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Old loft building instantly elevates Quincy Street tower
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Throwing Evanston a Curve
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New on the Market—Old Irving Park, Chicago
List price: $1.499 million
The Property: Built in 1873 by one of the first residents of what was then suburban Irving Park, this brick Italianate house is filled with hand-crafted vintage features, including the door and window trim and the intricate wooden floor inlays. Otherwise, the place has the feel of a brand-new house, thanks to the restoration efforts of the past two owners, who took care to preserve the home’s original character while making it livable for the 21st century…
Housing Bulletin—Turning Down the Volume
Deal Estate continues its expanded analysis of the real-estate charts in Chicago’s October issue, this week looking at the Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs where the number of home sales dropped most sharply. Using data supplied by the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois, the charts in the magazine examined 77 city neighborhoods and 204 suburbs … Read more
Sale of the Week—Pritzkers Sell Their Evanston Mansion
Deal of the Week: Pritzkers Sell Their Evanston Mansion List Price: $4.5 million Sale Price: $4.1 million The Property: Now that they have moved into their $30,000-a-month rental on the Gold Coast , J. B. and M. K. Pritzker have sold their Evanston home of 14 years, a 19-room brick and limestone house designed in … Read more
New on the Market—A Riverside Webmaster
List Price: $910,000 The Property: The last work of the innovative west suburban architect Harold Zook, this Riverside house, built in 1948, has had only one owner. That means many of its original features are intact—including the spider-web pattern crafted in glass (in a window) and in stone (above the mantel), as well as the … Read more
Housing Bulletin—Hitting the Brakes
In its October 2007 issue, Chicago charts home sales in 77 city neighborhoods and 204 suburbs over a 12-month period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007. Among other things, the charts, using data provided by the Multiple Listing Service of Northern Illinois, reveal a widespread increase in the time it took to … Read more
Sale of the Week—Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Lake Forest House
List Price: $2.495 million Sale Price: $2.175 million The Property: Frank Lloyd Wright’s only project in Lake Forest, this 12-room house, built at the edge of a ravine in the early 1950s, demonstrates the architect’s ability to shape people’s perceptions of the spaces that surround them. Visitors to the house enter along a narrow, low-ceilinged … Read more
Ten Modern Masterpieces
Call them the best of the 21st century if you’d like. These innovative new buildings illustrate Chicago’s enduring power to attract great design.