Second Extreme Makeover
After earlier loft conversion, former Comptometer factory reborn as home for 95 condos
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No Back Porch Blues
Building offers good views and tax breaks
Front Runner
Elements of original design grace building’s anterior units
Home Stretch
Ryersons’ remodeling extended townhouse by another 65 feet
Not a Slam Dunk
Former Bull’s house still for sale nearly two years after trade
Making Lemonade
Investors rent homes while waiting for market turnaround
Housing Bulletin—Who Owns Your Home?
There is a timeworn joke about home ownership that has gained new relevance over the past few months. It’s one you’ve likely heard before, and maybe even made yourself. Making light of the fact that we claim to “own” our homes—when in fact, for many homeowners with mortgages, the bank technically owns the lion’s share—we say something along the lines of, “We own one bedroom and a piece of…
Sale of the Week—At a Loss in Northbrook
List Price: $1.85 million
Sale Price: $1.65 million
The Property: Built in 1940, when Northbrook was a sleepy little village, this genteel 12-room house evokes that simpler era with its stone gateposts and tall trees, its large screened sunroom, its swimming pool and broad lawn. But thanks to a successful kitchen…
On The Market—A River North Penthouse Atop Mother Cabrini’s Former School
List Price: $2.8 million
The Property: The brick and copper Beaux-Arts cornice of the former Assumption School—founded in 1899 by Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini—conceals a big two-bedroom penthouse that goes on the market today. Situated in a new fifth-floor rooftop addition, the contemporary unit spans the…
Photo Contest: Sears Tower Love
Reports from yesterday about the retrial of the men accused of plotting to bomb the Sears Tower has got us thinking about the building we often take for granted. Towering above all the rest (that is, until Donald Trump completes the phallic homage to himself), the Sears Tower anchors our skyline and appears in more photos than we’re able to count.
This abstract view of the mammoth structure, taken by Flickr’s inetmer, is one of our favorites. What’s your favorite shot of the Sears Tower? Send them our way with…