West Meets East
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Growth Spurt
Upscale townhouses garnish Northwest Side neighborhood
Making The Most Of Nature
Whatever the color, “green” paint helps the environment and enhances condo quality
Sale of the Week—A Lincoln Park Queen Anne
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List Price: $1,879,000
Sale Price: $1,879,000
The Property: The brick, limestone, and wood façade of this Queen Anne-style home is a flirting coquette among matrons on an east Lincoln Park block where the neighbors are all fine homes, but not as confidently decorative as this one. From its painted wooden gable front and cornice supports down through the carved limestone tablets above some windows and a hefty wood-and-glass front door, the exterior is enlivened by an array of textures and colors.
Inside, the seduction continues. Built in 1895, the house has ten rooms on three floors, plus a…
On the Market—Georgian on my Mind
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List Price: $3,625,000
The Property: This Georgian townhouse on Chicago’s Astor Street feels as if it were made for ambassadorial entertaining. The glass-fronted entry door opens onto an entry hall with a marble and ebony floor; from there, a broad staircase leads to a pillared gallery hall that sets the stage for a handsome living room with a trio of Palladian windows and Juliet balconies.
Built in the 1890s—possibly as a Victorian, its selling agent says, and reworked sometime later—the house has 11 rooms and four-plus baths on four stories, as well as a rooftop deck. Two of the four bedrooms…
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This Week on Spike—December 27
A nice two-year-old house in northwest Elmhurst, this one sold in early December for $865,000, which is 5.9 percent below what the sellers paid in September 05.
The 2007 sale price was approximately the 2004 value (approximate because this house did not exist then; it’s a replacement of a modest ranch). That is what some real estate appraisers are now saying is appropriate–prices from three years ago. As recently as September, appraisers were telling me they were using 2005 prices.
The asking price was $924,900…
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On the Market—A New Home in Lake View’s Instant Neighborhood
List Price: $2,275,000
The Property: Situated in a neighborhood of new, high-end homes on a parcel of land in Lake View that was, until six years ago, entirely industrial, this 11-room house has a clean-cut limestone façade, bamboo floors, steel and glass stair rails, and a super-sleek kitchen. But what really grabs the eye is the solid-core wood doors faced with a vertical-striped zebrawood veneer that are used throughout the house, providing a dark accent to an otherwise light interior.
The house has five outdoor decks on four levels, including a spacious party deck atop the garage and two more private decks on opposite sides of a third-floor den with outdoor stairs up to the rooftop. Glass walls extending out to the decks and lots of…