Hearing the fireworks from home
Posted 4/18/2008 by Mark Boyer
In honor of opening day, Joe did a roundup of new construction "within stumbling distance" of Wrigley Field. Today, in the interest of baseball impartiality (and in recognition of the their recent ascension to first place in the American League Central Division), I'll do the same for the White Sox's home turf in Bridgeport (and a little bit of Bronzeville).
Cubs fans should pay attention too, because the Cubs are slated to play at least part of the 2009 season on the South Side.
Joe's definition of "stumbling distance" from the Friendly Confines was five blocks in each direction. That works fine for the dense city blocks in Wrigleyville, where there's plenty of new construction going on within a rather short distance. Between the parking lots, train tracks and the Dan Ryan Expressway surrounding The Cell, however, most fans stumbling from the South Siders' park will be sober by the time they finish the hike to their new homes.
Therefore, I have to stretch my search out past Joe's five-block radius, from State Street to Lituanica Avenue, and from 31st Street down to Pershing Road. Within those boundaries, I found six new developments in our New Homes Quick Guide:
- 33rd Street Square, 3253 S Parnell Ave: 11 three-bedroom townhouses in the $590s to $670s
- Park Boulevard, 47 W 35th St: 1300 one- to four-bedroom single-family homes, town houses and condos in the $200s to the $600s
- Armour Park Homes, 3230 S Stewart Ave: 39 three- to four-bedroom single-family homes in the $490s to $540s
- Lowe Street Homes, 3851 S Lowe Ave: six four-bedroom single-family homes in the $690s to $720s
- Residences at 500 West, 500 W 31st St: 18 two-bedroom condos from the $300s
- 826 West Condominiums, 826 W 35th St: six three-bedroom condos from the $380s
One notable difference between these properties and their Wrigleyville counterparts is that many of these listings are for single-family homes and townhouses, whereas most of the North Side developments seem to be new and converted condos.
Comments
4/19/08
Local Realtor said:
Too bad there isn't some North Side facility that could be adapted for Major League use, such as the Northwestern U. stadium.
4/21/08
Local Realtor said:
"Stumbling distance" - I love it! Conjures up visions of all those over-served Cubs fans trying to find their way home. Too bad it's not 10 years ago and we could have maybe used "A Sammy Sosa Homer Away" instead.
AH_specialist said:
I'm glad you've finally made it over here to the South Side! If you get a chance, it would be nice to see more details on some of the smaller condo developments that are tucked into Bridgeport, on Emerald, Lowe, and Morgan streets. Also, I'd love to hear Yo's take on the Bridgeport condominiums– 2 bedrooms starting at about $300K– parking not included– perhaps a bit over-priced for the hood?
Local Realtor said:
AH - are they starting to call that neighborhood "Comiskeyville" or "Soxville" yet? (Somehow I doubt that "Cellville" would be all that attractive.)
4/22/08
AH_specialist said:
Here on the southside,we don't have to give our neighborhood a name like Soxville. Unlike Wrigleyville, this is an actualy a real neighborhood with all sorts of people– not a destination for ex-frat boys and sorority girls to come party during and after Cubs games.
We might need a little more gentrification before Soxville rises up. I'm not originally from Bridgeport, but I hope it never gets to that point. We need a little bit more help in the hip, cool hangouts but I don't think Wrigleyville is a model to follow.