Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom in Astor Tower at 1300 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in January 2019. Astor Tower was built in 1963 and has 73 units and garage parking along with a common rooftop deck. We have chattered about it several times in the past as it’s a popular building for […]

This 1-bedroom in the Stewart Apartments at 1200 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Designed by Benjamin Marshall in 1912, it only has 34 units. This unit has been fully rehabbed with all new windows, flooring and lighting. It has a custom O’Brien Harris kitchen with white cabinets, […]

This 6-bedroom penthouse in 840 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2019. (Did we decide that this area was Gold Coast and not Streeterville?) Built in 2007, the building has 72 units on just 26 floors and a parking garage. This is a true penthouse on the […]

This 5-bedroom vintage row house at 1520 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1898 on a 22×149 lot, it has a 3 car heated attached garage. The listing says there was a “total restoration” and no detail was overlooked. It has many of its original […]

This 3-bedroom triplex up in 857 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast just came on the market. It’s in the middle of the building in the picture above with the black door. According to the listing, this was a landmark mansion that was built after the Chicago fire by Treat and Foltz Architects. It has […]

This 3-bedroom Sandburg Village townhouse at 1420 N. Sandburg Terrace in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2019. The townhouses were built in 1964 (the above picture is one of the townhouse courtyards but it may not be the one for 1420). This is a center courtyard unit which shares a private […]

This 1-bedroom in The Churchill at 1255 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Built in 1924, it has 68 units and a doorman. The listing describes this unit as an “elegant Parisian flat.” It has hardwood floors throughout and an updated kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances and […]

This 8-bedroom mansion at 1432 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. But if it looks familiar that’s because we chattered about it several times when it last came on the market in 2008 during the Great Recession. You can see our 2008 chatter here and our 2011 chatter here. […]

This 2-bedroom in LaSalle Towers at 1211 N. LaSalle in the Gold Coast just came on the market. We haven’t chattered about this building in 11 years. 1211 N. LaSalle, or famously known as “The Mural Building”, was converted from apartments to condominiums in 2006. The building was built in 1924 and has four units […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 1434 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2018. It is bank owned. Built in 1889, it has a 3-unit self-managed association. The two bedrooms, which appear to have carpeting, are on the second level with the living/dining room and kitchen on the third floor. […]