Crib Chatter

This vintage top floor 3-bedroom at 448 W. Wrightwood in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. For you long time readers, it may look familiar. We chattered about it several times in 2012, the last time it was on the market. You can see our chatter here. It took 6 months to sell […]

This 2-bedroom vintage duplex at 317 W. Webster in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2017. It went under contract within days but recently was re-listed. This complex was built in 1892 and has 8 units. We chattered about another first floor unit next door at 319 W. Webster in 2012. That […]

This top-floor 2-bedroom at 1847 N. Cleveland in Lincoln Park just came on the market. This is an 8-unit vintage building with gated, secure parking. The listing doesn’t say it’s an elevator building. Despite the vintage building on the outside, this 1400-square foot unit has more loft-like features with 14 foot exposed wood beamed ceilings, […]

This 3-bedroom at 2233 N. Bissell in the DePaul neighborhood of Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2016. The building was constructed in 1890 and has 3 units on what the listing says is an extra wide lot. It has many of its vintage features still intact including crown molding, molding around the […]

This 4-bedroom vintage brick Victorian single family home at 1354 W. Webster just came on the market. If it seems familiar, that’s because we chattered about it a couple of times the last time it was on the market which was in 2010. We had an interesting chatter about the prior ownership and how 9 […]

This 2-bedroom single family home at 2700 N. Wilton in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2016. But if it looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it several times. The last time was in November 2009. You can see our chatter here. It was bank owned in 2007 and sold in 2008. […]

This 2-bedroom at 2729 N. Racine in Lincoln Park just came on the market. But we’ve chattered about it twice before: in 2011 (when it didn’t sell) and again in 2015 (when it did finally sell). See our February 2015 chatter here. If you recall, this is a 2-unit building where the units share only […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in The Portals at 443 W. Grant in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. This complex was built in 1971 and has 50 duplex up units in 4 story buildings. One unit is on the first and second floor with an outdoor terrace and a second unit is on […]

This 2-bedroom in Altgeld Court at 1300 W. Altgeld in Lincoln Park recently came on the market. This complex was built in 1991 and has 44 units. The units are all loft-style duplexes. There aren’t any interior pictures with this listing. It’s being sold “as-is.” From the listing: Property is occupied and occupants are not […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 1149 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park just came on the market. Built in 1997, this is a 4-unit townhouse complex, each with attached 1-car garages. This particular unit is the front townhouse which faces Armitage and has 3 exposures. It’s 4 stories and has 3 outdoor spaces including a roof deck. […]