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Open House: Sunday, April 20 from 12:00PM to 2:00PM
The team just began marketing a stunning condo located at 1001 W. Madison, one of the West Loop’s premier buildings. Located at Morgan and Madison, the building is in the middle of all the action steps to shops, and dining.

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The Chicago Tribune had a nice article today on the distinction between Chicago’s 77 community areas and up to 228 neighborhoods depending on who you ask.
True to the article title, when in Chicago, you can be in two places at once. As an example, Lincoln Park is not a neighborhood but rather a community [...]

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TimeOut Chicago profiles Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood as hot and boasting “major housing steals.” An excerpt from the article…
Close to the El, the beach and Broadway Armory Park (the Chicago Park District’s largest indoor recreational facility and home to year-round city-sponsored sporting events), this Far-North neighborhood attracts families looking for a child-friendly area that’s close [...]

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Cook County residents, find your civic footprint. What is a civic footprint? According to the site…
Whether or not you vote or can name your state senator, you have a civic footprint—an imprint of your unique place in the civic world. Knowing your Footprint is a key part of being able to get involved [...]

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Clients of mine recently completed a testeful renovation of their loft condo at the Printers Row Lofts located at 732 S. Financial. This historic printing press building built in 1908 was designed by Henry Wheeler and converted to condo in 1996. The building features true timber loft units with soaring ceilings and oversized [...]

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The team just began marketing a wonderful residence in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood of Chicago. Located within the Edgewater comunity area, the Edgewater Beach neighborhood is bounded by Devon on the north, Foster on the south, Lake Michigan from Devon to Hollywood Beach/Lincoln Park from Hollywood Beach to Foster on the east, and The [...]

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An institution in the Chicago’s Wrightwood Neighborhood, Peerless Confection Co. is starting to come down. Future homeowners at the neighboring 1301 W. Diversey project will benefit. I anxiously await plans for the land.

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I am in the process of bringing a new condo to market in Chicago’s Lincoln Park, West DePaul neighborhood.  The neighborhood boundaries are Fullerton to Diversey and Southport (or Lakewood depending on who you ask) to Ashland.  Just before listing, my client made me aware that Google Street View is available in Chicago.  Let’s browse some [...]

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There are a lot of choices to contemplate when deciding to purchase a new home or condo these days. You have basically four levels of options to consider: 1) the timeless vintage look with traditional layouts, pier mirrors, aged hardwood floors, built-in shelving and more; 2) the contemporary new construction/gut rehab/conversion style with the great [...]

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If you live in Bucktown or have driven through it lately, you can see why people are flocking to this not-so-new, but prime neighborhood in Chicago. Loaded with cute boutiques being featured monthly in Lucky Magazine, as well as restaurants, bars and other entertainment, Bucktown is thriving and could be the new “must live” area [...]

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For those of you who frequent this weblog, you know I like to monitor activity in my neighborhood.  Capured this teardown in progress while out on my morning Starbucks loop yesterday.  As I rounded the corner of Magnolia and Wrightwood in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, the sign pictured above caught my attention. Proceeding a [...]

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A client of mine just finished a stunning renovation of their 1 bed, 1 bath condo at Astor Tower in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.  Another unit in the building was recently profiled in Chicago Magazine.  Did they get the building name wrong?  Anyway, the building boasts great views, a very unique in look, and a rich history.  Some quick [...]

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  We have had a lot of rain in Chicago this Spring and Summer.  Above are two typical corners in my neighborhood of Lincoln Park.  The photos were taken several hours after the rain ended.  I never remember this happening.  Corners that were once dry after a storm seem to flood.  The corner at the end of my street was just [...]

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Easing back into the swing of things as my wife, daughter, and I just returned from a “relaxing” vacation over July 4th visiting my folks on Cape Cod. Just before leaving, I began marketing a charming rehabbed Bungalow in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood in Lincoln Square.  It is convenient to the ‘L’, Metra, shops and restaurants in Lincoln Square, and right next to [...]

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Just began marketing a great property in Chicago’s RANCH Triangle neighborhood in Lincoln Park.  In the middle of all the action, the RANCH Triangle is complete with convenient EL access, shops and restaurants along Armitage, Halsted, and Clybourn avenues, and walking distance to Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan. The boundaries are technically defined on the north as Armitage to Racine and then Cortland [...]

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  The famous Marina City towers peer through the fog.  Taken from the deck of my new listing at 630 N. Franklin in River North.

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My daughter loves blueberries and strawberries.  As a result, we make frequent trips to the market to restock our supply of fresh fruit.  This past Sunday, my wife, daughter, and I stopped at, or rather tried to stop at, our local Whole Foods on the corner of North Avenue and Sheffield. The parking lot was a [...]

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These four quaint homes are located right around the corner from my neighborhood Starbucks in Lincoln Park’s, Wrightwood Neighborhood in Chicago.  You don’t see a lot of frame homes being built in the neighborhood anymore, as the trend is toward larger, solid masonry structures.  These four homes stand in unified defiance against that trend and add some character [...]

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Couple pairs of paternal twins located in Lincoln Park’s, Wrightwood Neighborhood in Chicago.  You see this often as a developer will buy two or more lots side-by-side and put up two very similar looking homes. Can’t find the homes pictured above on the MLS but they would be priced into the $2,000,000 plus range.  The limestone fronts [...]

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The house pictured above is located in Lincoln Park’s, Wrightwood Neighborhood in Chicago.  I have passed it hundreds of times.  The finish is very interesting and looks like the natural wood exterior has been varnished or treated with some other type of protective coating.  Anyone out there seen this kind of exterior finish before?

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