Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom loft in 1421 S. Wabash in the South Loop just came on the market. It has 15 foot ceilings and exposed brick walls along with 3 exposures: north, west and south. The kitchen has white cabinets, granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. The loft has a front balcony as well as an […]

This 3-bedroom 2-flat at 1748 W. Cortland in Bucktown recently came on the market. We chattered about this home the last time it was on the market and debated who the buyer would be of this kind of set-up. You can see our December 2011 chatter here. Built in 1890, the old listing said it was […]

This 3-bedroom loft in the Gaertner Building at 1201 W. Wrightwood in Lincoln Park just came on the market. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in February 2013. See our chatter here. It’s a rare 3-bedroom loft and we debated whether you could raise your kids there with Clio arguing […]

This 3-bedroom brick single family home at 3408 N. Bosworth in Southport just came on the market. But long time readers will recognize it because we’ve chattered about it 4 times since it first came on the market in 2010. See the October 2010 chatter here where we had a spirited discussion about how close, […]

This large 1-bedroom in The Residences on Lakeshore Park at 840 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast (or is this Streeterville? I never know in this location) came on the market in November 2016. At 1800 square feet, it faces south and has a full sized dining room and half bath along with […]

This 4-bedroom single family home at 7237 S. South Shore in the South Shore neighborhood came on the market in December 2016. If it looks familiar, that’s because we’ve chattered about it several times in the past including in 2009 and 2011. You can see the 2011 chatter here. Check out the original interior pictures, […]

This 3-bedroom in The Renaissance at 5510 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in October 2016. The Renaissance was built in 1927 and has 32 units along with extensive gardens and an outdoor parking lot with leased parking. This unit has views of Lake Michigan from the 11th floor. It still has many […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in the Urban Sandbox at 1615 N. Wolcott in Bucktown came on the market in September 2016. The Urban Sandbox is an 8-unit mid-rise modern building originally marketed in 2007. The architect was Miller Hull and in 2009 it won the Builder’s Choice Urban Infill Grand Award and Project of the […]

This 2-bedroom corner unit in Chicago Place at 100 E. Huron in River North came on the market in August 2016. Built in 1991, this building was the among the first of the “new” buildings that went up downtown in a wave of condo construction in the early 1990s. It has 205 units. While it’s […]

This 2-bedroom unit in 1325 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2016. It is on the second floor, which is the middle unit, of this vintage 3-flat building which was built in 1887. The unit still has many of its vintage features including pocket doors, moldings, coffered ceilings […]