Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom at 2000 N. Clifton in Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2021. Built in 1925, this building has 18 units and some units have outdoor parking spaces behind the building. This unit is on the corner with Armitage and has a turret. We last chattered about this unit in 2015 when […]

This 5-bedroom historic McCormick Row House at 835 W. Fullerton in Lincoln Park came on the market in September 2020. Built between 1884 and 1889, these row houses make up the McCormick Row House District. They are found on both Fullerton and Belden as well as Chalmers Place, which is the secret street in between […]

This 2-bedroom duplex in The Whitney at 1301 N. Dearborn in the Gold Coast came on the market in January 2021. The Whitney was built in 1994 and has 88 units and an attached heated garage. It’s a full amenity building with a doorman and exercise room. This 1800 square foot unit has hardwood floors […]

This 5-bedroom Prairie-style single family home at 1526 N. Wieland in Old Town came on the market in September 2020. Built in 1987 in the Prairie style, the listing says it was modeled on the Glessner House. It’s on a wider than normal Chicago lot measuring 50×102 and has a rare front facing 2-car garage […]

This 3-bedroom townhouse in Fulton Court at 640 W. Fulton in Fulton Market just came on the market. Built in 1999, Fulton Court has 48 townhomes with a center courtyard and a heated attached garage. The picture above is one of the outside of the complex. This townhome is 3400 square feet on 4 levels. […]

This 3-bedroom at 1715 W. Ohio in the East Village neighborhood in West Town came on the market in February 2021. Built in 1889, this building was converted into condos in 2005. It’s an elevator building with 5 units,garage parking, bike storage and storage rooms. The listing says there are 2 units per floor and […]

This 4-bedroom vintage brick bungalow at 7609 S. Clyde in the South Shore came on the market in February 2021. Built in 1921 on a larger than standard Chicago lot of 30×125, it has a 2-car garage. The house went into foreclosure after the housing bubble and was bank owned in 2014. It was updated […]

This 2-bedroom top floor unit at 2144 W. Concord in Bucktown came on the market in February 2021. This is an 8-unit vintage building with exterior uncovered deeded parking. The building was converted to condos during the housing boom, in 2007. This unit has high ceilings and refinished hardwood floors. The kitchen was “updated” in […]

This 3-bedroom at 122 W. Delaware in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2020. Built in 1881, 122 W. Delaware has 8 units. It has a vintage staircase in the pictures and there’s no mention of an elevator in the listing. This unit has many vintage features including south facing oversized windows […]

This 2-bedroom duplex-up penthouse at 800 W. Cornelia in Lakeview came on the market in July 2020. Built in 2003 by architects Sullivan & Goulette, it has 26 units and a heated garage. It’s an elevator building. The listing says this unit is unique in the building because it extends the entire length of the […]