Tag: North Side
A rare home on the Chicago River
Homes that have the Chicago River for a back yard aren't all that unusual. But, when you begin looking for newer construction homes the group narr [...]
New Lincoln Park condos with over-the-top finishes
New homes and condos by Chicago-based builder Noah Properties have been generating a lot of buzz.
Noah's been able to take advantage of sharply [...]
Living La Vida Loca at the edge of Logan Square
The developer promised Dolce Living at Springfield Vue condominiums, 1920 N Springfield at the edge of Logan Square. What I saw at the site was cl [...]
Old Town Triangle home closes quick sale at $201K over list
The striking Italianate Frederick Wacker home at 1838 N Lincoln Park West was listed for sale on December 20 at $1,299,000. The 4,700 square foot, [...]
New rendering revealed for 3750 North Halsted development
Over at the SkyscraperPage forum prolific contributor spyguy has just posted an updated rendering of a proposed mixed-use residential / retail dev [...]
Rental spotlight – A new six-flat in Logan Square
The growing roster of new apartment construction in downtown Chicago has been generating a lot of attention recently, but there are also new renta [...]
Filling the gap in Halsted’s great wall
Just north of Diversey in Lake View you'll find an imposing wall of condo buildings fronting the eastern side of Halsted St. The one gap in that w [...]
Shedding some light on the luminiferous California Estates
To the best of my recollection, the first time I ever encountered the word luminiferous was nearly six years ago, on the sign pictured above. The [...]
Tour a historic home on an Old Town Art Fair block
The Frederick Wacker home in Chicago's landmark Old Town Triangle neighborhood is one of the largest and most distinctive residences in the area. [...]
Bearish prospects for original buyers at Bucktown’s Baer Lofts
Five years ago today one-bedrooms at Bucktown's Baer Lofts, 1927 N Milwaukee Ave, were being offered for sale from the $270s and two-bedrooms from [...]
Curbed shootout – Uptown vs something called West Lakeview
Curbed Chicago is in the final round of Curbed Cup, a contest to select Chicago's best neighborhood of 2011.
The finalists are Uptown, which wo [...]
Steep declines on 525 Hawthorne Place resale prices
525 Hawthorne Place was built in 1969 and converted to condos in 2002. The 30-story, 233-unit building has a solid Lakeview East location overlooking [...]
The Arts Center at Logan Square’s Hairpin Lofts
Why do so many artists call Logan Square home? A certain edginess, affordable rents, and good public transportation are part of the answer, but on [...]
A rehabbed single-family on Alta Vista Terrace for $850K
A developer has acquired the home at 3818 N Alta Vista Terrace – the "street of forty doors" – and drawn up plans to expand and renovate it.
Th [...]
Good news, bad news at Webster Square
From a news release received this morning:
In a letter issued today to Lincoln Park residents, Sandz Development Company principal and long-tim [...]
A Lake View studio model with character
450 West Melrose, in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood is a four-plus-one or, in the words of Planned Property's Dan McDonough, "a modern mid-rise [...]
Affordable artist live / work lofts in Logan Square
The landmark Morris Sachs building at 2800 N Milwaukee Ave in Logan Square has been transformed into Hairpin Lofts, a community resource where Log [...]
Specialists to Lathrop residents – no Mau-mauing the flak catchers
I have to admit that I couldn't bear to watch the whole thing, although I did manage to skip about through several minutes of this relentlessly "o [...]
A $2.7M spec home of immense stature in Bucktown
If pretensions were buyers, the newly-listed home under construction at 1921 W Wabansia St in Bucktown would have multiple offers. Brace yourself [...]
The views from Hairpin Lofts
Earlier this afternoon I toured Brinshore Development's Hairpin Lofts, 2800 N Milwaukee Ave, in Logan Square. I'll post video within a few days, b [...]