We last chattered about this 4-bedroom Victorian at 2029 N. Seminary in Lincoln Park in February 2012. See our prior chatter here. Many of you liked the house but were disappointed with the lack of true vintage features in the interior. Listed for $1,574,900 back in February, the house is still priced the same 7 […]
We last chattered about this 4-bedroom co-op at 399 W. Fullerton Parkway, across the street from Lincoln Park, in April 2012. See our prior chatter here. Previously listed for $1.5 million, it is still listed for that price. Many of you put this building at the top of your list as a favorite in the city. […]
We’ve chattered about the Spencer Kimbell Mansion at 2556 N. Kimball in Logan Square before. See our June 2012 chatter here. Since then, the 8-bedroom house has been reduced further and is now listed just under a million dollars at $999,000. The listing now also says ” HAS BEEN SUCCESFULLY REPAIRED THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN SUCCESFULLY […]
We’ve chattered about this unique 2-bedroom triplex in the historic Carl Street Studios at 155 W. Burton in Old Town several times before including, most recently, in May 2011. See our May 2011 chatter here. It has been on and off the market since September 2007, when I first started this blog, with no luck. […]
This 5-bedroom vintage rowhouse at 3141 S. Calumet in The Gap neighborhood of Douglas recently came on the market. According to the designslinger blog, it is the only survivor of more than 2 dozen houses designed by Adler & Sullivan in the Gap neighborhood in the 1880s. Read more about The Gap neighborhood here. […]
First off, the picture sucks (I know!). I didn’t realize how bad it was until hours later but by then I was in another neighborhood so we’re stuck with it for now. But if you’re looking for unique, this original Chicago firehouse at 1357 N. Wolcott in Wicker Park is it. The 2-flat has exposed brick and timber […]
This large duplex up 1-bedroom in the historic Fisher Studio Houses at 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Designed by Andrew Rebori and built in 1936, the building was sold as condos in 2000/2001. Most of the units are smaller duplex 1-bedrooms. The listing for this unit says […]
This 8-bedroom single family home at 2556 N. Kimball in Logan Square has been on the market since October 2011. The listing says it is the Spencer S. Kimball Mansion which was built in 1905. But after some digging around, it seems that the listing agent got the name wrong of the original owner- as […]
Another full floor 2-bedroom has come on the market in the historic Patterson-McCormick Mansion at 1500 N. Astor in the Gold Coast. If you recall, we have chattered about Unit #6, owned by the Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, which has been on and off the market since September 2008. See our chatter on Unit #6 here. This […]