Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft in the Lakeview Lofts at 3201 N. Seminary in Lakeview came on the market in July 2018. We chattered about it last year when it first came on the market. If you recall, this loft was completely renovated. Many of you liked the changes that were made but we debated the renovation […]

This 3-bedroom at 630 N. State in River North came on the market in May 2018. 630 N. State was built in 2000-2001 and has 171 units and a parking garage. This is a Northeast corner unit with 2 balconies on the 23rd floor. It has cherry hardwood floors in the main living areas. The […]

This 4-bedroom row house at 55 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2017. Built in 1868, the listing says it is an Adler-designed property. It’s on a 18.5 x 106 lot. The listing also says it was completely renovated in 2017. It has oak herringbone pattern floors, crown molding […]

This 2-bedroom at 2145 N. Racine in Lincoln Park came on the market in December 2018. We actually chattered about this property twice in 2011, which was during the dark times of the housing bust. Originally listed at $599,000 in 2010 it had reduced to $499,900, which was well below its $575,000 2006 sales price. […]

This top floor 2-bedroom loft in the Lincoln Lofts at 3151 N. Lincoln in Lakeview just came on the market. The building was converted into lofts in 1996. It has 52 units and a garage. There’s an elevator but no doorman. This unit is a corner unit with North and West views along with a […]

This 3-bedroom top floor vintage unit at 31 E Elm in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2018. It’s bank owned. This building was constructed in 1916 and has 12 units but no parking. This unit has some of its vintage features including hardwood floors and crown molding. The listing says it is […]

This Victorian 2-flat at 2509 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2018. We last chattered about this property in September 2010. See our chatter here. Back then, the property was being marketed as a 3-flat, though the garden unit wasn’t being vouched for as a legal unit, and also a […]

This 2-bedroom vintage duplex up at 1408 W. Belden in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2018. We have chattered about this unit twice in the past, including in October 2018 and in 2011. See the 2011 chatter here. The building has 5 units and was built sometime between 1881 and 1900 (the two […]

This high first floor 3-bedroom at 640 W. Fullerton Parkway in East Lincoln Park just came on the market. This 4-unit building has front balconies and a garage in back. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about this actual unit back in October 2016. See our chatter here. It has many vintage features […]

This 3-bedroom duplex in Jackson Tower at 5555 S. Everett in Hyde Park came on the market in June 2018. Jackson Tower was designed by Walter W. Ahlschlager, who also designed other vintage towers in the city. Construction was completed in 1922. It has 72 units. It sits directly across from the Museum of Science and […]