Tag: Bucktown
Sign of the times: Ten East Delaware dumped in Bucktown
A little far from home, no? I found this A-frame sign for Ten East Delaware's Gold Coast sales center cozying up to a construction dumpster outsid [...]
Three to go at Wabansia Row II in Bucktown
This weekend I noticed that @properties had amended the sign outside of the Wabansia Row II townhomes in Bucktown, changing "4 homes left" to "3 h [...]
Checking in on North Avenue’s retail scene
After confirming that we could find plenty of homes for rent in Bucktown simply by driving the neighborhood's streets, Joe Zekas and I drove along [...]
Rental deal of the day: A Bucktown 2/1 with granite, central air, and easy Metra access
Today's deal of the day from Chicago Rentals Direct happens to be one of the rentals Joe Zekas and I passed our recent drive through Bucktown: a two-b [...]
Finding more homes for rent on a Bucktown drive
Earlier this week, Joe Zekas and I wound our way through a few streets in Bucktown, searching for FOR RENT signs. As you saw yesterday, we found e [...]
Driving Bucktown, looking for FOR RENT signs
Many Chicago apartments are never advertised on Craigslist or in any other online or print media, and those apartments are often some of the best [...]
Rent for $3,500, buy for $625K in Bucktown
One of the newest rental listings in Bucktown is a Colonial-style single-family at 1637 N Honore St (between North and Wabansia avenues), priced at $3 [...]
First quarter figures: Medians and highs in Bucktown
Should it close near its $3.09 million list price later this month, the Ranquist's warehouse-turned-single-family at Leavitt and Wilmot may be the top [...]
Cutting prices early and often in Holstein Park
How long should a home stay on the market at its introductory price before taking a cut? How long should it stay at a new price before changing on [...]
Is Bucktown Wicker Park’s best selling point?
Surely I'm reading too much into a Realtor's dashed-off listing text, but I'll share it anyway. This morning, while browsing the day's list of new [...]
A high-style Bucktown home on the path to LEED Platinum
The four-bedroom / 3.5-bath home at 1610 N Honore St may enter the exclusive ranks of Chicago's LEED Platinum-certified homes. And that's only one [...]
Three sales in four years at Bucktown Station
The @properties Web site says “50% sold” – but we’re reporting 9 available in a 15-unit development.
If our numbers are correct the project’s b [...]
Checking in: Glanville wants an offer in Bucktown
A few months ago I pointed readers to a Bucktown single-family that former Cub and current ESPN analyst Doug Glanville was trying to sell for $899,000 [...]
$4.9 million Cortland Residence in Bucktown lands ALA Design Gold Award
You know that 7,800 square-foot Bucktown home that Curbed featured a couple weeks back? It's an award winner! Nicholas Clark Architects just pulle [...]
A Bucktown home in a "Walker's Paradise"
Realtor Jim Gramata's home at 2321 W McLean Ave gets a Walk Score of 92, high enough to be deemed a "Walker's Paradise." It's close enough to the We [...]
A brief look at Pulaski International School
Pulaski Fine Arts Academy, the neighborhood school located a few doors from Jim Gramata's Bucktown home, was known for years for its poor test score [...]
Baer Lofts returning at lower prices
The unsold units at Baer Lofts in Bucktown have started creeping back onto the market -- a couple showed up on the MLS in June, another in July, and n [...]
Hockey homes: Ex-Hawks have condos for sale and for rent
Cristobal Huet will be tending goal in Europe this season, so he doesn't have much use for his 4,700 square-foot condo at Millennium Centre (right), 3 [...]
Doug Glanville lists Bucktown home for $78,000 off 2006 purchase price
Does Doug Glanville count as a celebrity? His best seasons were in Philly, but he spent some time wearing Cubbie Blue, too, including a second-half [...]
The two-bedroom bell-curve in 60622
Two-bedroom condos are the most common types of homes on the market in 60622 (the ZIP for Wicker Park, the East Village, East Humboldt Park, and the [...]