Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom duplex up in The Citadel at 2300 W. Armitage in Bucktown came on the market in March 2020. Built in 1900, The Citadel has 12 units and garage parking with a unique open courtyard design where each unit has a private entrance. This 1600-square foot unit has the living room, kitchen and bedroom […]

This 3-bedroom in Benjamin Marshall’s Gold Coast masterpiece at 1544 N. State Parkway came on the market in May 2019. We chattered about it several times in the past including last December 2019 after it had been renovated. See our chatter here. 1550 N. State Parkway was constructed in 1912 and has just 32 units. […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 1020 W. Armitage in Lincoln Park came on the market in February 2020. Built in 1995, this building has 8 units and attached parking. It doesn’t appear to have an elevator, however. This unit is a duplex up penthouse. The main level has the living room, dining room and kitchen, […]

This 8-bedroom mansion at 1900 S. Prairie in the Prairie Historic District of the South Loop has been on and off the market since 2008. The house is known as The Elbridge Keith House. Built in 1870, here’s more information from the listing: Built in 1870 and designed by J. R. Roberts, the Keith House […]

This studio loft in the Mergenthaler Lofts at 531 S. Plymouth in Printers Row came on the market in February 2020. Built in 1886, this building has 20 units and a side parking lot which has only a few spots. It was among the first batch of loft buildings to be converted in this neighborhood […]

This 3-bedroom with an arched porch at 847 W. Bradley in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Lakeview just came on the market. If it seems familiar, that’s because we actually chattered about it 12 years ago, all the way back in November 2008. Back then, several of you liked the covered porch but thought that, given […]

This 2-bedroom co-op at 3750 N. Lake Shore Drive in Lakeview came on the market in January 2020. Built in 1926, this co-op building has 132 units, an indoor pool, an exercise room, doorman, a deck with grills. There’s rental parking in the neighborhood. This listing says the unit has been “completely renovated.” It has […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Union Square Lofts at 333 W. Hubbard in River North just came on the market. During the coronavirus shelter-in-place crisis! Real estate isn’t stopping even though the city has been put on a virtual lock down. The Union Square Lofts was converted into lofts in 1998. There are 217 lofts. […]

This 6-bedroom historic mansion at 817 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown was originally listed 9 years ago, in 2011. We’ve chattered about it several times, including the last time it came on the market in 2017. See our 2017 chatter here. The Claude Seymour House is one of the many historic […]

This 3-bedroom in a greystone at 506 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview came on the market in February 2020. There’s no date on when it was built (1800s?) but one of the older listings says it’s a greystone (is it?). It was converted into condos in 2003. It has 4 units and there’s garage parking. […]