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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. […]

This 3-bedroom duplex-up in 1320 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in July 2022. 1320 N. State Parkway was designed by Robert S. De Goyler in 1927. It has 40 units and a brick and limestone façade. There’s no parking with the building. It is a co-op building with a doorman, […]

This 3-bedroom triplex penthouse in The Breakers at 199 E. Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2020. 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 […]

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 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 2-bedroom at 200 E. Pearson in Streeterville came on the market in June 2021. Built in 1917, it only has 10 units with just 2 units per floor. There’s no doorman or parking but there is a full-time engineer. And there is a sign in front of the building discussing the very famous architect […]