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This 4-bedroom in the Vista Homes at 5830 S. Stony Island in Hyde Park came on the market in January 2023. Built in 1926, Vista Homes is a co-op with 120 units. According to Chicago Apartments, A Century of Lakefront Luxury, the promotional brochure for the building called it the world’s largest co-op building. The […]

This 4-bedroom co-op in 399 W. Fullerton in East Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2019. Built in 1926-27 by McNally & Quinn, according to Chicago Apartments, it’s in the French Renaissance style. It’s an exclusive building with just 2 units per floor and just 32 units in the 17 story building. It’s also […]

This 3-bedroom at 24 W. Erie in River North came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1890, it was converted into 4 units in 1998. It has an elevator which opens into each unit and an attached garage. This is a full floor unit with all four exposures. The listing calls it the […]

This 5-bedroom in Peoria Green at 123 S. Peoria in the West Loop came on the market in October 2022. Built in 2021, this building has 5 units with a private elevator that opens into each unit. It has attached heated garage parking. This unit is a single floor unit. The listing says it has […]

This 1-bedroom in 320 W. Oakdale in Lakeview came on the market in November 2022. The building was designed by Milton Schwartz in 1956 and has 51 units and covered parking. It has many mid-century modern fans. This is from Wikipedia about the building’s history: The building at 320 West Oakdale is representative of the […]

This 4-bedroom in The Shoreland Apartments at 229 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Built in 1918-1919, The Shoreland Apartments was designed by John Fugard who also designed 219 E. Lake Shore Drive next door several years later. The Shoreland is now a co-op building and […]

This 5-bedroom penthouse in The Breakers at 199 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1913, The Breakers was designed by Benjamin Marshall in red brick and white-glazed terra-cotta. The listing says it just had a facade restoration (see the picture above). There are 13 […]

This 2-bedroom in The Bristol at 57 E. Delaware in the Gold Coast originally came on the market in March 2022. The Bristol was built in 2000 and has 178 units with attached garage parking. It’s a full amenity building with doorstaff, an indoor pool, exercise room, sauna/hot tub, bike room and on-site manager/engineer. It […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 2121 W. Division in West Town came on the market in October 2022. 2121 W. Division was built in 1999 and has 6 units including commercial space on the first floor. It has garage parking behind the building. The listing says this unit was “recently updated.” The first floor is […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up loft at 1137 N. Wood in the East Village neighborhood of West Town came on the market in July 2022. Converted into lofts in 2000, 1137 N. Wood has 16 units and attached garage parking. The building has an elevator and bike room. This is an end-unit with soaring ceilings and […]