Tag: West suburbs
A resort-like yard with pool at an Elmhurst 6-bedroom home
The 6-7 bedroom, 7-bath home at 570 S Prospect Ave boasts a private, resort-like yard unlike anything you'll see in Elmhurst. It has a full outdoo [...]
Elmhurst home sales surge 39%
Yesterday's email brought this Elmhurst market update from Coldwell Banker's Gracik Makinney Group:
May property sales were up 39.2% over the s [...]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, a DesignSlinger photography primer
Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple in Oak Park represented a startling new departure when it opened in 1908. It has since been listed on the Nation [...]
A light-filled modern home in tranquil Indian Head Park
The modern home at 6435 Indianhead Trail in Indian Head Park is filled with surprises.
It's no surprise that the corner lot and large windows o [...]
A split-level Elmhurst home with a great deck and yard
The owners of the 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath split-level at 793 S Washington St have renovated the home over time to make it a warm and cozy environment. [...]
Tour a new, all-masonry 6-bedroom in South Elmhurst
The new 6-bedroom, 5-bath home at 903 Chatham Ave is just two blocks from Butterfield Park.
The soaring, 2-story entry foyer sets the tone for [...]
Tour an aggressively-priced 4-bedroom Elmhurst ranch
The 4-bedroom, 2 ½ bath ranch at 453 East Court is on a quiet street a block from the popular East End Park. The park has a new pool, ball diamond [...]
An award-winning restoration of Griffin’s Emery House in Elmhurst
The Emery House in Elmhurst, 281 S Arlington, was designed by Walter Burley Griffin for his friend and high school classmate, William H. Emery Jr. [...]
More blood near the tracks in Forest Park
Early last year we posted on the shocking decline in the value of townhomes at The Residences at The Grove in Forest Park. The Focus Development i [...]
A chicken-friendly, fenced back yard in Elmhurst
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath home at 153 Caroline Ave in Elmhurst is on a 50 x 191.8 foot lot with a deep, fully-fenced back yard. The 10 year-old home [...]
A Mies van der Rohe subdivision prototype in Elmhurst
The Robert McCormick House in Elmhurst is one of only three single-family residences designed by Mies van der Rohe in the United States. Built in [...]
A Nantucket-style home in Elmhurst’s Lincoln School district
This six-year old home has an open floor plan with a first-floor office off the living room, a generously sized kitchen that opens to the family r [...]
A new cottage-style home in center-of-town Elmhurst
Realtor Tom Makinney bills this as a "seaside traditional home with formal flair." The tastefully elaborate trim package, carried consistently fro [...]
A lovingly-maintained Tudor in a convenient Elmhurst location
Elmhurst's many attractions include good public schools, a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly downtown, and great access to Chicago's expressway grid.
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A Prairie-style home with an expansive Elmhurst yard
The 5-bedroom, 4 ½ bath Prairie-style home at 153 Caroline is on an oversized lot in a great location -- close to East End Park and its pool.
T [...]
Walk to three Elmhurst schools without crossing a street
The 3,600 square foot home at 318 Fair Ave has a number of features you don't often find in newer construction in Elmhurst, especially in a home p [...]
An unusual Elmhurst 4-bedroom
The 4-bedroom, 3 ½ bath home at 630 S Bryan St has an unusually high level of finishes and creature comforts for an Elmhurst home priced under $70 [...]
A question for Why Berwyn is Berwyn, ¿por qué?
Berwyn's "Integrated Marketing Campaign" is in its sixth year and, according to the Berwyn Development Corporation:
… the 2012 campaign continu [...]
Elmhurst prices down, market times up year-to-date
The following market data is gleaned from the Elmhurst Real Estate Update published each month by the Gracik Makinney Group.
The average sales [...]
An Old Town North home in Western Springs
The Village of Western Springs is situated between La Grange and Hinsdale. The attractions of Western Springs, apart from its small-town atmospher [...]