Send tips about high-end home sales to dennis@rodkin.com.by Dennis Rodkin Thy Neighbor’s HouseInterlinked 30 years ago by a rehab, two Astor Street houses-one an elegant Georgian, the other a more modern residence-hit the market simultaneously Photograph: Chris Guillen Gold CoastList price: $4.950 million (left)List price: $9.995 million (right) Two neighboring Astor Street houses, conjoined by … Read more
With just 30 percent of their condos sold at a time when they had hoped to have 80 percent spoken for, the developers of the Bluestem, a contemporary residential building on Wolf Road in Westchester, announced this week that they will put the remaining units up for auction in July. It is the latest in … Read more
At Architectural Artifacts, his huge store in Ravenswood, Stuart Grannen holds court in a kingdom of the beautiful, the rescued, and the reclaimed
When a young Oak Park couple finally bought the Frank Lloyd Wright house they had long admired, they teamed up with top-of-the-line talent to make a good house great
When Matt and Sarah Adess moved into their Wicker Park condo in 2000, they didn’t realize they were buying intoa six-year nightmare. A cautionary tale about new construction gone terribly bad
Nostalgia Nation Developers of Rainbo Village pay homage to the site’s sentimental past Illustration: courtesy ofMetropolitan Development Enterprise UptownFrom $256,900 to $752,900 Developers of the five contemporary buildings going up at Clark Street and Lawrence Avenue have christened the project Rainbo Village-not because of the structures’ colorful exteriors, but in tribute to the Rainbo Roller … Read more
This year’s roundup of the highest prices paid for homes in the metropolitan area shows that the Gold Coast deserves its name Photography: Chris Guillen WinnetkaSale Price: $8.1 million In 1832, the chief economic enterprise in the burgeoning settlement of Chicago was John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company. Nearly 175 years later, the Near North … Read more
List Price: $3.428 million Sale Price: $2.75 million The Property: This 9,400-square-foot house is one of several newcomers on a street in southeast Hinsdale. It has four levels, including the basement, all served by an elevator. "You can stand on the top floor and look all the way to the lowest level as the staircase … Read more
Amid the rolling hills of southwestern Michigan, a classic Cape Cod provides a refuge for two city dwellers
List price: $2.195 million The Property: This slender townhouse, built in 1883, stands on one of the Gold Coast’s loveliest streets, punctuated on its east end with a view of Lake Michigan across Lake Shore Drive. The beautifully renovated house-owned by Frank James, an executive at Bear Sterns, and his wife, Sandy-is just 16 feet … Read more
