Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in 416 W. Deming in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2023. (It consists of 2 buildings 416 and 422.) This building is a Booth Hansen designed complex with 13 units and garage parking. It has fob access and an elevator. There are no amenities. This is a full-floor home […]

This 1-bedroom in the Drake Tower at 179 E. Lake Shore Drive came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1928, the Drake Tower is a co-op with just 68 units. It shares amenities with the Drake Hotel. The building has door staff, an exercise room, a private patio for residents and on-site valet […]

This 3-bedroom in 415 W. Aldine in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1926, 415 W. Aldine has 60 units and some parking which is leased through a lottery. It has a party room, children’s playroom, bike room, library, live-in engineer and coin laundry. The building also has a landscaped […]

This top floor 2-bedroom at 2452 N. Racine in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2023. (I don’t have a picture of this building so we will make do with the Zoo.) Built in 1910, this building has 6 units and parking behind the building, including some garage parking. There is a turfed […]

This 2-bedroom in the Green Brier at 559 W. Surf in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1903, the building has 78 units and parking. Some listings say it is indoor and others say it is outdoors. In prior chatters, the building had a doorman but it isn’t listed in […]

This 1-bedroom loft in Morgan Town Lofts at 22 N. Morgan in the West Loop came on the market in September 2023. Morgan Town Lofts have 26 units around a central courtyard. The listing says it was built in 1942, but that’s the first time I’ve seen a date on this brick building. It doesn’t […]

This 4-bedroom in the John Hancock at 175 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2023 but it was recently re-listed. And yes, I’m still calling 175 E. Delaware the John Hancock until a new company puts its name on the building. The Hancock was built in 1969 and has […]

This 5-bedroom duplex up penthouse in The Hayden at 1109 W. Washington Blvd in the West Loop came on the market in September 2023. Built in 2019, The Hayden was designed by Booth Hansen and has 28 units and attached garage parking. It’s an elevator building with a 24/7 door staff. It doesn’t appear to […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up penthouse at 1239 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2023 (yes, the house next door in the picture above, featured in The Lake House movie with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, is no longer there as it was torn down for a new mansion). Built […]

This 3-bedroom vintage row house at 554 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in July 2023. Built in 1886, the row house is on a 20 x 101 sized lot. It has a parking pad behind the row house with one parking space. It’s not gated. If it looks familiar, that’s […]