Crib Chatter

This 4-bedroom half-floor unit in the Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in early November 2015. It’s been publicized all over the media because units rarely come on the market in this famed mansion. According to Wikipedia, the 70-room French brick and limestone mansion was built […]

This 6-bedroom vintage home at 456 W. Belden in East Lincoln Park came on the market in June 2015. Built in 1880 on a larger than standard corner Chicago lot of 50×130, the house is landmarked. From the outside, it looks like a standard vintage home from this period with brick, big windows and high […]

This 3-bedroom in Benjamin Marshall’s elegant 1550 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast came on the market in August 2015. Built in 1911, the 10-story limestone clad building has 33 units which were originally apartments. It was converted into condos in 1977. There’s no parking with the building, but parking is available next door […]

This rare 1-bedroom Chicago Fire cottage at 216 W. Menomonee in Old Town just came on the market. Built in 1874 on a 24×117 lot, it come complete with a picket fence and a highly coveted 1-car garage. According to tax records, the house is only about 780 square feet. It is landmarked. It has […]

  This 4-bedroom in the Carl Street Studios at 155 W. Burton in Old Town recently came on the market. The Carl Street Studios is one of the most unique properties in Old Town. Originally built as a mansion in the 1880s, it was converted into the “studios” in 1927. There are only 15 units. […]

If you drive down Lake Shore Drive from the north, you can’t help but notice the Pink Palace, aka the Edgewater Beach Apartments, at 5555 N. Sheridan in Edgewater. Built in 1929 with 300 units, it’s a full amenity building with a doorman, extensive gardens and a pool. The building is a co-0p and requires […]

We last chattered about this 9-bedroom mansion at 2466 N. Lakeview in Lincoln Park in November 2011. You can see our previous chatter here. Strangely enough, I just mentioned this house in a comment on another post and here it is being re-listed. The house is known as the Theurer-Wrigley House. Located directly on Lincoln Park […]

This 5-bedroom Victorian Italianate single family home at 3945 N. Tripp in Old Irving Park came on the market in May 2014. But it may look familiar to many of you. It has been on and off the market since August 2007. We last chattered about it in June 2011. You can see that chatter here. Built […]

This 3-bedroom Victorian rowhouse at 1959 W. Schiller in Wicker Park came on the market in July 2014. Built in 1879 on an extra long 25×162 lot, it sits directly across the street from Wicker Park. The listing calls it a single family home- but I don’t see any separation with the home next to it […]

This 2-bedroom in the Green Brier at 559 W. Surf in East Lakeview came on the market in early August 2014. The building was built in 1903 and most of the units, including this one, have many of the vintage features of that era including 10 foot ceilings, thick crown molding and pocket doors. This unit […]