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This 5-bedroom penthouse in The Breakers at 199 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2022. 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 13 […]

This 2-bedroom in The Bristol at 57 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast originally came on the market in March 2022. The Bristol was built in 2000 and has 178 units with attached garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with doorstaff, an indoor pool, exercise room, sauna/hot tub, bike room and on-site manager/engineer. It […]

This 2-bedroom in Astor Villa at 1430 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in December 2022. Built in 1974 by Arpen Group Architects, Astor Villa is a boutique condo building with just 50 units and attached garage parking. It has door staff, an exercise room and a rooftop deck with city […]

This 2-bedroom duplex down in the Oak Club at 125 W. Oak in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1992, The Oak Club has 52 condos with a gated central courtyard. There is garage parking. I always assumed these were townhouses, given that some have attached garages, but this […]

This 1-bedroom in Walton Colannade at 100 E. Walton in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2022. Built in 1972, the Walton Colannnade has 240 units and attached leased garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with doorstaff, a rooftop pool, exercise room, party room, and full-time manager and assistant manager on-site. […]

This 1-bedroom in The Elysees at 111 E. Chestnut in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1972, The Elysees has 444 units and attached garage parking which is both public rental parking and deeded parking. It is a full amenity building with doorstaff, on-site engineers and management, an on-site […]

This 2-bedroom in The Palmolive at 159 E. Walton in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2021. The Palmolive was built in 1929 and has 99 units. This art-deco building used to be a commercial building and was first the home of Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and then was the former home of Playboy and […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 40 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2022. 40 W. Schiller was designed in 1923 by Andrew Rebori and has 19 units. It has a shared, central courtyard which the listing calls the “most coveted private garden” in the city. The building has no […]

This 3-bedroom in the Park Tower at 800 N. Michigan in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2022. Built in 2000, Park Tower has 117 condo units above the Park Hyatt hotel. It has an attached parking garage. Residents get the use of the hotel amenities, including the pool and room service. […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in 1120 N. Lake Shore Drive came on the market in May 2021. 1120 N. Lake Shore Drive was built in 1924-25 by Robert S. De Golyer. According to Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury, it was Chicago’s tallest co-op at the time it was completed in 1925, at 18 stories. […]