In honor of the debut of the new television show called “The Playboy Club” on Monday (which actually is being filmed in Chicago) and that Playboy Magazine has decided to charge 60 cents for its October issue as it did in October 1960, just one year after Hugh Hefner bought the Playboy Mansion – I present […]
This 3-bedroom corner unit in the Mies Van Der Rohe building at 860 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast just came on the market. This unit is in the Co-op of the two sister buildings (the other building is a condo.) Built in 1951, this building has deeded parking which is available with this unit […]
This 1-bedroom Sandburg Village Artist Loft at 1535 N. Sandburg Village in the Gold Coast recently came on the market. It lives like a townhouse or rowhouse with a private front door entrance. Built in 1978 along with the rest of Sandburg Village, the glass living room ceiling is the unit’s most unique feature. The kitchen and […]
We last chattered about this 2-bedroom vintage duplex in the Andrew Roberi designed building at 50 W. Schiller in November 2008. See our 2008 chatter here. Listed in 2008 for $679,000, some of you thought it would sell for around $550,000. Since then, it has been reduced $84,000 to $595,000. Described back then as feeling like Paris […]
We’ve chattered about this 3-bedroom bank owned unit in The Regent at 190 E. Walton in the Gold Coast several times. See our July 2011 chatter here. In July, when it was still listed for $1.149 million, some of you thought it would sell from anywhere between $825 to $900k. After another reduction to $999,900 […]
We last chattered about this famous 5-bedroom contemporary at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast in December 2010. See our prior chatter here. Since then, the house has been reduced $351,000 and is now listed $231,000 under the 2006 purchase price. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed […]
This full floor 2-bedroom at 1500 N. Astor Street in the historic Patterson-McCormick Mansion has been on the market since September 2008. In that time, it has been reduced to $2.85 million from $5.5 million. Built in 1893, the unit has 4 wood burning fireplaces, all with their original detailed mantels, and 12-foot ceilings. There […]
We last chattered about this 1-bedroom at 1212 N. LaSalle in the Gold Coast in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. Listed $10,000 under the 2003 price, it went under contract within a week. The unit recently sold for the $200,000 list price. If you recall, the unit had been renovated. The kitchen had […]
We last chattered about this 3-bedroom vintage unit in Benjamin Marshall’s 1550 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. Since that time, it has been reduced another $124,000 to $675,000. It is now a short sale and is listed 29% below its 2006 purchase price. If you […]
This 3-bedroom in the midrise at 21 E. Elm in the Gold Coast has been on the market since April 2011. It has retained its vintage character with 2 fireplaces, including one in the master bedroom, a separate dining room and crown molding. But the listing also says there is a new eat-in kitchen with stainless steel appliances, […]