Tag: West Town

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High ceilings, light-filled living areas, and great outdoor spaces at a Wicker Park duplex

High ceilings, light-filled living areas, and great outdoor spaces at a Wicker Park duplex

Last Friday Eric Rojas of Prudential Rubloff took me through 1250 N Wolcott Ave #1, a two-bedroom / two-bath duplex-down in Wicker Park that he re [...]
New stuff: 879 North Marshfield in East Village

New stuff: 879 North Marshfield in East Village

Buyers now have three more homes to consider when looking at new construction in West Town. Yesterday Samantha Porter of @properties listed the units [...]
New year, new listings: Six new condos for sale at 1162 West Hubbard

New year, new listings: Six new condos for sale at 1162 West Hubbard

Back in July 2009, Mark Boyer stumbled upon a 17-unit condo building under construction at 1162 W Hubbard St in West Town. He couldn't get a lot o [...]
West Town short sale starting a grand below ’07 sale price

West Town short sale starting a grand below ’07 sale price

Remember, "short sale" doesn't always equal "fire sale." The single-family home at 2208 W Huron St in West Town (the one on the left in the pictur [...]
Comparing census tracts in Curbed Cup competitors

Comparing census tracts in Curbed Cup competitors

The fourth matchup in the Curbed Cup quarterfinals is coming down to the wire. As I write this, Logan Square is leading West Town in voting 55% t [...]

Watching the median in West Town

West Town recently ranked sixth among Chicago community areas in the average sale price of a condo, behind the Loop, Near North Side, Lincoln Park, Ne [...]
Searching for stability in Chicago neighborhoods

Searching for stability in Chicago neighborhoods

Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing d [...]
Noble Street Lofts, then and now

Noble Street Lofts, then and now

"The 'Clybourn Corridor' of the 1990s will be Grand Avenue." - Developer Jack Berger, speaking to Charles Hayes of the Chicago Tribune in a Sept. 10 [...]
Loft living: 5,500 square feet, eight parking spaces, and a fireman pole for under $900K

Loft living: 5,500 square feet, eight parking spaces, and a fireman pole for under $900K

I know what you're thinking: "I love the urban cool of a giant loft space in the heart of the city...but where are my eight rides gonna go?" Buy thi [...]
New construction roundup: West Town condos, Part 2

New construction roundup: West Town condos, Part 2

Here are four more sites of new-construction condos in the West Town community area. (See yesterday's roundup here.) 1414 W Grand Ave: Unit 3, a thr [...]
Schools and home prices in Wicker Park

Schools and home prices in Wicker Park

During our brief walk down Division Street earlier this month, Eric Rojas and I stopped a couple times, once near Moonshine at Division and Marion a [...]
New construction roundup: West Town condos, Part 1

New construction roundup: West Town condos, Part 1

These four condos are some of the newest you'll find in the West Town community area. Check back tomorrow morning for listing from four more West T [...]
Where the action is: talking West Town home sales with Eric Rojas

Where the action is: talking West Town home sales with Eric Rojas

Chicago's West Town community area in general, and the part of Wicker Park around Division Street in particular, has been a popular place for homebu [...]
A pristine three-bedroom duplex just off Division Street, for under $370,000

A pristine three-bedroom duplex just off Division Street, for under $370,000

Eric Rojas and I weren't able to meet up for our first round of Noble Square and Wicker Park videos until Monday, and we'll probably spread our cove [...]
A rare single-family in Noble Square

A rare single-family in Noble Square

Barring any last-minute scheduling conflicts, I'll be spending part of my early Friday evening looking at homes in West Town with Prudential Rubloff [...]
The nearly news: New listing at Hubbard Street Lofts not ready to dip below 2007 sale price

The nearly news: New listing at Hubbard Street Lofts not ready to dip below 2007 sale price

Well I'll be -- a nearly new home listed above its 2007 closing price? You don't see many of those anymore. Ginger Bonneau of @properties is market [...]
Do Division, and some open houses, too

Do Division, and some open houses, too

Wicker Park and Ukie Village kids don't get up early unless they have to, so don't expect the Do-Division Street Fest and Sidewalk Sale to really ge [...]

Chicago faux-berhoods: "West Park"

View Redfin's "West Park" boundaries in a larger map In the process of compiling of Redfin's sales data for North Side neighborhoods, I stumbled acro [...]
Neighborhoods for the rest of us: East Village

Neighborhoods for the rest of us: East Village

Between Division Street and Damen, Ashland and Grand avenues in the West Town community area, you'll find the East Village neighborhood. West Town's [...]
New homes near the Renegade Craft Fair on Division Street

New homes near the Renegade Craft Fair on Division Street

Renegade Craft Fair takes place this weekend and happens to be one of my favorite activities of Chicago summer. On Division Street between Damen Ave [...]
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