Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom in The Powhatan at 4950 S. Chicago Beach in Hyde Park came on the market in October 2021. Built in 1927-29 at a cost of $2.5 million for the land and the building, The Powhatan was built as a luxury co-op and remains a co-op. According to Chicago Apartments: A Century of Luxury, […]

This 6-bedroom vintage single family home at 416 W. Webster in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2021. Built in 1890 on a 25×127 lot, it has a 3-car garage. The house has been “extensively renovated” and no longer has any of its original vintage features although it does have high ceilings […]

This 3-bedroom single family home at 1566 N. Hoyne in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2022. If it looks familiar, that’s because we last chattered about it in 2011, when it was priced under the 2007 purchase price and we discussed whether or not it was a deal. Many of you disliked […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in the Embassy Club at 2609 N. Greenview came on the market in April 2022. The picture above is of one of the other parts of the Embassy Club but it’s the closest I could come up with in my photograph collection of the private cobblestone drive that leads to the townhouses […]

This 1-bedroom penthouse at 340 W. Superior in River North came on the market in March 2022. 340 W. Superior was built in 2002 and has 120 units and attached garage parking. It has an exercise room and door staff. If this penthouse unit looks familiar that’s because we chattered about it several times last […]

This 3-bedroom at 2440 N. Lakeview in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1927 by Russman & Hirshfeld, it is on Lincoln Park and has Lake Michigan views. The building has 97 units and an attached parking garage. There are just 2 apartments per floor. It’s a full service […]

This corner 3-bedroom at 2910 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview came on the market in March 2022. But if it looks familiar, that’s because we have actually chattered about it twice before. In 2011, it took 2 1/2 years and several price reductions to finally sell at $390,000. In 2018, many of you still loved […]

This vintage row house at 566 W. Arlington in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1895, the listing says it was designed by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb and is the middle of the “Three Sisters” row homes on the street. It is on a 16.58 x 90 lot. […]

This 4-bedroom Italianate cottage at 2121 N. Hudson in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1869 by WW Boyington, who was the architect of the Water Tower, according to the listing, it is one of only 3 north side houses that survived the Chicago Fire. Built on a larger […]

This pre-war 3-bedroom in 220 E. Walton in Streeterville came on the market in March 2022. Built in 1919, 220 E. Walton was designed by Fugard & Knapp and has 19 units. There are just 2 units per floor. The listing gives more details. 220 E. Walton is a professionally managed building with new elevators, […]