Tag: Streeterville
Co-op homes with direct elevator access at 219 East Lake Shore
Today's segment from Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose's Lake Shore Drive walk showcases 219 East Lake Shore, a vintage co-op designed by Fugard & Knapp. [...]
The Mayfair, East Lake Shore Drive's only condo building
The Mayfair, 189 E Lake Shore Dr, is the only condo building on the highly prized, architecturally cohesive stretch of East Lake Shore Drive. The ot [...]
Two bedrooms in the heart of Streeterville for under $200,000 at Pearson on the Park
Are you sitting down? The first home you see in this video from Pearson on the Park -- a completely remodeled two-bedroom / one-bath with all the ex [...]
The park and pool at ParkView
Outdoor space is precious in a neighborhood as dense as Streeterville. In addition to private balconies, residents at the ParkView Condominiums, 505 [...]
At ParkView, one-bedrooms get corners, too
The corners of high-rises aren't normally reserved for one-bedroom condos, so naturally Joe was interested in seeing the corner one-bedroom that's o [...]
All about the Drake Tower on "Co-op Row"
The first place Joe Zekas and Francesca Rose profiled on their walk down Lake Shore Drive was the Drake Tower, one of the most sought-after building [...]
From the Drake to the river: a walk down Lake Shore Drive
This weekend Joe Zekas and Prudential Rubloff agent Francesca Rose went on a long stroll down Lake Shore Drive, starting from the intersection of La [...]
Downtown condo sales: who was busy in the first quarter of 2010?
More than 55 percent of downtown Chicago's new condo and townhome developments reported an increase in the number of units sold from the fourth quar [...]
Why Janet bought a 600 Lake Shore Drive condo
Many real estate developers are virtual recluses when they're on site at one of their projects. They go out of their way to remain unknown to home b [...]
Waitin' on the Ritz
Yo reader Bob sent along his view into the Ritz-Carlton Residences site at 664 N Michigan Ave after reading yesterday's pricing update. More clutter [...]
Today's news: New listings for Ritz-Carton Residences reach $1,336 a square foot
What, you thought we'd entered some new age of frugality and thrift? Not on the Mag Mile! Ritz-Carlton laughs in the face of a down market!
Jane Shaw [...]
Inside Lou's secret room at 600 Lake Shore drive
If you watched Joe's video from the top of 600 Lake Shore Drive on Monday, you should remember Lou Graziano, the development's chief engineer. While [...]
Quote of the day: Learning to love the hole
We love the hole. I think we would like to have the hole there forever.
- UIC architecture professor Alexander Lehnerer, on the 70-foot-deep "scar" [...]
Roaming the roof at 600 Lake Shore Drive
There's no point in wasting a sunny day, especially when you're taking a tour of a Lake Shore Drive high-rise. With that in mind, Joe Zekas asked de [...]
Homes with history in the "new" Playboy building
Our Streeterville correspondent Francesca Rose checked in yesterday with a post topic in mind: the 84-year-old high-rise at 680 N Lake Shore Dr.
Thi [...]
Three bedrooms and great city views from a 990 Lake Shore Drive condo
Last month we took you to the top of 990 Lake Shore Drive -- now go inside the tower to get a closer look at one of its homes. Joe Zekas and Prudent [...]
Ted's take on Pearson on the Park
Earlier this year a group of investors bought up the remaining inventory at the converted Pearson on the Park high-rise at 222 E Pearson St in Stree [...]
By request: Eight developer homes still for sale at Avenue East in Streeterville
"What's the % sold in this building?" a reader asked via e-mail last week? The building in question was Avenue East, Residential Homes of America's 13 [...]
990 Lake Shore Drive – the view from the roof
It was a brilliantly clear morning as Francesca Rose and I headed for the roof at 990 Lake Shore Drive, one of Streeterville's oft-overlooked condos [...]
Staging the master bedroom
Last November, our Streeterville expert Francesca Rose went on camera with Kim Baker and Karen Fike of Chicago Home Staging at ParkView condo to tal [...]