Crib Chatter

The Claude Seymour House at 817 W. Hutchinson in the Buena Park neighborhood in Uptown has returned to the market in March 2024, but is now owned by the bank. We have chattered about this 6-bedroom home numerous times over the years, but the last time was in 2020 when it was a short sale. […]

This 3-bedroom at 500 W. Armitage in East Lincoln Park came on the market in March 2024. I spent a few hours looking through my picture collection because I thought I certainly had a picture of this building as we’ve all walked/driven by it hundreds/thousands of times. But, alas, I don’t have one. Built in […]

This 3-bedroom in The Renaissance at 5510 N. Sheridan in Edgewater came on the market in September 2023. Built in 1927, The Renaissance is an elevator building with just 32 units. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places. There are only 2 units per floor. It has indoor and outdoor parking as well as […]

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 top floor 1-bedroom in the Theophil Studios at 143 W. Burton Place in Old Town came on the market in August 2023. Built in 1892, the Theophil Studios is one of the Edgar Miller historic buildings in the West Burton Place Historic District. It has 6 units and there are some outdoor parking spaces […]

This 1-bedroom in Marina City at 300 N. State in River North came on the market in July 2023. Marina City was designed in 1959 by Bertrand Goldberg and completed construction in 1964. Both towers have 65 stories. The complex has a marina along the river. The towers have 896 units and 800 parking spaces. […]

This 3-bedroom Crilly Court row house at 1712 N. Crilly in Old Town came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1886, this is a brick and limestone Queen Anne style row house in the Crilly Court complex that was developed by Daniel Crilly. There is no parking with any of the row houses […]

This 2-bedroom duplex brick loft in the Fulton House at 345 N. Canal in River West came on the market in May 2023. Built in 1903, Fulton House was original an old cold storage warehouse. It was converted to apartments in the 1970s by star architect Harry Weese and then was converted into condos in […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 579 W. Hawthorne in East Lakeview came on the market in March 2023. 579 W. Hawthorne was built in 1928 (in 2011 the listing said it was built in 1924) on a rare double lot measuring 50×130. It has a front facing 2-car garage and a brick paver driveway, […]

This 4-bedroom duplex in the Carl Street Studios at 155 W. Burton Place in Old Town came on the market in February 2023 but had been on the market prior to the pandemic without ever selling. The Carl Street Studios were built in 1880 as an original Victorian home and was converted into 13 condos […]