We Love Rooftop Decks: A Modern Penthouse in West Town: 1302 N. Greenview
This 2-bedroom plus loft duplex penthouse unit at 1302 N. Greenview in West Town has 3 outdoor spaces, including a private rooftop deck.
The deck has built-in seating as well as skyline views.
The living room has vaulted ceilings and the master bathroom has duel shower heads.
Ron Knoll at Saffron Realty Group LLC has the listing. See the pictures here.
Get more information on the listing here.
Unit #3: 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, loft, no square footage listed
- Sold in October 2000 for $285,000
- Sold in February 2002 for $335,000
- Sold in November 2007 for $438,000
- Currently listed for $499,000 (parking included)
- Assessments of $150 a month
- Taxes of $4355
- Bedroom #1: 14×12
- Bedroom #2: 12×10
- Living room: 20×17
- Kitchen: 11×7
- Deck: 32×14
- Lofted office space: 17×12
Selling less than 2 years later for a profit? Good luck. I don’t think that 10% off the 2007 price is unreasonable for this pad in this hood. I’d jump on that if I were in the market for a 400k 2/2
Yeah 400k would definitely sell it..the question is would 450k?
Not sure. I do like the place though.
Love Love Love this place, and as much as i hate the box (i mean modern) style. the groove likey
i dont like the hood, but thats me. its right by the blue line which is sweet.
sonies is on the right track with listing over 2007 price. maybe the seller is anticipating that most offers will come in around 450k with that listing price.
funny story about the Groove i got my nosed peirced at a koren toy store on milwaukee steps off of division. I was one silly kid
“Modern”, more like ugly mishmash of crap.
Over 500.00 per square foot for a unit soon to look dated and some finishes already looking cheap i.e. the bedroom door. Look beyond the drama such as that is. $350,000 would be generous.
DO WANT
“Over 500.00 per square foot”
Pretty sure that place is bigger than 1000 sqft
“Over 500.00 per square foot”
You really think this place is less than 1,000 SF?
I’m not crazy about the area (too far east for me – better to be closer to Damen), but I do like the space. Hope it sells for a lot because I have a similar place (3/2, bigger roof, 2 parking, elevator) in a better location.
Sort of a weird place for a fireplace.
p.s. was there a sale on chandeliers that I didn’t hear about???
I like its style, but I do question the placement of the fireplace. Nice view from the roof.
Note that Zillow estimates it at $379k.
Yeah, yeah, no accuracy, clearly. But the question is: are zillow estimates now established as being 20% BELOW actual “value”?
Looks like it’s prob. about 1400 SF, not counting the outdoor spaces.
At the risk of sounding redundant to ed above, this is way over-priced….nobody is going to pay $499k for this; and $400k is generous, even if this is the ‘penthouse’. The current owner put down 10% of the $438k purchase price; what new owner is going to have $100k for 20% of the $499k price? Do they really think some greater fool is going to put $90k down for a $450k selling price? The days of the $400k 2/2’s in off neighborhoods are over, done, finished, but I guess some haven’t gotten the memo yet. Look at redfin and the absence of any $470k+ plus sales in a mile or so radius during the previous three months. Sorry folks but you’re going to lose your down payment. http://www.redfin.com/search#lat=41.90709998712839&long=-87.66454696655273&market=chicago&sf=&sold_within_months=3&status=1&v=5&zoomLevel=16
There are a handful of $470k+ sales across Ashland and south of Division but nothing in their immediate area.
> Selling less than 2 years later for a profit? Good luck.
Really has nothing to do with anything.
“Really has nothing to do with anything.”
Actually people that purchased at the peak of the bubble and are trying to sell today, does have something to do with something. Unless they put 100k worth of work into the place (which isn’t the case)
Actually it has a lot to do with everything. You don’t follow real estate much, do you?
> Selling less than 2 years later for a profit? Good luck.
Really has nothing to do with anything.
“Actually it has a lot to do with everything. You don’t follow real estate much, do you?”
I think he was referring to his own comments and I agree with him.
“> Selling less than 2 years later for a profit? Good luck.
Really has nothing to do with anything.”
well, the “profit” part and the “2 years” part, in the abstract, really don’t have much to do with anything.
But, the selling for 10%+ more than ’07 price (and 75% more than ’00 price) in ’09, does have something to do with something. As does the asking for 10% more than another #3 unit down the block sold for almost a year ago.
It really isn’t about the seller’s profit and the holding time, it’s about the market, b/c the “rule”* should be one that can apply no matter the seller’s situation–>eg if the seller bought in a non-arms-length transaction and is listing it as an immediate flip, that shouldn’t matter, or if the seller owned it for 75 years and paid $4000 for it, it shouldn’t matter.
*see, bob, a use of quotes that isn’t quoting anything!
Well done place. I’m going to need to steal their designs for mine.
This needs to be on the other side of Ashland to fetch $500K in this market.
“This needs to be on the other side of Ashland to fetch $500K in this market.”
Lol what? Its East of ashland and a block from Milwaukee/division. Pretty prime west town location IMO.
West Town is much less obnoxious of a place as Wicker Park. I think you can tell a lot about a neighborhood from its streetfests and Wicker Parks was a bunch of alt/goth youth smokers who never fit into highschool and are keen on advertising it to the rest of the world with their tattoos, piercings and retarded paradigms.
West Fest by comparison had decent, down to earth people, better music and far fewer tools. They should rename Wicker Park streetfest ToolFest.
I live near here (cleaver and blackhawk) and I agree this location isn’t for everyone. Specifically, for someone who wants to live in Wicker Park because of Division St or Milwaukee/North/Damen nightlife and shopping, this is remote and inconvenient.
On the other hand, I like it because it’s quiet, mostly families, interesting older buildings (has mostly avoided the McCrapBox newbuild blight). No pass-through car traffic because of how the grid is cut off by the Ryan. And better train access to downtown than living in UK Village or over between Damen and Western.
“I think you can tell a lot about a neighborhood from its streetfests”
you cant judge it by that broham, the wifey and i are the king and queen of streetfests. and the people we met at these dont even live in the hood that the street fests are in.
ajn,
why do you say its remote and inconvenient?
Well “remote and inconvenient” is exaggerating… I’m thinking of a certain target demographic here (think post-frat and sorority). They want to be within stumbling distance of the new douche-baggy bars and restaurants that have sprung up on division near damen, and are all over the milwaukee/north/damen intersection. Those sorts of 20-something meatheads seem to be who are infesting wicker park and ukrainian village these days.
On the other hand, someone who could afford to pay half a million for a condo probably doesn’t fall into that category.
One other nice thing about this sub-neighborhood is you can walk to the new whole foods over in lincoln park–it’s about 3/4 of a mile (over the north ave bridge) from our house. But my wife and I are damned hippies who ride bikes to work and use igo instead of owning a car… so most folks probably don’t care about walkable groceries.
Walkable groceries is nice. Sitting in traffic on north avenue to go 3/4 mile on a beautiful sunday afternoon sucks.
ajn,
I was in a fraternity and I think YOU are the quintessential douchebag. Please move somewhere where my ilk will not encounter you as you’re obviously awkward, resentful and a social retard.
Also if they are “ruining” that neighborhood I give them great accolades and support them. You need to move to a more ‘edgy’ hood more commensurate with your ‘street cred’ and hippie lifestyle like Pilsen.
Don’t you have a burning man fest you should be packing for right about now?
Can’t hippies and frat boys live in harmony? They both like the grateful dead.
I think the kitchen throws things off a bit.
I agree that 499 is over priced, and that it will probably sell around the 400k mark, maybe 415 max.
Completely bored with Bob and his Wicker, LP, LV, BT comments. You need some new material other than the dumb yupster / hipster hate. The rest of your comments usually have some merit though.
Hate on Wicker Park all you want, but West Town doesn’t bring the same prices hence the relevance of which side of Ashland this is on.
“Sitting in traffic on north avenue to go 3/4 mile on a beautiful sunday afternoon sucks”
i still think belmont and lincoln on a sunday afternoon will make a grown may cry.
ajn you damnn hippie i will differ about the post frat people in wicker i find more anti-conformity peeps over there stumbling home.
You can probably walk faster over that awful north avenue bridge than driving… north avenue and west of sheffield = traffic nightmare
ajn, i love walkable groceries too keeps me from buying too much crap 🙂
“awful north avenue bridge”
won’t disagree about the traffic (but I’m usually zipping through behind the Home Depot/Hideout or using Elston), but I will say that the new bridge there is kinda cool looking.
bob, “I was in a fraternity”
i hate to say this cause i think your a cool kat, but back in my hay day my buddies and i would drink a little in wrigleyville then beat up cheezey frat boys and take there money. not proud of that at all, and most old school bouncers in that area wont let me in some places if they remember me.
but i get where hippie ajn is coming from.
“but i get where hippie ajn is coming from.”
Yes its coming from resentment because most of those ‘conformist’ frat boys wind up getting the better jobs.
I do find it comical when the blue collar/working class/punk set tries to associate being a fratboy with a pejorative word. Only a fool would think so, but there are a lot of fools.
One of the most common manifestations of jealousy is resentment.
FYI I am not one of the fratboy gentrifiers in WP, you couldn’t pay me to live there. I live among my own kind near W’ville and much prefer it that way. In a sense I see where he is coming from, but given the resentment I won’t be sympathetic. I hope they ruin it for him. 😀
Bob: “One of the most common manifestations of jealousy is resentment.”
Just wanted to see that again.
“I do find it comical when the blue collar/working class/punk set tries to associate being a fratboy with a pejorative word”
I am a blue collar/working class/punk and will let the freak flag fly high.
but i do work a White Collar job. better than mast the frat boys working under me 🙂
my resentment back in the days of frat boys wasnt the jealousy it was the whole frat boy attitude (sorry cant explain it better) they got when drinking.
i just saw it that i need to smack them around a little to put them back in their place.
Sorry Groovester, if you work a white collar job you’re…well
..white collar.
What you think/thought of them is the same thing your mechanic thinks of you when you’re having your car worked on these days.
Whoa, whoa, whoa Bob, lemme get this straight? You’re admittedly a frat boy who is proud of living in Wrigleyville?
miss working on my own car. new cars scare me, so afraid of voiding the warranty, can fit my hand in places cause they cram so much under the hood, they turn some engines side ways, so now i have to be raped by the dealer.
MrsB,
I mentioned I live near there. Did I mention I was proud? I’m certainly not ashamed of it, if thats what you’re asking. But its not being proud like an accomplishment or anything. Maybe if I was like 18 and on my own I’d be proud of living on my own but a bit beyond that.
It _is_ an interesting dynamic for the mid to late 20 somethings these days though. Often times people from more hipster hoods come to mine to drink (its cheaper), but they don’t fit the hipster stereotype (more yuppies in denial). I recall talking to one recently and she said she lives in WP and not LV because she doesn’t want to be considered or thought of as a yuppie. Yet there she was, working a professional job fitting the word to a tee. But living her life up to others perceptions or expectations. I then informed her that yuppie isn’t of itself pejorative it just means young urban professional.
Isn’t it funny the messes we can find ourselves in in life living up to others perceptions or expectations? 😀
No, the word “proud” wasn’t uttered, but the snarky frat v. hipster rant seem to imply pride, hence my surprise. I thought, “wow, a frat boy openly admitting his residence in wrigleyville…isn’t that the very Chicago definition of raging douchebag?” But, like you said – perceptions are killer. Personally, I don’t mind hipsters, frat boys, yuppies, cougars, pumas, and those creepy I-bankers trolling Oak St. for younger tail – who am I to judge, you know? As long as people are paying their taxes and not beating their kids, they get a pass from me. Then again, I am nicer than most people.
What is funny about hipsters is that they so are busy being non conforming that they wind up being conforming. Different strokes for different folks though. No bad neighborhoods, just different vibes.
I personally can’t stand LP and LV. They feel way too suburban and sterile to me. I like Bucktown/LP ten years ago, but now it seems a bit closer to LV/LP for my tastes.
Given Bob’s posts, I can definitely see him in Wrigleyville… folded brim on baseball cap and all…
“Given Bob’s posts, I can definitely see him in Wrigleyville… folded brim on baseball cap and all…”
And if that baseball cap is a Notre Dame hat, I’m quittin’ Bob altogether.
“if that baseball cap is a Notre Dame hat, I’m quittin’ Bob altogether”
Ha, that’s one thing I’ve never suspected Bob of being–a Domer.
But it is a good q: If/when Bob wears a tattered baseball hat, which one is it?
If he’s not a domer (do they even have frats there? I don’t know), I’ve GOT IT:
Miami of Ohio.
Bob is a fellow illini! i know it.
I’m gonnna go with UW-something because bob likes cheap beer
russ,
“What is funny about hipsters is that they so are busy being non conforming that they wind up being conforming”
i almost pee’d myself laughing at that…..i tell the wifey that all the time, she tries so hard to be “different” she ends up looking like everyone else that wants to be different.
http://www.latfh.com
+1 Miami
Oh Bob, PLEASE let us know. Stop this waiting game! The suspense of where someone nobody here has ever met went to school is simply too much to handle. Please let us know!
Bob is a public school undergrad w/o a doubt so no ND or Miami. Ohio State all the way.
[guessing where bob went to school]
Oh, that’s not what I meant–I meant does he have a South Carolina hat, or Kutztown, or Southern Cal, or whatever the heck was popular when Bob was frattin’ it up.
Jon is apparently a JuCo grad.
mrsB
whi yous gotz to nock the JuCo grads?
MrsB
I don’t even know what JuCo means.
Please enlighten me.
junior college = JuCo
No prob!
Junior college. Not a sports fan? It’s generally how college teams refer to junior college transfers – JuCo kids.
Not a JuCo graduate, not that there’s anything wrong with that though. Grad school here, thanks MrsB. Earlier she proclaimed, “Then again, I am nicer than most people.” Guess not, just snarkier and more elitist.
It was a JOKE. Unclench, my friend. I promise – you’ll feel better.
“Not a JuCo graduate, not that there’s anything wrong with that though”
Hey Jon we agree!!!!!!
MrsB i am a JuCo kid and it saved me a butt load of money.
We were all joking, Jon tried to kill our buzz with a douchetastic post, and I yanked his chain. I absolutely have nothing against JuCo’s. My mother when back to school while I was in college and started at JuCo. She’s a kick ass nurse now and I couldn’t be more proud.
And see, there’s that word “proud” again, annnnnnnnnd this post has come full circle.
*went
Yes, a JOKE. I am sorry. Unclenching. Wonder if the JuCo’s think it’s funny.
I did enjoy the staging of your loft – it looks VERY neat. Nary a washcloth out of order. I bet the penguin always faces due south. Unclench.
If they have a decent sense of humor they will.
Why thank you, and yes, the penguin ALWAYS faces south. He knows his roll.
(Seriously…”neat” is a good thing when staging, right? I see so many listings and think, “really, they took pictures of it looking like that?”)
Gotta pick up the rugrat. It’s been fun.
Really it has been fun – always enjoy you and the Groove. Let me know when you 2 are getting together for the wine sans the toys though. Maybe I’ll join in.
And that really was a compliment on your staging. Unclench.
MrsB – this picture always cracks me up – little different than your listing. I think it was someone selling a table on Craigslist. You have to check out the mirror.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AKcAXdyhAJo/Rl8iQmnYbwI/AAAAAAAAADo/MXlmbpSF9a8/s1600-h/tableman.bmp
A bit off topic… Does anyone have any ideas for locating good apartments to rent (websites/newspapers?). Last time I was in the market I just used craigslist but in the past two years it seems to have been totally taken over by annoying broker and professional listings. I want to rent from an average joe.
Any info would be much appreciated.
ROFLMAO!!! And Bob has been wondering where Heitman was for the gentlemans bet…. That’s awesome!
BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Simply outstanding. I gotta say…I think a little “man-scaping” is in order there.
Thanks for the compliment – I really do appreciate it. As a side note, I think I’m going to make “unclench” my new safe word 😉
Okay,
Normally I would leave you guys hangin’, but given the source of controversy AND the fact that most all of you were close, quite close, I’ll give closure to your “Pin the correct U backwards b-ball cap on the fratboy” game..
But first let me respond to a few comments:
“isn’t that the very Chicago definition of raging douchebag?””
Mrs B–yes I saw the Chicago Reader’s rankings this year, and if you’ll recall Wrigleyville did NOT take the cake for the most d-baggery prize. That fell to the Viagra triangle as you also alluded to (Oak st). Not that the reader is an authority on anything its written by snarky cute Onion gals and partly why we encouraged my friend to ‘accidentally’ fall into their booth at Ribfest last year. It was hilarious. Much funnier than when another drunken friend hit a kid in the head in a stroller with a mini basketball by accident at another streetfest this year (papa bear wasn’t paying attention but mama bear was PISSED haha). Also WAY off on N Dame. Much better on realistic guess 2: close. I lived near and in Ohio for a time, both sides of the river for a Bengals fan.
Groove77: No I’m an out of state transplant d-bag just like the rest of them. I did root for the Illini in the final a few years ago because I was at a campus pub and everyone else was. I was trying to figure out why everyone else was too as we weren’t at UofI but maybe its glory by association? When the school you’re at at the time has NO sports to speak of I guess you clasp at whatever straws you can?
anon(tfo): Close with the gamecocks (culturally), way off on others. SEC all the way.
Sonies: very close (culturally). In fact I’m going to a UW bar tonight. No doubt I would’ve fit in if I went there just fine.
HD: close again (culturally & geographically). Oh yeah Miami is a public school too.
So where exactly did Bob frat it up? C’mon I won’t give it to ya, but lets just say certain former coaches (who weren’t there when Bob was) have been making some headlines for the wrong reasons lately. One paid for an abortion for his mistress and another just got his third DUI. So maybe Bob’s a mess but not enough of one to coach collegiate sports???
“another just got his third DUI”
Should’ve read was just arrested for the third time on suspicion of DUI. His second was thrown out.
Louisville, FTW!
Hold up. I missed “former coaches”…um, Kentucky?
No but gratz at getting under my skin with that 😮
😀
Hide those ten thousand CDs
Get rid of that ridiculous fireplace…in upscale design circles these retarded fireplaces with no chimneys went out as fast as they came in
‘modern design’ and ‘loft’ exposed duct work and those generic and cheap kitchens just do not go together. If the builder simply installed frosted glass on the cabinet doors it would have brought the kitchen up to that modern classification.
mishmash of lighting fixtures draws negative attention
white door in an otherwise dramatic bedroom just ruins the whole look
“A bit off topic… Does anyone have any ideas for locating good apartments to rent (websites/newspapers?).”
I’d suggest the Chicago Reader. They have a pretty good apartment listing that lets you search by neighborhood and even zip code. Since landlords actually have ot pay to post, that take cares of the redundant Apartment People ads.
I would also suggest just driving around the nieghborhood that you areinterested in and looking for ‘For Rent’ signs. Now I’m assuming that you are looking to move into a lower-density residential neighborhood. If youre looking at high/mid-rises then the driving around tactic doesn’t work.
McRenterson,
hey bro craigslist, the reader, ect. are all fine or you can try what i used to do;
just find a hood you like and want to live in, drive/bike/walk around there and you will catch a bunch of for rent signs with phone numbers.
I found that most of the great landlords i have had put signs out first before placing ads.
jon stated “MrsB. Earlier she proclaimed, “Then again, I am nicer than most people.” Guess not, just snarkier and more elitist.”
“Wonder if the JuCo’s think it’s funny”
Jon we dont think its funny, i would get those comments all the time when i transfered to a Univeristy.
and still get uppity, elitist, stuck up, people trying to talk down to me cause how i grew up or cause the school i went to or the beat up car i had. its funny too cause most of the people that try to talk down to the groove are stuck living in a 2/2 they cant sell and have at the most 10% equity in that 2/2.
While the groove lives in a SFH on a double lot, with room to expand, and 47% equity in his home even during this bad market 🙂
yes the groove is cranky today and the fuse is short!
“No I’m an out of state transplant d-bag”
bob come on bro d-bag is harsh, maybe a small “d”-bag 🙂
it crazy i really thought you were an illini or at least a Marquette (sp) kid.
“and still get uppity, elitist, stuck up, people trying to talk down to me cause how i grew up or cause the school i went to or the beat up car i had. its funny too cause most of the people that try to talk down to the groove are stuck living in a 2/2 they cant sell and have at the most 10% equity in that 2/2…”
Groove, my man, who pissed in your wheaties this morning? Weather gotcha down? I’m going to assume that the “elitists” who are “stuck living” is not a reference to me. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with JuCo; like I said, my own salt-of-the-earth mother is proof of that.
“anon(tfo): Close with the gamecocks (culturally), way off on others. SEC all the way.”
Dude, like I said, I wasn’t trying to pin down your actual school of attendance, just what non-school-of-attendance hat you might wear. Cocks, Ku(n)tztown, Trojans. All hats seen-and-noted on various frat dudes over the years; no implication that you do or would, just looking for a haha.
JuCo:
I gotta side with Groove here – and maybe it’s cuz you called me JuCo and my comment douchetastic (gross MrsB). When you talk down to people (and categorically include your mother in the group) then you deserve to be called out.
*Sigh*
Okay…
A) Your comment was annoying. Why and be a buzz kill, you know?
B) Nonetheless, I gave you the benefit of the doubt and made a joke.
C) If you can’t see it was a joke, then I’m sorry for you, but I won’t apologize to you. If GROOVE was offended, which as a man who has obviously done well for himself should not be, then to HIM, I apolozige.
D) If THAT was “talking down” to people – duly noted. I didn’t realize that you, Jon, can freely (and regularly) say some pretty sh*tty things about people whom you have no knowlege of on this site, but can’t take apparently *any* ribbing in return.
E) As you don’t know me from Adam, but want to believe I’m “elitist” based on your failure to take a joke for what it was worth, then I’m totally fine with that.
F) We’ll just have to agree to disagree as to what’s funny, appropriate, etc., and move on.
G) Fin.
Groove,
Don’t worry about it. I drove a 1994 red saturn until a couple years ago. Yeah first car I had I drove until late 20s..some friends used to call it the Liberachimobile.
Then I moved to Chicago and nobody cares what car you drive because everyone tries not to drive.
Also as I said the pedigree of your degree matters little here, thats why I love the midwest. Name drop schools on the EC wins you snobbery points, but name dropping here wins you shrugs. 😀
“but name dropping here wins you shrugs.”
Chicago really is a melting pot of schools, isn’t it? One of the other things I was surprised about when I first moved here are the bars “claiming” schools, e.g., Tin Lizzie = MSU.
“want to believe I’m “elitist” based on your failure to take a joke for what it was worth”
…
“have to agree to disagree as to what’s funny”
You’re totally being a humorist and I, for one, am offended by your discrimination on the basis of sense of humor. Down with humorism and the elitist humorists!!
C’mon guys I don’t sense too much elitism here. I just think you guys are missing Stevo so are trying to make a villan out of others to fill in for him.
“One of the other things I was surprised about when I first moved here are the bars “claiming” schools, e.g., Tin Lizzie = MSU.”
Mostly about watching (and having the sound on) football and b-ball and being surrounded by other fans. Was more important 10+ years ago when you couldn’t get *every* game on TV at home.
“C’mon guys I don’t sense too much elitism here.”
There you are wrong, Bob. I know I’m better than you, and it’s not just b/c I own a house.
hehe.
“Bob on August 28th, 2009 at 9:00 am
C’mon guys I don’t sense too much elitism here. I just think you guys are missing Stevo so are trying to make a villan out of others to fill in for him.”
GASP. I just choked on my grande, soy, non-fat, skinny caramel, extra hot, no whip latte, with room for a smidge of half & half*…ME? I’m no villain stand-in! I’M THE VICTIM here; just a gal trying to stand strong in the face of those evil CC’ers ripping on my poor, defenseless home.
Naaaaaaaah, I like it here – lots of great insight into the market, real estate trends, etc. I’m no Steve.
(*Channeling elitist starbucks snobs)
LMAO Anon. I’ll try to tone down the humor.
“Mostly about watching (and having the sound on) football and b-ball and being surrounded by other fans. Was more important 10+ years ago when you couldn’t get *every* game on TV at home.”
Totally. Once the BTN came into play, I was glad I could watch my alma matter get smoked in the privacy of my own home.
responding to points (A) through (G)…
…bets MrsB’s husband never gets the last word.
Welcome home honey. I’ve prepared a powerpoint presentation regarding our plans this week. Just saying.
LMAO.
Touche, my friend – touche.
It’s especially rough when we disagree on which player to draft, and who to pick up in free agency come FF season. The one thing in which we do agree? Never pick up a kicker until the last round. Ever.
Bob,
those old saturns ran good, the tranny on those things sucked and were replace every three years, but those saturns were good cars.
i got you beat in the “rollin in a clunker in the millennium” category. the groove 5 years ago was crusin in a 81 chevy caprice clasic with only one rust spot. (the car was very easy to work on and parts were cheap).
and “Piece de resistance” i would valet that beast at the clubs or dinner with wifey 🙂
now the groove is in the indescript 2008 family sedan with the cheesy stick figure family sticker on the back window.
miss groove gets to roll around in the mini cooper. which now with little groove is one of the more idiotic purchases we made.
miss rollin in clunckers it saved money!!!!! but wifey needs fricken 1000 airbags and bumper to bumper warranty so the grooves are safe
“81 chevy caprice clasic”
Urban Assault Vehicle! You gotta love it when if you mess up and hit a curb, your car has nary a scratch yet the curb is F’d up!! They don’t make em like that anymore.
Jon we are agreeing a lot lately?
wow us crib chatters get off topic quickly
“Jon we are agreeing a lot lately?”
Yea – it’s scaring me. Tell me that you hate Bucktown so that I can be back to that safe place where we can’t stand each other. Those were the days.
Jon to scare you even more…..the groove family is headin to bucktown saturday for lunch and a little shopping, weather permiting. (who am i kidding a little shopping with ms. groove there, haahhahaha)
Just behave yourself – no graffiti, brick-throwing or frat-boy beat ups por favor. The Bucktown Art Fair is this weekend, so you and every other lemming will be headed there. Kidding – it’s a good time. Personal Privilege at Webster/Damen is a cool store and plenty of places to lunch. Glad you’ve come around and now love Bucktown.
I used to live 2 buildings away from this place in 2006-2008. It is a mishmash of yuppies, hipsters, and working-class. I lived in a $695 a month, “two-bedroom” garden unit. Car got broken into twice and my TV was stolen.
Screw walking to the new Whole Foods. Walk to the Mexican grocery next to the Jewel and save a shitload of money for equal quality organic food and a much shorter walk. Also a few blocks from la pasadita for any late-night taco cravings. And finally go to August grocery on Greenview for their nightly meal to go if you want great home-cooked-esc food for under $12 (also great coffee). Also August has great high-quality fish and meats that beats Whole Foods in my opinion.
It isn’t really walkable to any great bar/restaurant (though there is a mysterious VFW hall bar that seems to open randomly right there at 1344 N Greenview).
Traffic is really no-concern once you learn how to get around (and North Ave isn’t really all that bad since they finished the bridge, but still much better ways to get around). I also liked being able to jump on the expressway with 3 minutes.
And if you bike and work in the loop just take the bike lane on Milwaukee. Probably a 15-min bike ride to the loop. And the blue line is about a 5 minute walk and once they finish all the blue line construction it will be a really quick ride to the loop or o’hare if you fly a lot.
So all-in-all I really like this neighborhood. I think it has a lot to offer and really enjoyed living there but I think the place is way over-priced.
jon
“The Bucktown Art Fair is this weekend” I hate bucktown!!!
crap i guess i need to tell the wifey we aint goin to crowded to be pushin a stroller. (havent followed the fairs and fests this year cause little groove)
“no graffiti, brick-throwing or frat-boy beat ups por favor” come on i am grown up now, i am to lazy to go pick up a brick its easier to just grab them buy the faux hawk and push their face into a brick, and easier to give the frat boys a special project so they have to work late 🙂
B,
good review on the area, i am all about the mexican groceries too!
Nice write up B