about it in March 2023. Back then, some of you thought it was overpriced. See our chatter here. One East was built in 1964 and has 78 units and […]