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

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 10/08/09 at 09:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Housing Bulletin

Olympic Fallout

Olympic Fallout Last Friday I was part of a panel on WBEZ discussing Chicago’s failed Olympic bid. Asked to anticipate the impact of the decision on the local housing scene, I responded essentially as I would have had Chicago emerged a winner: Not much.

Posted 10/07/09 at 07:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sale of the Week

The Bulls’ John Salmons Rents in Glencoe

The Bulls’ John Salmons Rents in Glencoe List Price: $3,295,000
Monthly Rent: $7,000
The Property: John Salmons, whose late-season acquisition by the Chicago Bulls is credited with boosting the team’s playoff push last season, is renting a French Provincial–style house in Glencoe.

Posted 10/05/09 at 09:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

On the Market

Artfully Crafted in Lake Bluff

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 10/01/09 at 01:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Housing Bulletin

Who’s Buying at 1994 Prices?

Who’s Buying at 1994 Prices? This is one of the rougher properties we have, but somebody’s going to turn it around,” Kristian Harris said as we stood in the bashed-up bathroom of the house at 6027 South Marshfield in Englewood. The plumbing fixtures were all out of order, the floors and walls were beaten up, and...

Posted 09/30/09 at 08:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Sale of the Week

Blackhawks’ Barker Buys in Bucktown

Blackhawks’ Barker Buys in Bucktown List Price: $1.249 million
Sale Price: $1.1 million
The Property: Cam Barker, the 23-year-old Blackhawks defenseman who signed a three-year, $9.25-million contract with the team in early July, has bought a condo on the top floor of a new building in Bucktown...

Posted 09/28/09 at 09:15 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

On the Market

The Great Terrace — Glencoe

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 09/24/09 at 09:17 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Housing Bulletin

The Hardest-Hit Communities

Each October, with help from Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED), Chicago publishes its annual real-estate chart, which, among other things, shows the average price of a house in all 77 city neighborhoods and more than 200 suburbs. The chart also notes how this year’s prices compare to the prior year and to 1994, the earliest year for which MRED has data for most of those neighborhoods and towns. Usually that comparison with 1994 is a heartening measure of the long-term growth in the value of a Chicago-area home.

Posted 09/23/09 at 09:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Sale of the Week

Tony Winner Dunagan Buys in Lincoln Park

Tony Winner Dunagan Buys in Lincoln Park List Price: $999,000
Sale Price: $912,500
The Property: Deanna Dunagan, who won a best actress Tony Award for her performance as a matriarch addicted to painkillers in August: Osage County, has bought a vintage condo overlooking Lincoln Park...

Posted 09/21/09 at 09:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

On the Market

Shakespeare in the (Lincoln) Park

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 09/17/09 at 10:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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