YoChicago’s video walk through the Ferris Bueller house

YoChicago’s video walk through the Ferris Bueller house

Last August I spent nearly two hours shooting photos and video at what, in deference to the listing agent's wishes, we referred to in the above vi [...]
Lease a vibrant villa in Highland Park

Lease a vibrant villa in Highland Park

It isn't often that you'll see a 2-bedroom, 1-bath home described as a "hand-built country villa." But then, how would you respond if challenged t [...]
Tour a Highland Park landmark, the Ben Rose house and pavilion

Tour a Highland Park landmark, the Ben Rose house and pavilion

The Ben Rose house and pavilion has been said to be the most important modernist home in Chicagoland. It was designed by A. James Speyer, a st [...]
Home sales lag in Michael Jordan’s subdivision

Home sales lag in Michael Jordan’s subdivision

All the media hubbub attending Michael Jordan's offering his Highland Park home for sale for $29 million doesn't seem to have boosted property val [...]
Highland Park luxury at $600K below 2006 asking price

Highland Park luxury at $600K below 2006 asking price

The 7,500 square foot 5-bedroom home with 5 full and 2 half baths on an acre at 3434 Old Mill Rd in Highland Park recently came on the market at a [...]
Highland Park home for sale for $29 million

Highland Park home for sale for $29 million

Crain's is reporting that Michael Jordan's Highland Park home has been listed for sale with an asking price of $29 million. The list price include [...]
CPAH needs 25 Robin Hoods in Sherwood Forest

CPAH needs 25 Robin Hoods in Sherwood Forest

You can play a part in doing something about Chicago's growing shortage of affordable housing, and play Robin Hood to a family earning less than 8 [...]
Have Highland Park buyers become Dart-bored?

Have Highland Park buyers become Dart-bored?

Four months ago we noted that two very different homes by mid-century modernist architect Edward Dart were for sale in Highland Park. Both are sti [...]
Want a 37-acre North Shore lakefront home?

Want a 37-acre North Shore lakefront home?

Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily is reporting that a joint venture of the U.S. Navy and Forest City Enterprises is selling 37 acres with 1,100 fe [...]
Go high or low on Edward Dart homes in Highland Park

Go high or low on Edward Dart homes in Highland Park

If you're interested in owning a Highland Park home designed by noted modernist Edward Dart you can pay $229,000 or $2,575,000. The low end of ho [...]
North Shore MLS-listed rentals at another new low

North Shore MLS-listed rentals at another new low

The number of MLS-listed rental homes and condos in Chicago's North Shore communities fell to yet another new low this week, with only 230 units a [...]
Rent a pied-a-shore in Highland Park

Rent a pied-a-shore in Highland Park

Thinking about a summer weekend getaway place near the lake? There’s a rarely-available rental in a HIghland Park coach house across the stree [...]
Adler home for sale in Highland Park

Adler home for sale in Highland Park

Six months ago Ned Skae alerted me to the possibility that a record number of homes designed by architect David Adler were on the market in Lake F [...]
A Tony Grunsfeld home in Highland Park: not unfriendly, just private

A Tony Grunsfeld home in Highland Park: not unfriendly, just private

Ernest Alton "Tony" Grunsfeld III has designed dozens of homes along the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan. Most are in the distinctively modern idio [...]
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