Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom single family home at 1445 W. Cullom in the Graceland West neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in February 2020. We chattered about it in March 2020 just as the pandemic lockdown hit. You might recall that it was built in 1901, on a wider than standard Chicago lot measuring 30×125. But […]

This 3-bedroom condo in 1625 N. Burling in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2020. Built in 2017, this building has 13 units, an elevator, and attached heated garage parking. If you rode on the Brown Line to downtown in 2017, you saw this building being constructed from the subway window right […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 918 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2020. Built in 1890, on a smaller than standard Chicago lot measuring 24×115, it was remodeled in 2013 with a contemporary interior. The house now has a rear wall of windows on both levels. The first floor […]

This 4-level loft in 2222 N. Racine in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2019. This building was constructed in 1911 and consists of 16 multi-level lofts and an attached parking garage. Not all of the units have parking. This 4-level loft functions more like a townhouse or row home, than a condo. […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Gaertner Building at 1201 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2020. Built in 1926, the Gaertner Building has 24 lofts and attached garage parking. An elevator building, it was converted into condos in 2002. This loft has exposed brick and ductwork with an open concept […]

This contemporary 4-bedroom single family home at 2138 N. Racine in Lincoln Park originally came on the market in July 2019. Built in 1992, it’s on a standard 25×125 lot and has an attached 2-car garage. The listing says it has been rehabbed including the kitchen which has modern Poggenpohl cabinets, Carrara marble counter tops […]

This top floor 3-bedroom in Hampden Tower at 2754 N. Hampden in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2020. Built in 1973, Hampden Tower has 132 units and a parking garage. It’s a full service building with doormen, a pool and an exercise room. The listing says this unit was “gut renovated in […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 1241 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2020. It doesn’t list the date it was built but it’s one of two row houses with 1 shared wall. It has a covered parking space behind the home. There is also a separate entrance for the […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian row house at 900 W. Webster in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2020. Built in 1886 on a 25×116 corner lot, it has a two car garage with space for 2 cars on the parking pad which is on Fremont. The listing describes this row house as being “newly […]

This vintage 2-bedroom at 2139 N. Sheffield in Lincoln Park just came on the market. Built in 1894, the building has 3 units and outdoor parking. This is the top floor unit and has many of its vintage features intact including refurbished original pine and oak wood flooring in the living/dining and kitchen. It still […]