Tag: Near North Side
Riding the Red Line: Chicago
The Red Line station at Chicago Avenue and State Street is a lot like the one at Grand and State, only without all the orange barrels, concrete ba [...]
First quarter figures: Stuff that sells in Old Town
Here are four homes on the high end of the Old Town home market that closed between January 1 and March 31, according to Redfin's records:
Cond [...]
Construction checkup: Making way for new apartments in Old Town
Last week Curbed's Mark Boyer caught up with JDL Development prez Jim Letchinger, to get the latest on 1233 North Wells, a new 16-story, 250-unit [...]
Down to 11 at SoNo
Dennis Rodkin reports that just 11 condos are still for sale at SoNo, 860 W Blackhawk St, ranging from a 756 square-foot one-bedroom on the tower's se [...]
What snow? Day sees plenty of new listings
The market marches on -- at noon, Redfin showed 139 homes listed since midnight.
On the high end, there's a five-bedroom / four-bath triplex at [...]
Curbed gets a better look at SoNo East
There's your building, folks. California-based architect Adam Berkelhamer sent Curbed new renderings of SoNo East, the 22-story, rental-only compa [...]
Construction checkup: An Oak grows in Cabrini
Parkside of Old Town's next rental mid-rise is going up at the northeast corner of Larrabee and Oak streets, two blocks south of Cabrini Green's r [...]
Parking comes separately for $3.95M Gold Coast penthouse
Speaking of Astor Street, there's more to the Gold Coast co-op market than just the stately high-rises of East Lake Shore Drive. The 1200 block of [...]
Kelleher wants $16M for Gold Coast mansion
World-famous hole digger Garrett Kelleher is trying to unload his century-old mansion at 1416 N Astor St for $16 million, says Dennis Rodkin. It's [...]
The end of Cabrini Green
Last night, WGN-TV looked back at the final days of Cabrini Green and interviewed some of the last people to leave it. Despite its reputation as a [...]
Rent or buy a 3,000 square-foot duplex in a Potter Palmer mansion
Two stories of a Potter Palmer-built mansion at 33 E Division St in the Gold Coast are on the market, either for rent or for sale. (Not to be confused [...]
City approves pedestrian-oriented improvements for the Halsted Triangle
Not long after work began on the Halsted Street bridge in late 2010, Mark Boyer pointed Curbed readers to this rendering of one the bridge's 34-fo [...]
Yo’s guide to renting on the Near North Side
Our latest guide introduces renters to the Gold Coast, Old Town, and the rest of the Near North Side. Inside you can learn why people do and don't liv [...]
Will Lincoln Park follow the Edgewater precedent?
Today’s New York Times provides a timely reminder that a vacant hospital site can linger undeveloped for a decade or more, blighting the surroundi [...]
1000 Lake Shore, Drive vs. Plaza: Similar addresses, different price points in the Gold Coast
So I'm casually browsing Gold Coast over a morning coffee, and I start to detect an unnaturally wild spread in pricing at one location: 1000 Nort [...]
Promotions from the past: “The ideal home-in-town” at Sandburg Village
Last week we found a folder of promotional materials for Sandburg Village that surely date back to the late 1960s. Earlier today I scanned this list o [...]
Searching for stability in Chicago neighborhoods
Jeff Baird is a real estate valuation consultant based in Chicago. He founded Lakeshore Analytics to bring comprehensive, understandable housing d [...]
Sales update: 15 condos left at SoNo
SoNo's closeout has begun. According to a new press release from @properties, the 15 condos still for sale in the 199-unit building, located at 860 W [...]
Renovated Astor Street District row house on the market (again)
This Potter Palmer-built row house at 1302 N Ritchie Ct in the Gold Coast's Astor Street District is no stranger to the modern market. According to re [...]
A home-sized three-bedroom at The Regent in the Gold Coast
This three-bedroom / three-bath condo at The Regent, 190 E Walton Pl, has the feel of a luxurious home, and the spacious rooms, master suite, and st [...]