Tag: Oak Park
The most livable Frank Lloyd Wright house
Right down the street from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Home and Studio in Oak Park, sits the Thomas Gale house, one of three homes which were designed by a [...]
An Austin 3-flat and an Oak Park 4-flat
In-house tipster Eric just alerted me to a price drop on a classic Austin 3-flat 916 S Austin Blvd.
The investor-oriented property, which needs [...]
Son of a Gunderson
Seward T. Gunderson made a name for himself in the 1900s selling good-sized sturdy homes to the burgeoning middle class in Oak Park, the relatively [...]
Walk Wright into eight Oak Park homes next month
Even if you aren't in the market for one of the five Frank Lloyd Wright-designed homes currently for sale in the suburbs, you still might be interes [...]
Two Tudors come to market in Oak Park
A couple of the newest single-family home listings in Oak Park are identically aged Tudor-style homes starting at similar prices.
One, a 2,247 [...]
Upgraded one-bedrooms in the Oak Park Arts District, priced under $190K
Last week Michael Giliano of Prudential Rubloff listed 11 condos in a 12-unit building at 900 - 910 S Taylor Ave in Oak Park, a block north of the [...]
Quote of the day: Sellers near transit holding fast
In a post about Oak Park homes, Eric Rojas notes that sellers near the village's transportation hubs are holding on to higher asking prices.
Th [...]
How integrated is Oak Park?
The Chicago metro area has a reputation as one of the most segregated in the country.
Oak Park, however, is often cited as one of Chicago's fe [...]
Comment of the day: More than a Wright "wannabe"
"aztimc" on YouTube says:
You're selling yourself short by saying this is a "wannabe" Frank Lloyd Wright house. You should refer to it as a new & im [...]
Finding the Wright home in Chicagoland
Last week Frank Lloyd Wright's old studio at 25 E Cedar St in the Gold Coast went on the market for $1.7 million. Wright didn't design the 6,000 squ [...]
Suburban showcase: A double-turreted Queen Anne in Frank Lloyd Wright Land
Double-turreted Victorian homes are unusual sightings in a place like Oak Park, so Joe Zekas couldn't pass up an opportunity to visit one.
Earlier [...]