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11/19/09

A Lap Pool in Noble Square

List Price: $1.65 million
The Property: Situated west of the Kennedy and centered around Grand Avenue, Noble Square is one of those semi-secret Chicago neighborhoods some people whiz right past without realizing it’s there. Well, there’s a secret within the secret...

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11/12/09

Terrace Views of Lake View

List Price: $649,999
The Property: This three-bedroom condo, with large terraces on its north and south sides, occupies the 16th-floor of a 17-story Lake View building that offers unimpeded panoramic views in most directions. As you will see in the video, the south terrace, with views of Wrigley Field and the Chicago skyline, is nicely finished. The much larger north terrace...

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11/05/09

View to a Thrill — South Loop

List Price: $990,000
The Property: The west-suburban couple who bought this three-bedroom condo on the 27th floor of the new One Museum Park East tower in 2008 were counting on using it as a second home for city getaways. They also hoped to live in it full-time...

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10/29/09

River View in River North

List Price: $1.499 million
The Property: It’s a view property, but what you see from this two-story townhouse at the base of a River North condo tower isn’t the usual grand sweep of skyline or lake. Instead, you get a human-scale view of a quieter stretch of the Chicago River and tranquil Erie Park, with the handsome old

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10/22/09

Eyeing a Bucktown Penthouse

List Price: $1,175,000
The Property: This two-level penthouse unit is at Aspen 6, a Bucktown building. Its distinguishing feature (not visible from the street) is an enclosed second-story courtyard, shaped approximately like an eye, that all the condos look into.

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10/15/09

Former CBS2 Reporter Faces Lincoln Park Foreclosure

List Price: $1.2 million
The Property: This foreclosed house is different from most—and not just because of the distinctly 1980s look of the geometrical stucco panels on the exterior or the pipe handrails and cutout fireplace inside. The other difference is...

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10/08/09

The Sculptor Ruth Duckworth’s Home & Studio — Lake View

List Price: $1.4 million
The Property: In the early 1980s, the modernist sculptor Ruth Duckworth converted this former pickle factory into her home and studio, with work space on the first floor and living space above. Now 91 years old, Duckworth is retiring and moving to England, where she has family. She listed the building for sale last week.

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10/01/09

Artfully Crafted in Lake Bluff

List Price: $2.85 million
The Property: Although it’s only six years old, this ravine-side Lake Bluff mansion evokes the century-old country homes by McKim, Mead & White on the East Coast and Howard Van Doren Shaw on the North Shore. That’s entirely intentional...

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09/24/09

The Great Terrace — Glencoe

List Price: $4.2 million
The Property: A new ten-room residence on a quiet block-long street that ends at a Lake Michigan overlook, this house has an overlook of its own: a super-sized third-story terrace with a view over the ranch house next door to the lake.

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09/17/09

Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park

Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park
List Price: Unit C-3 — $999,000
List Price: Unit D-1 — $999,000
The Property: These two condos in the building known as the Shakespeare Co-Op have approximately the same floor plan and exactly the same price. But both places have different finishes, most notably in...

Posted at 10:08 AM in On the Market | Permalink | Comments (1)

	11/19/09 A Lap Pool in Noble Square List Price: $1.65 million The Property: Situated west of the Kennedy and centered around Grand Avenue, Noble Square is one of those semi-secret Chicago neighborhoods some people whiz right past without realizing it’s there. Well, there’s a secret within the secret... Posted at 10:05 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	11/12/09 Terrace Views of Lake View List Price: $649,999 The Property: This three-bedroom condo, with large terraces on its north and south sides, occupies the 16th-floor of a 17-story Lake View building that offers unimpeded panoramic views in most directions. As you will see in the video, the south terrace, with views of Wrigley Field and the Chicago skyline, is nicely finished. The much larger north terrace... Posted at 09:27 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	11/05/09 View to a Thrill — South Loop List Price: $990,000 The Property: The west-suburban couple who bought this three-bedroom condo on the 27th floor of the new One Museum Park East tower in 2008 were counting on using it as a second home for city getaways. They also hoped to live in it full-time... Posted at 09:56 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	10/29/09 River View in River North List Price: $1.499 million The Property: It’s a view property, but what you see from this two-story townhouse at the base of a River North condo tower isn’t the usual grand sweep of skyline or lake. Instead, you get a human-scale view of a quieter stretch of the Chicago River and tranquil Erie Park, with the handsome old Posted at 08:38 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	10/22/09 Eyeing a Bucktown Penthouse List Price: $1,175,000 The Property: This two-level penthouse unit is at Aspen 6, a Bucktown building. Its distinguishing feature (not visible from the street) is an enclosed second-story courtyard, shaped approximately like an eye, that all the condos look into. Posted at 09:27 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	10/15/09 Former CBS2 Reporter Faces Lincoln Park Foreclosure List Price: $1.2 million The Property: This foreclosed house is different from most—and not just because of the distinctly 1980s look of the geometrical stucco panels on the exterior or the pipe handrails and cutout fireplace inside. The other difference is... Posted at 09:53 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)
	10/08/09 The Sculptor Ruth Duckworth’s Home & Studio — Lake View List Price: $1.4 million The Property: In the early 1980s, the modernist sculptor Ruth Duckworth converted this former pickle factory into her home and studio, with work space on the first floor and living space above. Now 91 years old, Duckworth is retiring and moving to England, where she has family. She listed the building for sale last week. Posted at 09:49 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	10/01/09 Artfully Crafted in Lake Bluff List Price: $2.85 million The Property: Although it’s only six years old, this ravine-side Lake Bluff mansion evokes the century-old country homes by McKim, Mead & White on the East Coast and Howard Van Doren Shaw on the North Shore. That’s entirely intentional... Posted at 01:09 PM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	09/24/09 The Great Terrace — Glencoe List Price: $4.2 million The Property: A new ten-room residence on a quiet block-long street that ends at a Lake Michigan overlook, this house has an overlook of its own: a super-sized third-story terrace with a view over the ranch house next door to the lake. Posted at 09:17 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	09/17/09 Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park List Price: Unit C-3 — $999,000 List Price: Unit D-1 — $999,000 The Property: These two condos in the building known as the Shakespeare Co-Op have approximately the same floor plan and exactly the same price. But both places have different finishes, most notably in... Posted at 10:08 AM in On the Market \| Permalink \| Comments (1)