Tag: Chicago landmarks
Yo’s Believe It or Not: The Abbott House fence
Last month Curbed reported that the landmark Abbott House at 4605 N Hermitage Ave in Uptown had closed for $1.6 million. We recently picked up a b [...]
Dewes Mansion finally gets its listing
In November we learned that the Francis J. Dewes Mansion at 503 W Wrightwood Ave in Lincoln Park was available for $9.9 million. Yesterday, the ho [...]
Landmark living at $99 per square foot
Last May I stumbled across Fred Scovell's listing for a Queen Anne-style mansion at 2801 S Prairie Ave on the Near South Side. His listing had no [...]
Stuff that sells: Landmark Abbott House sells for $1.6M
Curbed's Mark Boyer reports on the sale of the landmark Dr. Wallace C. Abbott House, a 120-year-old Queen Anne at 4605 N Hermitage Ave in Uptown. [...]
Choice cuts: Assumption School penthouse cut by 31% over 9 months
Won't someone claim this penthouse? The fourth-floor unit in the old Assumption School building at 319 W Erie St in River North is one of seven th [...]
Stuff that sells: Lake Shore Drive landmark sells for $5.15 million
One of the four lavish, landmarked mansions in the 1200 block of North Lake Shore Drive sold this month for $5.15 million. 1260 N Lake Shore Dr, b [...]
Would landmark status help Dubin’s Lofts at Bridgeport Place?
Preservationists often use landmarking as a way to protect buildings from demolition or intrusive development, but here's a case of a developer push [...]
$650,000 off a Kenwood District mansion
How's this for a price cut? A 7,000 square-foot home at 4900 S Kimbark Ave dropped in price Tuesday from $2.4 million to $1.75 million. That's 27 perc [...]
For landmarked Prairie Avenue listing, pictures speak louder than words
Fred Scovell of Keller Williams Realty - West Loop included 16 great photos with his listing for the mansion at 2801 S Prairie Ave on the Near Sou [...]
Lake Park Crescent immersed in Chicago history
One of the many perks of buying a new home at Lake Park Crescent in North Kenwood-Oakland is being able to live in an area steeped in Chicago histor [...]
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