Crib Chatter

Tired of the boring white box new construction? Then this 2-bedroom at 549 W. Belden in Lincoln Park is for you. It is a top floor unit in a 20-unit vintage building built in 1892. The corner unit has tall ceilings in the living/dining area with a spiral staircase leading to a second level loft […]

This 4-bedroom Queen Anne at 2238 N. Geneva Terrace in East Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2012. Built in 1880 on a 25×127 lot, it has a 2 car garage and space pac cooling. It has some of its vintage features including stained glass windows. There is an unfinished basement. It has […]

This 2-bedroom at 2333 N. Geneva Terrace is in much sought after East Lincoln Park. But not everything in the neighborhood is pre-war vintage. This building was constructed in 1974 and has an elevator. The unit has many of the features buyers look for including the all-important parking space and central air but doesn’t have in-unit […]

Ask and you shall receive. This 4-bedroom penthouse in The Marlborough at 2600 N. Lakeview (and also 400 W. Deming) in East Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2012. It has private elevator entry into the unit which has lake, park and city views. The kitchen has white cabinets and SubZero and Wolf […]

This 4-bedroom rowhouse at 345 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in May 2012. Built in 1881 on a 16.2×124.5 lot, it has parking for 1-large car or 2-small cars. The rowhouse has a custom kitchen with stainless steel appliances and a second kitchen in the lower level which could be […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom at 917 W. Webster in Lincoln Park in March 2012. See our prior chatter here. Back in the spring, the listing mysteriously was de-listed the day we chattered about it so many of you had a hard time seeing the pictures. Back then, it was listed for $429,000 but […]

  Everyone knows this building which sits at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Wisconsin in Lincoln Park. This 2-bedroom duplex at 1853 N. Lincoln has been on the market since March 2012. It previously sold just two years earlier. At 1100 square feet, it has its own private entrance and the listing says it […]

  We last chattered about this rehabbed 1-bedroom in the Marlborough at 400 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park in January 2012. See our prior chatter here. In January, most of you thought the rehab was nicely done but without central air, in-unit washer/dryer or parking and high assessments, you thought it was overpriced by about $70,000 […]

We last chattered about this top floor 3-bedroom at 448 W. Wrightwood in East Lincoln Park in June 2012. See our chatter here. Back then, the sellers were trying to get a 15.5% premium over the 2009 price. Listed at $699,000, some of you thought if they got an offer for $660,000, which is what […]

This 3-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 474 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. It is just a block from Lincoln Park and also just steps away from the shops and restaurants on Clark. It seems to have everything buyers are looking for. Built in 1884 on a 20×74 lot, it still […]