Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Park Newberry at 55 W. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2025. Built in 1998, the Park Newberry has 183 units and attached garage parking. This listing says the following about the amenities: “Park Newberry is a premier, 5-star, 85% owner-occupied building with 24-hour door staff, […]

This  corner 3-bedroom at 705 W. Buena Avenue in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in May 2025. Sorry, I don’t have a picture of this building but I wanted to crib about it. This building was constructed in 1919 and has 10 units. There’s no parking. The units share a […]

This 3-bedroom corner unit at 55 E. Erie in River North came on the market in May 2025. 55 E. Erie was built during the housing boom in 2004. It has 194 units and an attached parking garage. It’s a full amenity building with a 24-hour door staff, an indoor lap pool, an exercise room […]

This 4-bedroom townhouse at 1734 S. Indiana in the South Loop came on the market in April 2025. Built in 2004, this complex of townhouses has 45 units and attached garage parking. 1734 S. Indiana is built around a center courtyard, it has a gated front entry and garden. The listing says it has had […]

This corner 1-bedroom in the Constellation at 1555 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1967, it has 90 units and valet on-site parking. It has door staff and an exercise room. This unit has floor-to-ceiling windows with three exposures: north, east and south views. There’s […]

This 2-bedroom in Gaslight Court at 1411 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1895, Gaslight Court has 8 units which share a cobblestone courtyard that the listing says is the “oldest brick road still standing” in Chicago. You enter through a locked wrought iron gate. There are […]

This 1-bedroom at 4300 N. Marine Drive in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in March 2025. Built in 1929, 4300 N. Marine Drive has 88 units and onsite heated rental parking. It has an on-site engineer and 24/7 door staff but no other amenities. There are just 2 residences per […]

This 3-bedroom corner unit at 1258 N. Milwaukee in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2025. Built in 2014, 1258 N. Milwaukee is a boutique building with 7 units, an elevator and attached garage parking. There are no amenities with the building. It’s a south and west facing corner unit with a wrap […]

This single family home at 79 E. Cedar in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2025. Anyone who has walked down Cedar, notices this home. I have taken pictures of it for 15 years. And now we get to see inside. Built in 1884, the listing says it was Bertha Palmer who […]

  This 2-bedroom loft in the Franklin Building at 720 S. Dearborn in Printers Row came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1916, the Franklin Building was converted to loft condos in the 1980s. It has 64 units. There is no parking with the building and no door staff or other amenities. The […]