Crib Chatter

Aw shucks. A girl goes on vacation only to find out when she returns that we won’t have Nate Berkus’ Gold Coast apartment at 1325 N. Astor to chatter about anymore. Thanks to those who posted on the sale. If you recall, we discussed this 3-bedroom vintage unit several times over the past couple of years. […]

This large 1-bedroom at 73 E. Elm in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2012. This isn’t a run of the mill white box 1-bedroom unit. This pre-war apartment has a  barrel vaulted entry which leads to a 12×5 gallery. The living room has a fireplace with small bookcases built-in on either side. […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom (which was really a 1-bedroom) in 10 E. Delaware in October 2012. See our prior chatter here. The listing agent had called it a 2-bedroom but then confessed in the listing that the second bedroom was really a den/office. We had a spirited debate about what the definition of […]

This 2-bedroom at 78 E. Elm in the Gold Coast just came on the market listed at $125,000. Yes, it is bank owned and being sold “as-is.” And yes, it is a garden apartment. The listing says the master bedroom leads to a patio. There are only a couple of pictures with the listing. The […]

This 4-bedroom vintage single family home at 113 W. Elm in the Gold Coast just came on the market. It’s currently being used as a 4-room bed and breakfast. Built in 1896 (or was it 1873???) on a 18.7×71.9 lot, it has 2 deeded parking spaces at 1122 N. Clark. Each room has its own […]

This 2-bedroom in 20 E. Goethe in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. It is bank owned and is a Homepath property which means it can be purchased for just 3% down. The listing also says it is being sold as “tenant occupied.” I couldn’t find the recent rental listing but here is […]

There’s hope for Vince Vaughn and his Palmolive penthouse which is listed at $16.75 million. The penthouse in Park Tower at 800 N. Michigan just closed for $15 million. I believe it’s the most expensive condominium to ever sell in the city of Chicago. It “sold before print” which means it was never listed on […]

This 2-bedroom at 10 E. Delaware, the newer construction high rise in the Gold Coast, has been on and off the market since January 2010. It recently came back on the market listed as a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath unit with the listing saying “2nd bed is den/office.” A den/office usually doesn’t have a closet. In Chicago, to be a […]

This 3-bedroom at 1550 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on the market since June 2012. Many of you would recognize this building because it’s at the end of the wall of buildings up Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast. It’s where the Gold Coast ends and Lincoln Park begins. […]

There was this big brou-ha-ha when actor Vince Vaughn put his Palmolive triplex penthouse at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast on the market in June 2012 for $18.4 million. Other than a Trump penthouse which had come on the market at $32 million, this was the most expensive condo on the market in […]