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This 1-bedroom in the Drake Tower at 179 E. Lake Shore Drive came on the market in October 2023. Built in 1928, the Drake Tower is a co-op with just 68 units. It shares amenities with the Drake Hotel. The building has door staff, an exercise room, a private patio for residents and on-site valet […]

This 2-bedroom in the Edgewater Beach Apartments at 5555 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in August 2023. The Edgewater Beach Apartments was built in 1928 as a companion property to the older Edgewater Beach Hotel which was a resort with a Mediterranean flair on the Lake. It’s a co-op. Designed by Benjamin […]

This 3-bedroom in the Cornelia Apartments at 3500 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1927, the Cornelia Apartments were designed by Robert DeGolyer and has just 64 units. It’s a co-op. The listing describes the building amenities as a “full-amenity Co-Op offering white-glove service with […]

This 3-bedroom co-op at 1321 E. 56th in Hyde Park was listed in June 2022 (sorry, I don’t have a picture so I’m including one of the Gold Coast.) Built in 1929, this building was designed by Henry Holsman and has just 12 units. The building has parking, a yard and garden. This unit is […]

This 4-bedroom in the Vista Homes at 5830 S. Stony Island in Hyde Park came on the market in January 2023. Built in 1926, Vista Homes is a co-op with 120 units. According to Chicago Apartments, A Century of Lakefront Luxury, the promotional brochure for the building called it the world’s largest co-op building. The […]

This 4-bedroom co-op in 399 W. Fullerton in East Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2019. Built in 1926-27 by McNally & Quinn, according to Chicago Apartments, it’s in the French Renaissance style. It’s an exclusive building with just 2 units per floor and just 32 units in the 17 story building. It’s also […]

This 4-bedroom in The Shoreland Apartments at 229 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2022. Built in 1918-1919, The Shoreland Apartments was designed by John Fugard who also designed 219 E. Lake Shore Drive next door several years later. The Shoreland is now a co-op building and […]

This 5-bedroom penthouse in The Breakers at 199 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in November 2022. Built in 1913, The Breakers was designed by Benjamin Marshall in red brick and white-glazed terra-cotta. The listing says it just had a facade restoration (see the picture above). There are 13 […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up at 40 W. Schiller in the Gold Coast came on the market in September 2022. 40 W. Schiller was designed in 1923 by Andrew Rebori and has 19 units. It has a shared, central courtyard which the listing calls the “most coveted private garden” in the city. The building has no […]

This 3-bedroom duplex up in 1120 N. Lake Shore Drive came on the market in May 2021. 1120 N. Lake Shore Drive was built in 1924-25 by Robert S. De Golyer. According to Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury, it was Chicago’s tallest co-op at the time it was completed in 1925, at 18 stories. […]