Crib Chatter

By popular demand, we’re chattering about this 2-bedroom at 1555 N. Astor in the Gold Coast. It came on the market in January 2023. Built in 1973, 1555 N. Astor has 104 units and an attached private garage which is “fully staffed” and which costs $200 a month, has guest parking and detailed car wash […]

This 2-bedroom in The Whitney at 1301 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in January 2023. Built in 1998, The Whitney has just 88 units and attached garage parking along with a rooftop deck. It has 24-hour door staff, an exercise room and a live-in engineer. The listing says this unit […]

This 3-bedroom duplex in 1100 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1980, 1100 N. Lake Shore Drive was designed by Harry Weese and has just 76 units, with many of them being duplexed units. It’s a full amenity building with 24/7 door staff, bike […]

This 4-bedroom in The Shoreland Apartments at 229 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Built in 1918-1919, The Shoreland Apartments was designed by John Fugard who also designed 219 E. Lake Shore Drive next door several years later. The Shoreland is now a co-op building and […]

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 […]