Tag: Gold Coast
Price reductions and incentives on the remaining units at Parkside of Old Town
The new homes at Parkside of Old Town have a convenient location, two blocks from Wells Street shops, bars and restaurants, close to the Gold Coas [...]
Quote of the day – the urbanism of exhaustion
Architecture critic Lynn Becker is not pleased with 42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly's proposal for the triangular park at Chestnut, Rush and Wabash. [...]
Rent a furnished penthouse at 1555 North Astor
Its location at the southern edge of Lincoln Park affords 1555 North Astor some of the most striking views in Chicago. The building's status as on [...]
Downtown MLS-listed rentals renting at torrid pace
The MLS-listed rental inventory in the 14 downtown ZIP codes that we track dipped slightly during the past week from 782 units to 763 units. Of th [...]
A never-lived in home in the Gold Coast
It might take some imagination to adapt the sizable 1-bedroom units at The Carlyle, 1040 N Lake Shore Drive to the way you live. When you hear "1 [...]
The lowest-priced single-family on the Gold Coast
Bellevue Place, just west of Lake Shore Drive, is one of the most attractive blocks in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood.
The 1880s-era 5-bedro [...]
A great floor plan at the Gold Coast’s Park Astor
The Park Astor, 1515 N Astor St, is one of those "sleeper" buildings built in the late 60s, but with qualities atypical of that era.
The Park A [...]
The largest 2-bedroom at The Carlyle, 1040 North Lake Shore Dr
The square footage of units at The Carlyle, 1040 N Lake Shore Dr, typically doubles and occasionally triples that in buildings of lesser stature. [...]
Recent views from the Gold Coast and Streeterville
Yesterday and today I visited half a dozen beautiful Gold Coast and Streeterville condos for video tours that you'll see in the upcoming days. In [...]
A Gold Coast girl remembers a vanished Lake Shore Drive
While we were shooting a video tour of 67 East Bellevue I asked Meladee Hughes what the Gold Coast was like when she was growing up there decades [...]
A high-rise home near the Gold Coast farmers market
Early Saturday morning I met Lori and Clark at the Division Street Farmers Market to see and chat about the scene that's a 30-second stroll from t [...]
The best value at The Carlyle
Everything about The Carlyle is out of the ordinary, beginning with its Gold Coast location overlooking Oak Street Beach.
The Carlyle's reside [...]
A Benjamin Marshall Gold Coast classic
When 1200 North Lake Shore Drive was built in 1912 it attracted residents with some of Chicago's most storied names: Field, Armour and Wrigley.
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A glorious Gold Coast roof deck
This is undoubtedly one of the most lavish rooftop decks on a single-family home in the Gold Coast. The greenhouse makes it a year-round space. Th [...]
Views from 1200 Lake Shore Drive, Libertyville, Chatham
Earlier today I visited the rooftop sundeck at 1200 N Lake Shore Dr with Coldwell Banker's Meladee Hughes. The views were quite a contrast wit [...]
Was the Alderman misquoted on the proposed Gold Coast apartment tower?
Crain's Chicago Business (subscription required) Is reporting that Jewel is taking bids from high-rise developers for its site at Clark and Divisi [...]
Quote of the day – the siege of Sandburg Village
The Chicago Reader is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding this year, and reprinting articles from its earlier days. The articles don' [...]
A Gold Coast apartment walk with Stephanie
Stephanie Konow and Katie Bommarito, former apartment rental agents, recently co-founded Chicago Rentals Direct. Having acquired in-depth familiar [...]