Crib Chatter

This 3-bedroom house known as the “Yellow House” at 314 W. Menomonee in Old Town came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1875, it is a landmarked home in the Old Town Triangle historic district with brick sidewalks out front and a white picket fence. The house is on a 34×60 lot. It […]

This 4-bedroom Romanesque Revival single family home at 2138 W. Caton in the “Bucktown & Wicker Park area” came on the market in June 2025. (Do you think Mario was reading Crib Chatter about this area north of North Avenue and JohnC’s constant posts that it is really Wicker Park???) We chattered about it in […]

This 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster Building at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview came on the market in August 2025. Built in 1893, the Brewster is a landmarked building with 90 units. It was originally built as a luxury apartment building. Not only did Charlie Chaplin live in one of the penthouses in 1915-1916, […]

This 3-bedroom Alta Vista Terrace row house at 3838 N. Alta Vista in Lakeview came on the market in August 2025. The pictures above are of two others on the street, as I didn’t have a picture of this specific row house. These give you a flavor of what the street looks like. You may […]

This 2-bedroom in 73 E. Elm in the Gold Coast came on the market in May 2025. 73 E. Elm was built in 1928 and the listing calls it a “pre-war” boutique building. It has only 48 units. There’s no parking. It was designed by famed Chicago architects McNally & Quinn. The building has 24-hour […]

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 single family home at 79 E. Cedar in the Gold Coast came on the market in April 2025. Anyone who has walked down Cedar, notices this home. I have taken pictures of it for 15 years. And now we get to see inside. Built in 1884, the listing says it was Bertha Palmer who […]

This 3-bedroom triplex penthouse in the historic Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in February 2025. The Playboy Mansion was built in 1903 and was previously owned by Hugh Hefner. Yes, Playboy bunnies actually lived on the top floor. In 1993, it was split into 7 […]

This 3-bedroom single family home known as the “Yellow House” at 314 W. Menomonee in Old Town came on the market in February 2025. Built in 1875, it is a landmarked home in the Old Town Triangle historic district with brick sidewalks out front and a white picket fence. Built on a 34×60 lot, it […]

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 […]