Tag: Vintage
Watch video tours of twenty-eight Lake View apartment buildings
You can spend an hour at an apartment rental service waiting to repeat the information you've already given over the phone to a rookie agent who w [...]
Watch video tours of seventeen Lincoln Park apartment buildings
You can spend half an hour at an apartment rental service waiting to repeat the information you've already given over the phone to a rookie agent [...]
How to find the best deal on a Streeterville apartment
Chicago's rental services would like you to believe that it's a difficult task to find your best apartment deal in the Streeterville. In fact, it [...]
How to find the best deal on a Gold Coast apartment
Chicago's consistently-deceptive rental services would like you to believe that it's a difficult task to find your best apartment deal in the Gold [...]
A beautifully restored Gold Coast home on a tree-lined block
The classic Gold Coast rowhouse at 67 E Cedar St was gutted two years ago, but with a goal of preserving as much of the original detailing as poss [...]
A complete list of Lakeview East high-rise apartments
Chicago's scofflaw rental services / apartment locators / apartment finders would like you to believe that finding a high-rise apartment in Lakevi [...]
Rental deal of the day – a free month’s rent at The Seneca
When we visited The Seneca's website yesterday we were greeted by the popup message you see to the right. The offers: a month's free rent on selected [...]
Video tours of eight remodeled Evanston apartment buildings
BJB Evanston, one of our sponsors, owns and manages a dozen vintage and contemporary apartment buildings in a variety of strong Evanston neighborh [...]
A remodeled vintage gem just steps from Lincoln Park
The grand lobby at 451 W Wrightwood has the ambience of a great hotel or a posh private club, but it's the prelude to affordable updated apartment [...]
Newly-renovated boutique apartments steps from the lake and Mag Mile
The Seneca, a 1920s era landmark hotel just steps from the Mag Mile and lake at 200 E Chestnut, is being converted to luxury studio, 1-bedroom, an [...]
Remodeled vintage apartments a half block from Lincoln Park
The second you step into the spectacularly ornate lobby at 443 W Wrightwood you'll wonder whether you're in a great hotel, but you'll soon begin t [...]
A classic Beaux Arts courtyard on a great Lakeview East block
2828 North Pine Grove has an impressive Beaux Arts façade reflecting its 1920s vintage, but everything inside the building is new.
The Lakeview [...]
A renovated one-bedroom at the Marlborough in Lincoln Park
The Marlborough, 400 W Deming Place in Lincoln Park, is a vintage building dating to 1912 and known for its great location. Lincoln Park's North P [...]
The vintage views from a Lincoln Park roof deck
The view west from the upper floors and roof deck of the 7-story building at 424 W Diversey is dominated by buildings built between the 1890s and [...]
The classic lobby at 1448 North Lake Shore Drive
The lobbies in Chicago's vintage luxury buildings vary widely in size and opulence. Some are exceedingly modest, and some were built on a grand sc [...]
A Lakeview East dream home opportunity
The 4,000 square foot condo at 416 W Briar Pl in Lakeview East presents an unusual opportunity for someone to transform it into a dream home.
F [...]
The view from the Belden-Stratford’s sundeck
We recently wrote about the wave of existing buildings playing catch-up to the amenities and in-unit creature comforts offered by Chicago's new do [...]
Light, bright apartments steps from Gold Coast amenities
25 East Delaware is a completely renovated high-rise apartment building steps from State and Rush Streets, two short blocks from Chicago's Magnifi [...]
Nicely-updated apartments in a prime Lincoln Park location
1939 North Lincoln has an enviable location, steps from the Lincoln Park, between the fun-packed strips along Wells Street, Armitage and Lincoln, [...]
Newly-renovated Lincoln Park studios steps from the park
Residents of 2046 North Orleans have the best of Lincoln Park almost at their front door.
The building is a half block from public transportat [...]