Crib Chatter

This 3-Bedroom in the Park Monroe at 65 E. Monroe in the Loop came on the market in August 2020. Built in 2013, the Park Monroe has 216 units and garage parking. It takes up the top floors of the building and has an indoor pool and rooftop sundeck. This unit is on the 40th […]

This 2-bedroom in The Legacy at 60 E. Monroe across from Millennium Park in the Loop came on the market in July 2020. The Legacy was built at the end of the housing boom, in 2009. It has 355 units and a parking garage. It’s a full-service building with doormen, an exercise room, a pool […]

This 3-bedroom in 6 N. Michigan across from Millennium Park in the Loop came on the market in July 2019. 6 N. Michigan was built in 1898 but wasn’t converted into condos until the housing bubble years in 2007-2008. It is a full amenity building with a 24-hour doorman, an exercise room and sundeck. It […]

This 2-bedroom in the Metropolitan Tower at 310 S. Michigan in the Loop came on the market in May 2020. Built in 1924, according to Wikipedia, Metropolitan Tower was the first building over 30 stories in Chicago. It was converted to 235 condos during the housing boom in 2007-2008. It’s a full amenity building with a […]

This 5-bedroom in 2450 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2020 but has been on, and off, the market since 2014. 2450 N. Lakeview is a 13-story neoclassical co-op designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw. It was his final building and was constructed between 1922 and 1924. It has a […]

This 3-bedroom in 1325 N. Astor in the Gold Coast originally came on the market in August 2019. According to Chicago Apartments, 1325 N. Astor was built to be lavish. Designed by Rebori, Dewey and Wentworth and built by Dahl-Stedman in 1928-29 it is only 14 stories with 12 units but has full-time doormen and […]

This full floor 3-bedroom vintage unit at 707 W. Junior Terrace in Buena Park came on the market in July 2020. 707 W. Junior Terrace was built in 1927 and is on the National Historic Register. It only has 14 units. There’s no parking. The listing says this unit has been “rehabbed and reconfigured” by […]

This 3-bedroom in The Renaissance at 5510 N. Sheridan in Edgewater just came on the market. According to the Chicago Apartments, A Century of Lakefront Living (a MUST buy for a holiday gift) the Renaissance was designed by Quinn & Christiansen and built by H. Janisch in 1926-27. At 17-stories, it was built with a […]

This 3-bedroom on the 16th floor of 5000 S. Cornell in Kenwood came on the market in September 2020. According to Chicago Apartments, a Century of Lakefront Living, 5000 S. Cornell was the last of the high rises completed in the Chicago Beach district, now called Indian Village, in 1930. Conley and Carlson were the […]

This 4-bedroom vintage row house at 2017 N. Sedgwick in East Lincoln Park came on the market in October 2020. Built in 1886, it’s on a 20×110 lot and has a 2-car garage. If it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it the last time it was on the market in 2017. You can […]