Urban Wowboy
List Price: $1.899 million
The Property: Among the sharpest buildings from the city’s recent years of condo buildup is the five-year-old Contemporaine, a modern 15-story concrete and glass design by the estimable Ralph Johnson.
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Turret Syndrome
Christopher Kowalski’s home may not be his castle, but his guesthouse sure is. A three-bedroom castle complete with turrets, gargoyles, and rooftop battlements, the guesthouse stands about 50 yards away from the four-bedroom Tudor home where Kowalski and his wife, Grace, have lived since 1990…
Lake Forest’s “Dinky Dump”
List Price: $1,795,000
Sale Price: $1,550,000
The Property: In a town where the elite have long lived in mansions with lyrical names such as Elawa, Bagatelle, and Clinola, this handsome house got saddled with an unfortunate moniker: Dinky Dump…
The Newest Old House in Glencoe
List Price: $5.3 million
The Property: Although brand new, this 18-room house on a wooded half-acre in Glencoe could easily be mistaken for a holdover from a bygone era of handsome country homes. George Adamczyk, a veteran builder of (by his count) 115…
A Second Home Search Engine
If you are one of the fortunate few looking for a second home, you may want to check out the Niche Properties Network, which showcases second-home properties on eight different websites. Those sites are only a few weeks old now and have very few listings, but this week the company is starting a concerted push to get real-estate agents to sign on with…
Going Off the Grid
With an architect’s help, a North Side couple turns a ComEd substation into a single-family home with solar panels and other “green” features
Uncommon Motor Row Threesome
Trio of condos share building and triplex layout but little else
All Bets Off
Big loss on James Gamble Rogers–designed house
Looking Ahead
Tower’s location could help preserve good views
Cutting Edge
Developer encourages condo sales with novel payment plan