Five Time Capsule Homes For Sale
Sunken living rooms, aluminum Christmas trees, and wood panelling — these five homes are a blast from the past.
Contributors: Rachel Freundt
Five Townhouses for Sale in Chicago
A look at five architecturally or historically significant townhomes for sale in the city.
Five Architect-Designed Modernist Homes For Sale
Modernist designs in the Chicagoland area, from a home on the Fox River to a residence that uses passive solar energy.
Five Victorian Homes For Sale
Take a look at Chicagoland Victorian homes that range in style from Italianate, to Shingle Style, to Queen Anne.
Preserving What’s Left of Louis Sullivan’s Idea
A new book that builds on a 2010 exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center shows the power of Sullivan’s work and why we need to preserve what remains.
Five Classic Courtyard Condos For Sale in Chicago
A 1902 ordinance to prevent the dangerous conditions of tenement housing gave Chicago its classic courtyard apartment buildings that boast light, ventilation, and greenspace.
Five Sears Kit Homes For Sale
Illinois is second only to Ohio for the most Sears ready-to-assemble kit homes. These customizable homes were affordable to many immigrant and minority workers.
Five Architect-Designed Homes For Sale in Lake County
Choose from an Edward Dart estate, an English manor home by the architect behind the original Playboy mansion, and a sprawling ranch from Frank Lloyd Wright’s son Lloyd Wright.
Five Homes For Sale in Cicero and Berwyn
There’s Ralph Capone’s attorney’s house, a MCM rectory, and plenty of classic bungalows.
Five Greystones For Sale in Chicago
Named for the locally sourced Bedford limestone that makes up their facades, they can be found all over the city, in a variety of forms—from condos in multi-unit buildings to a beautifully preseverved home in a Gold Coast development built by Potter Palmer near his lakefront castle.