Crib Chatter

This 1-bedroom duplex up in the Fisher Studio Houses at 1209 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast just came on the market. Designed by Andrew Rebori in 1936, the Fisher Studio Houses has 12 units and a central courtyard. It was landmarked in 1996 and converted into condos in 2000. From the Chicago Landmark’s […]

This 5-bedroom historic home at 1328 N. State Parkway in the Gold Coast was recently re-listed in October 2018. Built in 1938, the house, known as the Florsheim Mansion, was designed by Andrew Rebori and then added onto by Bertrand Goldberg in the 1950s. There are actually two separate townhouses with a courtyard and a […]

This 5-bedroom Victorian Italianate single family home at 3945 N. Tripp in Old Irving Park came on the market in March 2019. But if it looks familiar, that’s because we chattered about it several times between 2007 and 2014 when it was on, and off, the market. See the 2014 chatter here. If you recall, […]

This 2-bedroom in Academy Hall at 915 N. Hoyne in the Ukrainian Village recently came on the market. This is a rehab of the historic St. John’s school that is next door to the church which is now The Revival condominiums. They have two separate developers but both projects are now on the market at […]

This 4-bedroom in The Revival at 921 N. Hoyne in the Ukrainian Village originally came on the market in March 2019. This church is the former St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran and, according to curbed, it’s 114 years old. It’s apparently taken several years to renovate due to the recent landmark classification which requires a certain […]

This 5-bedroom single family home at 1935 W. Schiller in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2019. Built in 1886, the house is on an extended Chicago lot which measures 25×162. It has a 2.5 car garage and is set directly on Wicker Park. The listing says its in the landmark historic district. […]

This 7 bedroom historic home at 5132 S. Woodlawn in Hyde Park came on the market in May 2019. Built in 1897, it was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Isidore Heller. To be honest, until I saw the plaque in front of the house, I couldn’t tell from the style it was a Wright […]

This historic 4-bedroom brick single family home at 2309 S. 12th in Soulard in St. Louis came on the market in April 2018. Built in 1890, it is a rare home that is on a double lot measuring 50×142 in the historic Soulard neighborhood which has small, irregular lots laid out by the French. The […]

This 3-bedroom row house at 3810 N. Alta Vista Terrace in Lakeview came on the market in October 2017. It’s also been for rent off and on since. You may recall that Alta Vista Terrace is a Chicago Landmark District. These 40 row homes were built from 1900 to 1904 and were built to look […]

This 5-bedroom McCormick Seminary row house at 852 W. Chalmers in Lincoln Park first came on the market in July 2017 but was recently re-listed again. Built between 1884 and 1889, these row houses make up the McCormick Row House District. They are found on both Fullerton and Belden as well as Chalmers Place, which […]