Excellent video. Nice to see that you have some true neighborhood people on this, and not just some investor/agent branding something to his/her benefit.

Though, I'd have to say that the DiFoggio's and Barbara's might not like it.

I knew there were some large homes in Bridgeport, but I guess I didn't KNOW.

I guess being successful in Bridgeport means building a ridiculously sized house on multiple lots and driving a $60,000 car. Perhaps I am underestimating the cost of the car.

All the better to stay in the hood and show off for your neighbors.

I prefer the filthy rich to be more modest and just renovate a 2-3 flat into a single family home. I guess 4000-5000 square feet just isn't enough space.

Oh well.

Bridgeport and environs lost their cachet in 2006 when the Sox failed to repeat.:-)

Local Realtor,

Bridgeport has lost none of its cachet with Bridgeport residents.

What I love about the huge homes in Bridgeport Heights is the messages that they communicate to the local kids. It's possible for Bridgeport kids to aspire to and achieve success and wealth, and still preserve Bridgeport family and community ties.

I have my eye on this lovely Bridgeport chateau; asking price $2.8 million

That was a very below-the-belt comment Joe Zekas. Unless I misunderstood? Just what did you mean? This isn't Wilmette, I know, but the passing of a business is nothing more tragic than, say, your kids ending up with Chicago's version of Blockbuster's real estate mag (if there were one)???

UICstudent,

As usual, I have no idea what you're talking about.

And, as usual, you've misunderstood.

I think my meaning is crystal clear and implies nothing about "the passing of a business …"

It's bizarre to call my comment "below the belt." Are you on the same Web site I'm on? The same planet?

Joe,

preserving Bridgeport family and community ties are generally a good thing. Success is a good thing. Homes on 7 lots are a bit or more than a bit extreme. I'm happy to keep the successful folks in the city and in no way would I want to limit their ability to build oversized castles, but it would be nice if they self limited what they built.

Oh well. Whadda I kno?. I'm from sout' of dere. Of course we had our share of pinky ring wearing loud mouthed successful types who bragged about knowing Eddie Vdrolyak or claimed their granddad drank with Richard J Daley on an almost daily basis.

To each his own.

irishpirate,

Who knows what was going on with these homes? I don't.

Here's one possibility, since these homes were built recently. During the early years of the depression my grandfather on my mother's side built (overbuilt) a completely over-the-top retail / residential compound on the main street of the small town in which I lived until I was twelve.

If you looked at it today you might have the same reaction people are having to some of these Bridgeport homes. What really happened was that my granddad, who had some money at the time, was providing jobs for some of his good friends and employees who would never have accepted charity or being kept on the payroll at make-work jobs.

Who's to say something similar didn't happen in Bridgeport? Not me.

That's a wee bit of a stretch Joe in more than a few ways.

In any case if someone wants to build a castle and they can afford to it's their right.

Personally, I prefer my rich folks to be like Warren Buffet in the same house for 50 years. Of course I don't think Warren feels the need to prove anything to anyone. Staying in the same house for 50 years might be a bit of a stretch also. There is nothing wrong with spending some cash to live a nice comfortable life. I guess my definition of comfortable would be different than their definition. Oh well I hope they are all paying the appropriate amount of property taxes and not getting a break for being "Bridgeportized".

Pez, I think that Amy Fisher & Joey Buttafuco are the ones selling that house.

Jeff,

There's nothing funny about insulting people's taste. Put a id on it.

LOL, this is the pot calling the kettle black…you are insulting people constantly with your flippant remarks and comments. Quit your crying.

You are very insulting Joe. Your suggestive remarks about the people of Bridgeport, and how they come about their money is offensive.

OK, UICstudent,

Repeat exactly what I said that you find offensive. You're making stuff up to distract from how off-the-wall your earlier comment was.

Quote me if you can.