Many of you wanted to discuss what impact the Olympics would have on housing in the Washington Park neighborhood as well as the South Side in general, where the proposed Olympic Village would have been located. Now that Chicago will not be getting the Games in 2016, the discussion is still warranted. We’ve chattered about […]
The listing for this 1892 Victorian at 5413 S. Dorchester in Hyde Park says it is owned by a preservation architect. It sounds like the house has been nearly completely renovated in the last decade including new copper plumbing, a new furnace and central air. The woodwork on the first floor was restored and a […]
This bank-owned 7-bedroom vintage brick mansion at 5438 S. Hyde Park Boulevard in Hyde Park has been on the market a month and is listed at 50% off its 2006 purchase price. The listing says it retains many of its vintage features (but there are no interior pictures listed). Built in 1902, the listing says it has a newer […]
The Jackson Towers is a 1926 vintage high rise located at 5555 S. Everett, across the street from the Museum of Science & Industry, in Hyde Park. The penthouse units aren’t your ordinary penthouses. Unit #14-15A has 20 foot ceilings and stunning windows with views of the lake and the museum. The fireplace is now […]
Just in time for the Olympics. This 10-bedroom brownstone mansion at 5919 S. Calumet awaits someone with vision. The listing says it needs a complete gut rehab. It used to be a single family home and then was converted into 4-units. Marki Lemons at Rubloff has the listing. See more pictures and a virtual tour […]
We last chattered about this 1903 Georgian mansion at 5228 S. King near Washington Park on the South Side in October 2007. The lure was its location- nearly next door to where the possible Olympic Stadium would be built. The house sold in May 2008 but is now back on the market. A lis pendens was filed in November 2008. Is […]
For the last year or so, the Washington Park area in Hyde Park, home to the Olympic Stadium if Chicago succeeds in securing the 2016 Olympic Games, has been a hotbed of real estate speculation and “what ifs”. I recently stumbled across this 6-unit luxury conversion at 840 East 52nd Street. It is literally a block […]