Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom in 65 E. Goethe in the Gold Coast came on the market originally in May 2023 but it has been on and off the market during that time. It more recently came back on the market in October 2024. 65 E. Goethe was designed by Lucien LaGrange and built in 2001. Yes, it’s […]

This 2-bedroom in Bucktown Commons at 2045 W. Concord Place in Bucktown came on the market in January 2025. Built in 2002, Bucktown Commons has 30 units and attached heated parking. It’s an elevator building but it doesn’t have any amenities. The listing says this corner unit is the largest tier in the building at […]

This 3-bedroom in 345 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in January 2025. Built in 1972, these two buildings were designed by well-known Chicago modernist architect Harry Weese. Apparently his mother and sister lived in the west tower when it was apartments. The building was converted into 216 condos in 1990. […]

This 4 bedroom in Contemporaine at 201 W. Grand in River North came on the market in November 2024. Contemporaine was built in 2004 and has just 28 units. It has an attached parking garage but that is its only amenity. It does not have door staff. The building has won architecture awards and has […]

This 3-bedroom in the Park Tower at 5415 N. Sheridan Road in Edgewater came on the market in September 2024. I thought I had my own picture of this building, but I apparently still do not. The Park Tower was built in 1973 and has 734 units and attached garage parking. In the 1970s, they […]

This 2-bedroom at 2116 W. North in Bucktown (but johnc would say Wicker Park) came on the market in November 2024. The agent lists it in West Town and then never says if it’s in Bucktown or Wicker Park in the listing description. Built in 1911, this courtyard complex has 41 units. There’s no parking […]

This 3-bedroom on the 12th floor in The Conservatory at 2314 N. Lincoln Park West in East Lincoln Park came on the market in November 2024. The Conservatory was started in 1976, but per Dan #2 in another chatter about the building from 5 years ago, it appears it wasn’t completed until 1979. It has […]

This 3-bedroom penthouse in One East at 1 E. Schiller in the Gold Coast has been on and off the market since 2022. We last chattered about it in March 2023. Back then, some of you thought it was overpriced. See our chatter here. One East was built in 1964 and has 78 units and […]

This 2-bedroom duplex up in 919 N. Wolcott in West Town came on the market in October 2024. Built in 2004 by Ranquist, this building has 9 units and attached garage parking. This contemporary unit has a 19-foot wall of floor-to-ceiling windows that faces the street and the large 32×15 “zen-like” private outdoor space. The […]

This 2-bedroom in 320 W. Oakdale in East Lakeview came on the market in October 2024. The building was designed by Milton Schwartz in 1955 and has 51 units and covered parking. It has many mid-century modern fans. This is from Wikipedia about the building’s history: The building at 320 West Oakdale is representative of […]