Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Green Brier at 559 W. Surf in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1903, the building has 78 units and parking. Some listings say it is indoor and others say it is outdoors. In prior chatters, the building had a doorman but it isn’t listed in […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in Landmark Village at 2809 N. Wolcott in West Lakeview came on the market in August 2023. The picture above is not the listed townhouse, but it’s of other townhouses in Landmark Village. Because it’s a gated community, I had to shoot from outside the fence. Built in 1995, Landmark Village is […]

This 3-bedroom at 2918 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2023. Built in 1917, 2918 N. Pine Grove has 26 units. The listing says it was designed by architect Roy France. It has a common area with a patio and grill as well as outdoor furniture. There’s no parking […]

This 3-bedroom loft penthouse at 3133 W. Lakewood in Lakeview came on the market in July 2023. This brick loft building was converted into condos in 2008. There are 25 units. It’s an elevator building and has bike storage and garage parking for some of the units. If this unit looks familiar that’s because we […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse in 436 W. Belmont in East Lakeview came on the market in July 2023. Built in 2000, 436 W. Belmont has 16 units and garage parking. It’s an elevator building but does not have door staff but a Butterfly call system. There are 4 guest parking spaces in front of the […]

This vintage 2-bedroom at 3534 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1924, 3534 N. Lake Shore Drive was designed by Rissman and Hirschfeld and has 164 units. There are just 2 units per floor. The building has an exercise room, a laundry room, two shared […]

This 3-bedroom in 444 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2023. Sorry, I don’t have a picture of this building but I wanted to crib on it anyway. I can’t find a date on the building but it is vintage and has 6 units. There is outdoor parking behind the […]

This 3-bedroom in the Cornelia Apartments at 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1927, the Cornelia Apartments were designed by Robert DeGolyer and has just 64 units. It’s a co-op. The listing describes the building amenities as a “full-amenity Co-Op offering white-glove service with […]

This 2-bedroom at 525 W. Belmont in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1904, 525 W. Belmont has 6 units and a shared courtyard. There is storage in the basement but no other amenities and no parking with the building. This unit has a lot of its vintage features including […]

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1304 W. Cornelia in Southport came on the market in April 2023. Built in 1912, this building has 3 units and 3 car garage parking. It has a shared landscaped yard. The listing says it’s been “redesigned” with an amazing layout. Previously, the unit was not duplexed down but had […]