Crib Chatter

This 5-bedroom contemporary single family home at 54 E. Scott in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Built in 2010, it’s on a 45×145 lot and has a 5-car garage with a gated driveway. It has an elevator. The listing says it was the first LEED Gold certified home in Illinois. […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up in 1320 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2022. 1320 N. State Parkway was designed by Robert S. De Goyler in 1927. It has 40 units and a brick and limestone façade. There’s no parking with the building. It is a co-op building with a doorman, […]

This top floor 3-bedroom in the Kilmer House at 1555 N. Sandburg Terrace in the Gold Coast (or Old Town) came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1971, Kilmer House is part of Sandburg Village. It has 96 units and has a pool, sundeck, tennis courts and exercise room. The building has a […]

This  corner 1-bedroom in LaSalle Terrace at 1540 N. LaSalle in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2022. Built in 1978, LaSalle Terrace has 140 units and attached heated garage parking. The building has doorstaff and a “small” fitness room. This unit has been “totally renovated” and has unobstructed south and east […]

This 4-bedroom in 30 W. Oak in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2021. Built in 2007, 30 W. Oak is considered to be one of the most popular luxury buildings in the city. Designed by Booth Hansen, it has 45 units, an attached parking garage, full time door staff and an […]

This 3-bedroom triplex penthouse in The Breakers at 199 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2020. Built in 1913, The Breakers was designed by Benjamin Marshall in red brick and white-glazed terra-cotta. The listing says it just had a facade restoration (see the picture above). There are […]

This 2-bedroom in Maple Tower at 1035 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2022. Built in 2006, Maple Tower is a boutique high-rise with just 27 units and attached garage parking. It has doorstaff and an exercise room. This unit is a half-floor residence with rare 3 exposures and […]

This 2-bedroom in the Water Tower Residences at 180 E. Pearson in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Water Tower Residences were built in 1974 and has 260 units. It has a Ritz Carlton Hotel in the building and residents get all the amenities of the hotel, along with staff services […]

This 1-bedroom in Newberry Plaza at 1030 N. State in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Newberry Plaza was built in 1971 and has 556 units and attached leased parking. It is a full amenity building with 24/7 door staff, on site management and engineer, an outdoor pool, and an exercise […]

This 2-bedroom in the co-op building at 6 E. Scott in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2021. Apparently we have never chattered about this building. It’s the 7-story building on the left in the picture above. I know I have a better picture somewhere in my collection but I did manage […]