Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom duplex down in The Kirkwood at 15 E. Division in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2016. This is a 6-unit building with outdoor parking behind it. It has tall ceilings and hardwood floors on the main floor along with 2 of the 3 bedrooms. The kitchen has white cabinets […]

This 3-bedroom at 4055 N. Greenview in Graceland West in Lakeview came on the market in August 2016. This is a vintage 6-flat building across from Lake View High School. This unit is on the second floor. It has some of its vintage features including a bay window, hardwood floors, moldings and transom windows. The […]

This 2-bedroom vintage row house at 42 E Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2016. It is bank owned. Built in 1885, the listing says it’s a “Potter Palmer” row house. Potter Palmer was one of Chicago’s most prominent businessmen. He was involved in the creation of Marshall Fields and […]

This 3-bedroom duplex penthouse at the 13th Street Lofts at 125 E. 13th Street in the South Loop came on the market in October 2016. Built in 2004, the building has 149 units. These were considered new construction lofts because they have exposed concrete ceilings and exposed ductwork along with 3/4th walls in some bedrooms. […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in the Silver Tower at 303 W. Ohio in River North came on the market in October 2016. It is on the Northeast corner with views of the John Hancock building and the rest of downtown. The kitchen has dark cabinets, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and a breakfast bar. There’s […]

This 3-bedroom vintage row house at 1845 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2016. It’s actually the building behind this main building- where the realtor sign is in the picture. If it looks familiar that’s because we chattered about it when it was last on the market in February 2013. […]

This 5-bedroom Tudor English manor at 6087 N. Kirkwood in Sauganash came on the market in March 2016. Built in 1937, it has many of its vintage features intact including cove moldings, custom millwork, historical lead glass windows, arched doorways and two wood burning stone fireplaces. It’s on an oversized corner lot measuring 72×125 which […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse at 1843 S. Prairie in the South Loop came on the market in April 2016. This development was part of the “Homes of the Commonwealth” built in 2005 to replicate the feel of the old historic Prairie street which was filled with mansions of the elite. Some of you may remember this townhouse from our […]

This 3-bedroom loft in Domain at 900 N. Kingsbury in the Gold Coast (what is this neighborhood again???) recently came on the market. (Sorry- this is the only picture I have of the building- but this is the commercial end of it with Groupon etc. I need a new picture!) We’ve cribbed about a lot of the west […]

This 2-bedroom at 119 W. Chestnut in the Gold Coast came on the market in October 2016. This brick and limestone building was constructed in 1910 and has 9 units. The listing doesn’t say anything about an elevator in the building. It does, however, have a rooftop deck for the building with skyline views, tables […]