Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom townhouse at 5411 N. Bowmanville in the Bowmanville neighborhood of Lincoln Square recently came on the market. You may never have heard of Bowmanville. It is a little known enclave north of Foster in between Western and Ravenswood in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. For those of you who love Andersonville- it is west of and […]

We last chattered about this 3-bedroom single family home at 2255 W. Montrose on the border of North Center/Lincoln Square in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. Many of you thought the house should just be torn down. Some of you said it made you sad. Those who guessed about the selling price estimated between $250k and […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 2164 W. Leland in Lincoln Square recently came on the market. It is in a prime Lincoln Square location just a block and a half to the shops and restaurants on Lincoln and also easy access to several brown line El stops. The house has had updates including in the […]

This 3-bedroom brick house at 2255 W. Montrose on the border of Lincoln Square and North Center recently came on the market listed for $399,900. Located across from Welles Park, the listing says it was recently “remodeled” and has new appliances, floors, walls, ceilings, bathrooms and has not been occupied since completion of the remodel. […]

A house like this 5-bedroom vintage bungalow at 2600 W. Wilson in the Ravenswood Gardens neighborhood of Lincoln Square is why I started Crib Chatter. Built in 1920 on an oversized 45×120 lot, the listing says the interior was transformed bythe owner, an electrician and organist for the Balaban & Katz Theater Company, in 1926. There is […]

This 3-bedroom vintage Cape Cod at 4838 N. Seeley in Lincoln Square just came on the market for the first time in 14 years. Built in 1884 on a 25×125 lot, it has a 2-car garage, a back deck and professional landscaping. The listing says it has 1280 square feet. The house has hardwood floors and a claw […]

This 4-bedroom vintage Victorian single family home at 4446 N. Damen last sold in October 2009. At that time, it was being sold “as-is” and the listing said it needed rehab. It looked to be an estate sale. It came back on the market briefly in November 2010 and then came back for good in […]

This 2-bedroom top floor loft at 4745 N. Ravenswood in Lincoln Square has been on and off the market since March 2010. It is now a short sale and is listed $5500 under the 2002 purchase price. At 1900 square feet, it has all the open space of authentic lofts. It also has exposed brick […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 2174 W. Wilson in Lincoln Square was apparently completely renovated in 2007. Built in 1901 on a 37.5×125 lot, the house now has all the modern amenities such as a main floor family room/kitchen combination as well as a 28×12 lower level recreation room. 4 out of the 5 bedrooms are […]

There are bungalows and then there are 4,000 square feet vintage bungalows such as this one at 5057 N. Francisco in Lincoln Square (is this even Lincoln Square? The public realty sites lists it as such.) This octagonal bungalow was built in 1925 on an oversized Chicago lot of 54×125. It has 3-car parking and central […]