Crib Chatter

This 2-bedroom in the Transportation Building at 600 S. Dearborn in Printers Row recently came on the market. It is an 18th floor southeast corner unit with views of the Lake and the cityscape. The unit has loft-like ceiling heights at 11 feet but doesn’t sell itself as a loft. The bedrooms are enclosed. It […]

This 2-bedroom duplex in the Greenhouses at 2131 N. Clark in Lincoln Park just came on the market. I’m surprised it isn’t under contract already as there are only 11 of these units and they are rarely on the market. The Greenhouses were built in the mid-1970s. Dennis Rodkin, when he was still with Chicago […]

This 3-bedroom in Mies Van Der Rohe’s Commonwealth Plaza at 340 W. Diversey Parkway in Lakeview has been on the market since June 2015. The listing says it is a gut renovation from the architect owner with two units combined into one big corner unit. The unit has south and west views. Commonwealth Plaza is two […]

This 2-bedroom at 1518 W. Olive in Andersonville just came on the market. But if it looks familiar that’s because we last chattered about it all the way back in December 2010 wondering how hot Andersonville was- even during the bust. In 2010, some of you couldn’t believe that Andersonville prices were similar to Lakeview’s. […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 3521 N. Marshfield in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Lakeview came on the market in August 2015. Built in 1890, it is on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125 and has a 2-car garage. The listing says it has had “cosmetic” and “infrastructural” updates including a newly added master […]

This 1-bedroom at 73 E. Elm in the Gold Coast most recently came on the market in December 2014 but it has been on and off the market since 2012. At 1200 square feet, it has just about the same square footage as the large east facing 1-bedroom units in the new construction 2550 Lincoln […]

This 1-bedroom in Lincoln Park 2550 at 2550 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2015. It is one of the large 1-bedroom units, at 1167 square feet, which also faces east so it has lake and park views. The unit has 11 foot ceilings and oak floors. The kitchen has […]

This 2-bedroom at 646 W. Bittersweet Place in the Buena Park neighborhood in Uptown came on the market in March 2015. The listing calls it a “cottage by the lake” because it has some unique features including exposed brick walls, parquet flooring and skylights. The eat-in kitchen has honey oak cabinets, granite counter tops and […]

This 2-bedroom unit at 1737 W. Division in Wicker Park came on the market in June 2015. It’s on a prime area of Division near popular shops and restaurants. The kitchen has dark cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. There is no kitchen island, however there appears to be room for a dining room […]

This 2-bedroom in the vintage high rise at 5000 S. East End in Kenwood came on the market in April 2015. 5000 S. East End was built in 1927 and, until the 1960s, was the tallest building on the south side of the city. Some of you might remember it from a few years ago […]