Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom at 221 E. Walton in the Gold Coast is among the most unique penthouses on the market right now. The triplex unit has a two story living room with an 18 foot wall of windows overlooking Lake Michigan. But if you long for city views, it has a third floor terrace with hot tub overlooking the […]

This 2-bedroom loft in the Sexton Lofts at 360 W. Illinois has been on the market since September 2011. It is bank owned and the bank has been lowering the price every two weeks. The loft is in the concrete side of the building, which many loft buyers prefer over the timber because there are […]

  This 2-bedroom on the 38th floor of The Legacy at 60 E. Monroe across from Millennium Park in the Loop recently came on the market. Although the listing says it is being used as the model, it is not owned by the developer. It was purchased in February 2010. It has northeast views of […]

This unique 4-bedroom mansion plus coach house at 602 E. 112th Street in the Pullman Historic District came on the market in September 2011. At 3781 square feet, it is one of the largest properties in the historic district and is in a prime location, near Arcade Park and across from Greenstone Church. Built in 1882, […]

We last chattered about this 2-bedroom in a vintage greystone at 1348 W. Wellington in Lakeview in June 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed at $399,000 or $73,000 under the purchase price from just 2 years earlier. 5 months later, it is still on the market and the price […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1911 W. Berenice in North Center recently came on the market. It might not attract any notice in other neighborhoods but at $545,000 it is a rare single family home listed under $550,000 in the Bell school district. Built in 1896 on a standard Chicago lot of 25×125, it […]

This 1-bedroom in Benjamin Marshall’s 1200 N. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast has been on the market for 10 months. Built in 1912 with 10 full floor apartments, the first two floors of the 12-story building were used for servants (and are now maisonette units) and the top floor for playrooms and extra maid rooms. […]

This 2-bedroom loft at the Larchmont Lofts at 1801 W. Larchmont in North Center has been on the market since April 2010. It is now a short sale and is listed $104,000 under the 2007 purchase price. The loft has 12 foot concrete ceilings with some exposed brick. It is a south facing unit, so […]

This 4-bedroom Victorian at 4112 N. St. Louis in the Irving Park neighborhood has been on the market since August 2011. It was previously a 3-bedroom house that was bank owned and sold in January 2011 for just $98,000. You can see a few pictures from the prior bank owned listing here. Originally built in 1896, it has […]

This bank owned 3-bedroom at 1720 S. Michigan in the South Loop has been on the market since March 2011. In that time, it has been reduced $129,900 to $305,000. That price includes the parking space. This 3-bedroom unit is the largest floorplan in the building. It has Northeast views from floor to ceiling windows. […]