Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in 1660 N. LaSalle in the Old Town neighborhood in Lincoln Park  came on the market in July 2022 and has been on, and off, the market since then. It re-listed in March 2024. Built in 1974, 1660 N. LaSalle has 492 units including studios, 1, 2 and 3-bedroom units. It has an […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 165 W. Goethe in Old Town came on the market in November 2023. Built in 1980, this complex has 5 townhouses, each with street facing 1-car garages. The listing says this townhouse has been “elegantly upgraded” with high end kitchen and baths. It has a mixture of hardwood and marble floors. […]

This 2-bedroom townhouse at 205 W. Eugenie in the Old Town neighborhood in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2023. Built in 1978, the complex has 10 units and exterior parking. It’s only amenity appears to be bike storage. The listing says this is an “updated” townhouse with “modernized” floors and “renovated” bathrooms. […]

This vintage 2-bedroom at 1500 N. LaSalle in Old Town came on the market in September 2023. 1500 N. LaSalle was designed by Edmund Krause (1859-1935) in 1892. He designed 61 buildings in his lifetime. He specialized in mid-rise apartment buildings such as this one and also designed The Commodore at Surf and Broadway in Lakeview. […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up in the St Michael’s High School Lofts at 1660 N. Hudson in Old Town came on the market in September 2023. St Michael’s High School Lofts was built in 1928 and converted into 41 condos in 1988. Here’s more from the Chicago Tribune talking about all the development at the St. Michael’s church […]

This 3-bedroom Sandburg Village townhouse at 1314 N. Sandburg Terrace in Old Town came on the market in August 2023. (The picture above is of some of the Sandburg Village townhouses but not this specific one.) Thanks to The Cat for requesting that we chatter about this property. Built in 1965, Sandburg Village was a […]

This 7 bedroom single family home at 1515 N. North Park in Old Town came on the market in April 2023. I don’t know when this house was built, but it was sometime after 2005. It’s on a double lot measuring 50 x 101.7 and has a unique front facing 2.5 car attached garage with […]

This top floor 1-bedroom in the Theophil Studios at 143 W. Burton Place in Old Town came on the market in August 2023. Built in 1892, the Theophil Studios is one of the Edgar Miller historic buildings in the West Burton Place Historic District. It has 6 units and there are some outdoor parking spaces […]

This 2-bedroom duplex down at 1832 N. Lincoln in Old Town came on the market in June 2023. While this listing doesn’t list a date for the building, other listings say it is 1904. There are 8 units in this association with some of the others appearing to be small 1-bedrooms and even studios. There’s […]

This 2-bedroom in Gaslight Court at 1409 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in June 2023. Gaslight Court is a unique collection of 19 units throughout several vintage buildings surrounding a courtyard. The listing says it was constructed in 1979. There’s no parking or amenities. The listing says this unit is a […]