Crib Chatter

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 […]

This 3-bedroom in The Renaissance at 5510 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in September 2023. Built in 1927, The Renaissance is an elevator building with just 32 units. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places. There are only 2 units per floor. It has indoor and outdoor parking as well as […]

This 4-bedroom Block Y townhouse at 28 S. Throop Parkway in the West Loop came on the market in September 2023. (This picture is not one of this particular unit but it is some of the townhouses in the complex.) Built in 2004, this group of townhouses has some which front the street and some […]