Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in Wells Street Tower at 701 S. Wells in the South Loop came on the market in August 2015. It’s a north east corner unit but because of the north views you can also see to the west. In one of the pictures in the listing that shows the Sears Tower, you can […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1224 N. Astor in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since 2012. Recently, it came back on the market in March 2015. Built in 1909, the brick home is on an irregular 24×90 corner lot. The listing says it has been completely renovated by the […]

This 4-bedroom at 1209 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2015. The building was constructed in 1926 and has 30 units. There are just 2 units per floor. While it is a vintage building, this unit has been modernized on the interior. There’s no crown molding or other vintage […]

This 2-bedroom duplex down in 1216 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in June 2015. The building was constructed in 1891 and has 8 units. This is a first floor unit with hardwood floors on the main floor along with a wood burning fireplace. Although the building is old, no vintage […]

This full floor 3-bedroom in 1260 N. Astor in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2015. This building was constructed in 1930-1931 and was designed in the Art Deco style by Phillip Maher. It is a co-op and has just 13 units. This 4000 square foot unit has all 4 exposures, including the […]

Looking back on all of the chatter we’ve done on the Gold Coast, I realized that we actually haven’t chattered all that much about Astor Street. Considered by many to be one of the most prestigious streets in all of Chicago, it has a mix of vintage and modern, single family homes, co-ops and condos. […]

This 5-bedroom custom built single family home at 1970 N. Burling in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2015. Built in 2010 on an oversized 45×122.5 lot, it sits on the corner of Burling and Armitage. You may have walked by its tall brick walls on Armitage and wondered what was behind them. […]

This 6-bedroom vintage home at 456 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2015. Built in 1880 on a larger than standard corner Chicago lot of 50×130, the house is landmarked. From the outside, it looks like a standard vintage home from this period with brick, big windows and high […]

These 2 new single family homes at 2018 and 2020 N. Dayton just came on the market in Lincoln Park. Both houses are 6-bedrooms and 5.5 baths with 5200 square feet and are being built by Foster Design. They are being built on the standard Chicago lot of 25×125 so they only have 2.5 car […]

This 3-bedroom vintage single family home at 2031 N. Bissell in Lincoln Park came on the market in August 2015. The listing says it was built in 1880 which would likely make it among the older homes in this neighborhood. This house was built after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which swept through the […]