Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom penthouse at 1312 W. Webster in Lincoln Park was listed in September 2025. The last time we chattered about this building it was actually under construction (see above). Built in 2012, at the bottom of the last housing bust, the building is all brick and limestone. It has 6 units, garage parking and […]

This top floor 2-bedroom in The Churchill at 1255 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2025. The Churchill was built in 1924 and has 64 units. There’s no parking. It has 24/7 door staff and a shared terrace. The listing says this unit was “re-imagined in a 2024 […]

This 3-bedroom full floor unit in the Palmolive Building at 159 E. Walton Place in Streeterville (Gold Coast?) came on the market in September 2025. Built in 1929, the Palmolive was originally the headquarters of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire. It was converted into 99 luxury condos in 2006. It has attached valet garage parking and […]

This 3-bedroom in The Fordham at 25 E. Superior in the Cathedral District in River North came on the market in June 2025. The Fordham was built in 2003, during the housing bubble. It was originally going to be apartments but the condo market was too hot so it was converted into condos before anyone […]

This 2-bedroom at 1230 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2025. Built in 1981, 1230 N. State Parkway has 92 units and attached garage parking. It has 24-hour door staff, an onsite gym, party room, and rooftop deck. It used to have some extra guest parking behind the […]

This 3-bedroom house known as the “Yellow House” at 314 W. Menomonee in Old Town came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1875, it is a landmarked home in the Old Town Triangle historic district with brick sidewalks out front and a white picket fence. The house is on a 34×60 lot. It […]

This 2-bedroom at 527 W. Surf in East Lakeview came on the market in August 2025. Built in 1920, this building has 24 units, a laundry room, a bike room and private storage. We last chattered about this unit during the hot pandemic market, in July 2022. Back then, many of you thought it was […]

This 3-bedroom loft in the Manchester Building at 2035 W. Charleston in Bucktown came on the market in July 2025. Built in 1890, the Manchester Building was originally a hospital and then, by the 1920s, was converted to an industrial building with a bunch of different small businesses. It was converted to 18 loft condos […]

This 4-bedroom Romanesque Revival single family home at 2138 W. Caton in the “Bucktown & Wicker Park area” came on the market in June 2025. (Do you think Mario was reading Crib Chatter about this area north of North Avenue and JohnC’s constant posts that it is really Wicker Park???) We chattered about it in […]

This 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster Building at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview came on the market in August 2025. Built in 1893, the Brewster is a landmarked building with 90 units. It was originally built as a luxury apartment building. Not only did Charlie Chaplin live in one of the penthouses in 1915-1916, […]