Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom condo in The Carlyle at 1040 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. Remarkably, in the nearly 10 years I’ve been running this site we have never chattered about this building and I don’t have a picture of it in my photo archive. Built in 1964, it […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse in 30 W. Oak in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Built in 2007, it has 44 units and is considered one of the most popular luxury high rises in the Gold Coast. The unit has a 60 foot wall of south facing windows with 10 foot ceilings. There are […]

This 2-bedroom at 1325 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. Built in 1890, this building has 3 units and outside parking behind the building. If you like vintage features, you’ll get plenty of those with this top floor unit. It has Moorish Revival stained glass windows, high ceilings with […]

This 1-bedroom on the 58th floor in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in December 2016. It’s 911 square feet and has south city views. The listing says it has been “completely rehabbed” but it also says that it was done in 2012 and in the […]

This 3-bedroom at 860 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast just came on the market. This is one of the Mies Van Der Rohe buildings that sit alongside Lake Michigan and the Drive. Built in 1951, it has 96 units. This is the co-op building. This unit has north and west views (with […]

This 1-bedroom in 1200 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. Built in 1914 by Benjamin Marshall, the building has just 13 units. This 950 square foot unit faces north and west, so there aren’t lake views. It has been renovated with top of the line finishes. There are […]

This 2-bedroom in Chestnut Place at 21 W. Chestnut in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Built in 1999, the building has 124 units and a parking garage. This unit sold less than a year ago and has now been renovated. It has brand new wide plank quarter sawn white oak hardwood floors. […]

This large 1-bedroom in The Bristol at 57 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. The Bristol was built in 2000 and has 178 units along with a parking garage. It’s a full service building with an indoor pool and was considered one of the top luxury buildings when it was […]

This 4-bedroom townhouse at 1000 N. State in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2016. It’s located at the prime corner of Oak and State but you might not have ever noticed this group of 15 townhouses because it’s built on top of the parking garage, several stories above the street. Given […]

This full-floor 3-bedroom at 45 E. Cedar in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. This building was constructed in 1996 and has 4 units and parking. The listing says the unit has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens magazine. There’s 10 foot ceilings, crown moldings and built-ins. The unit has marble floors […]