Crib Chatter

This full floor 2-bedroom at 1500 N. Astor Street in the historic Patterson-McCormick Mansion has been on the market since September 2008. In that time, it has been reduced to $2.85 million from $5.5 million. Built in 1893, the unit has 4 wood burning fireplaces, all with their original detailed mantels, and 12-foot ceilings. There […]

This 3-bedroom at 3814 N. Alta Vista Terrace in Lakeview, one of the 40 landmarked rowhouses on Alta Vista Terrace, just came on the market. (I know this street is very popular so I’m posting this without a picture. I’ll try and get one over the weekend.) It is listed $63,000 under the 2004 purchase […]

The historic Henry Rohkam mansion and coach house at 1048 W. Oakdale in Lakeview has come back on the market. Built in 1887 for Henry Rohkam, the Vice President of Northwestern Terra Cotta Company, it is part of the landmarked Terra Cotta Row district which consists of 2 single family homes and a 2 multi-flat buildings as […]

Roma recently pointed out this 5-bedroom vintage greystone at 2823 N. Pine Grove in East Lakeview. The listing says this stretch of Pine Grove is Chicago’s longest greystone block. According to public records, the property was given a Chicago landmark designation in 2007. This greystone was built in 1891 on an extended 22×197 lot. The listing (and the assessor) […]

Thanks to the astute reader who tipped me off to this 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview which just came back on the market. We have chattered about this unit several times before because earlier this year it was bank owned. See our May 2011 chatter here. It finally […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom historic McCormick Rowhouse at 925 W. Fullerton in Lincoln Park in May 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, it was listed $183,500 under the 2006 purchase price at $899,000. None of you guessed the ultimately selling price but many of you thought it was a nice […]

We last chattered about this 5-bedroom vintage colonial at 2100 W. Pratt Boulevard in West Ridge in March 2011. See our prior chatter here. At that time, the house was listed for $2.45 million. Most of you were skeptical that it would sell anywhere near that. The more common “guess” was around $1.7 million. The […]

We have chattered about the 5-bedroom home at 3945 N. Tripp, also known as the “Race House” in Old Irving Park several times since May 2009. See our October 2010 chatter here. It has been on and off the market since August 2007. Back in October, most of you were in love with the renovation […]

Long time readers will remember this 2-bedroom in the Carl Street Studios at 155 W. Burton in Old Town. We first chattered about it in September 2007 (it was one of the first Crib Chatter posts!) and then again in November 2009 when it returned to the market to try again. See our November 2009 […]

Many of you are fans of this unique 4-bedroom Chicago bungalow at 5501 W. Cullom in Portage Park. We’ve been chattering about Portage Park recently so it makes sense to, once again, chatter about this home. Originally on the market in July 2009- we last chattered about it in May 2010 after it finally sold. […]