Ultra-Sophisticated Old Town Townhouse with 2-Car Garage for $1.2 Million: 1610 N. Mohawk
This 3-bedroom townhouse at the Larrabee Commons at 1610 N. Mohawk in Old Town came on the market in September 2024. (Sorry, no picture. I don’t think we have chattered about this complex before, but here’s a picture of St. Michael Catholic Church which is nearby.)
Built in 1989, Larrabee Commons has 49 townhouses around a common interior landscaped courtyard.
It has an attached garage and the listing says it is in the Lincoln Elementary school district.
The listing calls this townhouse an “ultra-sophisticated” Lincoln Park home.
It has been fully renovated and has hardwood floors throughout.
The listing says it is an “urban retreat inspired by the elegance of the Palmolive Building.”
There is a double sided granite fireplace on the first floor.
It has a “designer” kitchen with custom cabinets, all high-end SubZero, Thermador and Fisher & Paykel appliances, quartzite countertops and a double dishwasher.
There’s a dining room and a half bath on the main floor.
All three bedrooms are on the second floor, including the primary suite which has an en suite bathroom that the listing calls a “sanctuary.” It has a separate shower, Jacuzzi tub and dual vanities.
There’s a second full bath on this level.
Worried about safety? The townhouse has a sophisticated alarm system.
It has the features buyers look for including central air, washer/dryer, skylights and rare 2-car attached garage parking.
There are two outdoor features including a main level brick paver patio and an oversized balcony off the living room.
The complex is in a prime location of Old Town as one can walk to the Old Town shops and restaurants, those in Lincoln Park on Armitage or Webster, and the shops and restaurants of North and Clybourn.
It’s near the Brown line subway stop at Sedgwick and bus lines.
Listed at $1.2 million, will this sell quickly and for over ask?
Laura England at Compass has the listing. See the pictures and floor plan here.
Unit #E: 3 bedrooms, 2.6 baths, 2800 square feet, townhouse
- Sold in August 1996 for $360,000 (per Zillow)
- Sold in April 2000 for $420,000 (per Zillow)
- Currently listed at $1.2 million
- Assessments of $830 a month (includes cable, exterior maintenance, lawn care, scavenger, snow removal)
- Taxes of $18,147
- Central Air
- Washer/dryer
- 2-car attached garage
- Skylights
- Double sided granite fireplace
- Bedroom #1: 29×12 (second floor)
- Bedroom #2: 11×10 (second floor)
- Bedroom #3: 11×10 (second floor)
- Living room: 26×17 (main floor)
- Dining room: 13×12 (main floor)
- Kitchen: 16×8 (main floor)
- Breakfast room: 8×8 (main floor)
- Foyer: 6×15 (main floor)
- Family room: 13×12 (main floor)
will be interesting to see how quickly this goes and for how much $$$
the differential between the interior and exterior is bigly. the interior being very design specific and the exterior being very des plains
#D sold earlier in the year, with ~20 year old finishes:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/1610-N-Mohawk-St-60614/unit-D/home/13345407
Dunno that it would be $275k (backing out ~10% of feature, due to larger size)in cash, even at retail, to recreate this one in D, but it’s probably close and if you include carrying costs and headaches, I’d consider them equivalently priced for someone valuing “new” at cost.
The exterior is simultaneously ugly and pristine. I always assumed this complex was a continuation of the public housing down the street.
“The exterior is simultaneously ugly and pristine. I always assumed this complex was a continuation of the public housing down the street.”
You can tell it was built when the neighborhood was terrible. Hence the almost fortress like appearance of the exterior which opens to this magnificent, gated and private courtyard.
“built when the neighborhood was terrible”
Started in ’88, completed in ’90.
Dan-Deuce: was Old Town “terrible” in 1989??
This was largely built over the vacated Ogden right of way. Directly east across Mohawk is the OTT historic district–Chicago Landmark in ’77, Nat’l Register in ’84.
I’m not Dan (obvs), but there was a super-sharp divide at North Ave. Anything to the south was pretty bad, and developments like this one that were close to the dividing line tended to be built like fortresses.
Non-responsive to the question, Madeline.
Was Old Town “terrible” at the time?
“Was Old Town “terrible” at the time?”
It was terrible in the 70s, 80s and only started improving in the 90s (but still not great.) But that is true about the entire city, and not just this one neighborhood.
But as I’ve said before, the developers DID design their housing projects in a certain way if the neighborhood was not great. They built them like fortresses where there weren’t many windows to the street, or they were higher up on the building. They built them with gates, fences and interior courtyards, like this one, which provided privacy and security.
We know what you think, Smithers.
Anyone else?
Perhaps someone who actually lived in the city at the time?
I don’t know if I’d say “terrible”, but I will say this:
I was a young adult in 1990 and I was going out to the bars and coming home late, taking public transportation at all hours of the day and night, hanging out on the lakefront/beach drinking all night and watching the sunrise. I was pretty fearless (some would say reckless, others might say clueless), and there were some areas of Old Town that I would have been uncomfortable walking in alone at night.
Most of the city was significantly less safe than it is today, and Old Town was no exception.
It’s difficult to convey what it was like in the city at that time. There’s been such a panic about crime over the last 4 years, but most areas of the city are light years away from where they were 35 years ago.
“There’s been such a panic about crime over the last 4 years, but most areas of the city are light years away from where they were 35 years ago.”
Agreed, if modified to “most areas of the city that most here frequent”.
There are some south and west side areas where it’s possible to wonder if they are any better, or perhaps could be worse, at least on a per capita basis.
“It’s difficult to convey what it was like in the city at that time. There’s been such a panic about crime over the last 4 years, but most areas of the city are light years away from where they were 35 years ago.”
Did most women even go out at night? My friends and I took cabs everywhere, if you could find one.
I moved to Chicago in 1981; lived at the east edge of Old Town until 1987 and then near Sheffield and Armitage. I looked at some 3 flats in that vicinity, and things were already fairly gentrified (other than a few pockets near some subsidized housing) anywhere north of North Avenue. South of North Avenue — and a couple blocks west of Wells–over to Halsted– was a bit scary. I agree with Sabrina that people were building and buying relatively upscale townhouses (several complexes north of N. avenue going west to Halsted), but they were still relatively secured– being near North Avenue.
I don’t think it was terrible.
As a John Hughes suburbanite, I thought Old Town in the 80s was just fine. Basically uneven like the rest of the city. So nicer housing stock in the triangle. More fortress like town home housing stock on the east west streets dividing Wells south of North Ave. Lot of variety on south wells. ethnic restaurants, gardening centers, adult theaters.
tThe hopping area of Newberry Plaza Rush Street was the more consistent nicer part of town. further west and nw of that triangle was more semi sketch. The older established folks would go home East and NE to streeters and Gold Coast. The rest of us would stumble more towards Division towards Wells.