This 3-bedroom in Park Place Tower at 655 W. Irving Park in Lakeview came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1973, Park Place Tower is one of the tallest buildings on the north side of the city. It has 901 units and garage parking. The parking looks to be a mixture of owned spaces and leased, some of it valet. A prior listing called it a full amenity building with “resort style living” with “24 hour concierge, package receiving, gym, yoga room, Olympic sized pool, sundeck with grills, outdoor basketball court, party room, movie theater, business center, bike storage, grocery store, on-site ..read more

This 2-bedroom at 2128 N. Hudson in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1932, this association consists of two vintage buildings side-by-side which has 32 units in total. There’s no doorman or other amenities but it does have outdoor parking behind the buildings. It was converted into condos during the housing boom, in 2005. This unit has hardwood floors throughout. There’s an open kitchen with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances and new quartz countertops, new tile backsplash, and a new sink and faucet. There’s a small dining area and a balcony off the living room ..read more

This 2-bedroom penthouse in 3055 N. Seminary in Lakeview came on the market in April 2024. The listing says this building was built in 1922, but we’ve chattered about it before and those listings said it was constructed in 1910. It has 16 units and, per other chatters, some outdoor parking. This top floor unit has a “sunny” southwest exposure and “true” hardwood floors. It also has a wood burning fireplace in the living room. The over sized living room has a bay window and a bar along one wall with marble counters, beverage cooler and glass fronted cabinets. The 2 bedrooms have organized clos ..read more

This 1-bedroom penthouse loft in the Huron Street Lofts at 225 W. Huron in the gallery district in River North came on the market in April 2024. The top picture is the current picture of the building taken this year. The bottom picture was taken over a decade ago. Strangely, I am standing in nearly the same place when I took both pictures but the trees are now missing and there is a new building just to the west. Built in 1896, this brick and timber building was a factory. It was converted into 100 loft condos in 2008. There’s no parking with the building. It has on-site management, a nightl ..read more

This top floor 2-bedroom at 447 W. Fullerton Parkway in Lincoln Park came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1900, the building has 8 units. This listing says it has one parking space included, but in an older crib on this building, it says there isn’t parking at all. Some of these vintage buildings only have 1 or 2 garage spaces with the building so this may be such a case. The listing calls this unit the “perfect marriage of vintage character and modern updates.” It has some of its original vintage features including a separate dining room with built-ins and a beamed ceiling, and sunroom ..read more

This 3-bedroom in 400 E. Ohio in Streeterville came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1982, 400 E. Ohio has 181 units and attached self-parking heated garage with car wash station, where there is also free guest parking. There are just 4 units per floor. It’s a full amenity building with valet / cleaners, garage attendant, door staff, engineer, on-site manager, an indoor pool, a sauna, and an exercise room. This unit is on the 40th floor. It is an east corner unit with lake and city views. The listing says it has been “upgraded” and is rarely available. The unit has newly stained dark har ..read more

This 3-bedroom townhouse in Dearborn Park at 978 S. Park Terrace in the South Loop came on the market in February 2024. The picture above represents a unit in this complex but not necessarily THIS unit. These townhomes were built in 1980. There are 144 units and parking (is it outdoor?). This unit is two stories with an open floor plan on the main floor. It has hardwood floors throughout. The first floor has a living room, dining room, kitchen and half bath. The listing calls the kitchen “gourmet” with white cabinets, stone counter tops, a peninsula that seats 3 and stainless steel appliances ..read more

This 3-bedroom duplex down at 1351 N. Damen in Wicker Park came on the market in April 2024. Built in 1885, this building was “gutted to the studs” in 2019 by ZS Development. It has 3-units, garage parking and a side yard. We chattered about this building when it was first being gutted back in 2019. Some of you didn’t like the location on Damen. See our 2019 chatter here. We now have interior pictures of the unit which were missing in 2019. This unit does not have any of its vintage features anymore. But it does have windows on all four sides of the building with a side yard on one side and a ..read more

This 3-flat at 2509 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park came on the market in November 2023. Built in 1886, this 3-flat is on a 25×125.75 lot and has a 2-car garage. If it looks familiar, that’s because we have chattered about it two other times before: in 2010 and 2018. In 2010, it was being marketed as a possible tear down for the lot location but instead it was saved and renovated and it is still standing 14 years later. See our 2018 chatter here. If you recall, it still has some of its vintage features including an ornate metal sliding wood burning fireplace, ceiling medallions, crown molding, Fre ..read more

This 2-bedroom in Ontario Place at 10 E. Ontario in River North came on the market in June 2023. Built in 1983, Ontario Place was originally called the Private Residences at Ontario Place and was an apartment building. It was converted to condos in 2005, during the housing bubble. It has 467 units  and an attached parking garage. It is a full amenity building with 24/7 door and maintenance staff, an outdoor pool and sundeck, a fitness center, a dry cleaners and a business center. It even has a mature park on top of the parking garage with trees, grass, and places for residents to gather ..read more