Crib Chatter

This  corner 3-bedroom at 705 W. Buena Avenue in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in May 2025. Sorry, I don’t have a picture of this building but I wanted to crib about it. This building was constructed in 1919 and has 10 units. There’s no parking. The units share a […]

This 3-bedroom corner unit at 55 E. Erie in River North came on the market in May 2025. 55 E. Erie was built during the housing boom in 2004. It has 194 units and an attached parking garage. It’s a full amenity building with a 24-hour door staff, an indoor lap pool, an exercise room […]

This corner 1-bedroom in the Constellation at 1555 N. Dearborn Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1967, it has 90 units and valet on-site parking. It has door staff and an exercise room. This unit has floor-to-ceiling windows with three exposures: north, east and south views. There’s […]

This 2-bedroom in Gaslight Court at 1411 N. Wells in Old Town came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1895, Gaslight Court has 8 units which share a cobblestone courtyard that the listing says is the “oldest brick road still standing” in Chicago. You enter through a locked wrought iron gate. There are […]

This 1-bedroom at 4300 N. Marine Drive in the Buena Park neighborhood of Uptown came on the market in March 2025. Built in 1929, 4300 N. Marine Drive has 88 units and onsite heated rental parking. It has an on-site engineer and 24/7 door staff but no other amenities. There are just 2 residences per […]

This 3-bedroom corner unit at 1258 N. Milwaukee in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2025. Built in 2014, 1258 N. Milwaukee is a boutique building with 7 units, an elevator and attached garage parking. There are no amenities with the building. It’s a south and west facing corner unit with a wrap […]

This 2-bedroom at 2221 N. Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2025. Some of you may remember this building as we’ve chattered about it in 2020 and in 2022. In 2022, the chatterati complained about living above the taqueria and we had an extensive discussion about what kind of loan […]

This 4-bedroom at 2130 N. Lincoln Park West in East Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2025. Built in 1929, 2130 N. Lincoln Park West is a boutique building with just 33 units and 39 garage spaces. The building has a on-site building concierge and engineer, extra storage, an exercise room and a […]

This 3-bedroom in The Barry at 3100 N. Sheridan in East Lakeview came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1925, The Barry is celebrating its centennial this year. It has just 65 units. There is no attached parking. The building has 24/7 door staff, maintenance staff, a common courtyard with teak furniture and […]

This 4-bedroom duplex-up penthouse in the Meeker Mansion at 3030 N. Lake Shore Drive in East Lakeview came on the market in March 2025. Built in 1913 for industrialist Arthur Meeker, it was converted into 4 luxury condos by LR Development in 2010. The mansion is in the Georgian-style with a brick and limestone exterior. […]