Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in Park Place Tower at 655 W. Irving Park in Lakeview came on the market in July 2021. Built in 1973, Park Place Tower is one of the tallest buildings on the north side of the city. It has 901 units and garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with “resort style living” […]

This 4-bedroom in 3400 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in May 2021. Built in 1922 in the Beaux Arts style, this building has 46 condo units. It’s a full service building with a doorman and an engineer along with an exercise room. The listing says it has an indoor […]

This 1-bedroom at 539 W. Roscoe in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2021 This courtyard building was constructed in 1923 and has 26 units. It apparently does not have an elevator, nor does it have parking. This vintage unit has French windows in the living room along with a wood burning fireplace […]

This 3-bedroom in 609 W. Stratford in East Lakeview came on the market in May 2021. Built in 1928, this boutique elevator building has 30 units, with just 2 per floor. It has a shared yard with grills and a fire pit. There’s no parking with the building but this unit has “leased transferable garage […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1450 W. Pensacola in the Graceland West neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in late June 2021. It went under contract within 3 days. Built in 1901, the listing says it had a 2-story addition in 2016. It’s on a 25 x 121.9 size lot and has a […]

This 5-bedroom penthouse at 3512 N. Southport in the Southport neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in January 2021. Long time readers will remember it from 2011 when it had a putting green on the rooftop deck. See our 2011 chatter here. Built in 2008, the building has 7 units and garage parking. It’s […]

This 2-bedroom corner unit at 809 W. Wellington in Lakeview just came on the market. Built in 1892, this building has 15 units. The listing says this unit is “not your cookie-cutter condo.” It has newly refinished hardwood floors and exposed brick along with a bay window in the dining room. There’s a wood burning […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 414 W. Wellington came on the market in May 2021. Built in 1939, this townhouse complex has 10 units around a courtyard. The listing calls it “mid-century.” This townhouse has hardwood floors throughout, a wood burning fireplace and built-in bookshelves. The listing says the kitchen has been recently renovated with custom […]

This 7-bedroom single family home at 587 W. Hawthorne Place in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2020. Built in 1906, it’s on an oversized 45 x 111 lot with a gated driveway on the side of the house that the listing says can fit 3 cars. There’s no garage. It has the […]

(Apparently, I don’t have a picture of this building even though I have one of the “sister” building across the street, 3033 N. Sheridan, which was also a condo conversion and sold in a frenzy in the housing bubble as well.) This 2-bedroom in 2930 N. Sheridan in East Lakeview came on the market in […]