We last chattered about this vintage 2-bedroom in the historic Eddystone at 421 W. Melrose in Lakeview in December 2010. See our prior chatter here. It had been Fannie Mae owned since May 2010. After a few months on the market as a traditional listing, the unit then went to auction. From the original pictures- […]
We last chattered about this bank owned 2-bedroom in the historic Brewster building at 2800 N. Pine Grove in Lakeview in February 2011. See our February 2011 chatter here. Even at $68,000 under the 2007 purchase price, not many of you thought it was much of a deal given that it was only 650 square […]
There’s been a lot of chatter about what a “worker’s cottage” is recently but nothing personifies it better than the actual thing which can be found in the Pullman Historic District on the South Side. This 2-bedroom worker’s cottage at 11405 S. Saint Lawrence has recently been restored with new plumbing, electric, furnace and air […]
This 3-flat at 1059 W. Oakdale in Lakeview makes up a small collection of homes and flats in the Terra-Cotta Row historic district. It stretches only from 1048 W. Oakdale to 1059 W. Oakdale. The homes were built for the executives of Northwestern Terra Cotta Company and, obviously, their products were used throughout. Perhaps the […]
This 1-bedroom in the Acquitania at 5000 N. Marine Drive in Uptown has been on the market since February 2010. In that time, it has been reduced $29,900. The Acquitania was built in 1923 and was converted to a co-op in 1949. It is on both the Chicago and National Register of Historic Places. This […]
This 2-bedroom single family home at 243 N. Garfield in Lombard may not look like something special from the street but it is among a select group of prefabricated houses called “Lustrons” that were built in 1948-1950 in mostly the eastern half of the United States. Sold to middle class homebuyers as being on the cutting […]