Today we're getting a taste of Chicago city living with a tour of a stunning brick and limestone house in the Lakeview neighborhood.
In Lincoln Park, a design team creates an elegant, five-story Chicago townhouse with touches of the owners' Indian heritage throughout.
This elegant townhouse in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois is the ultimate big city dream home.
This luxury custom home in Chicago, Illinois features traditional architectural character with modern aesthetic. Savane Properties presents a brick home built
Located on prestigious Howe Street in Chicago, Illinois, this classic limestone manor captures the essence of a Parisian city home.
Burling Street during Christmas
Designers and color lovers Steve Somogyi and Filip Malyszko take on the challenge of creating a neutral oasis in Lincoln Park that's anything but dull.
Happy Sunday! I wanted to share some of the photos I took while exploring Chicago last weekend, as well as let you guys know my travel guide is now live! Click here to check out my…
The most expensive home sold for $7.2 million.
A good map is worth a thousand words. A bad one, on the other hand, is just one, and usually a pretty ugly one.
With a newly emptied nest, one couple exchanges their country routes for a four-story urban oasis.
The building, 220 Central Park South, is a residential skyscraper that is currently under construction. Ken Griffin bought a penthouse in the building, which will have 70 floors and 116 residential units.
built to convince visiting artists working at the 1893 Columbian Exposition to make Chicago their permanent residence • compound built in 3 stages 1894-1913 • Queen Anne main building designed by Parfitt Brothers, with Bauer & Hill, Chicago • English Arts and Crafts style annexes designed by Hill & Woltersdorf, completed 1912 & 1913 • property had been backyard of Judge Lambert Tree, civic leader, great-grandfather of model Penelope Tree (other great-grandfather was retailer Marshall Field) Tree and wife Anne created legal trust stipulating building for artists only • storefronts provided income to subsidize low rents • large windows provide light source useful to visual artists • residents and people who worked here included: Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs, J. Allen St. John, illustrator of ''Tarzan'' books; Andrew N. Rebori, Chicago architect; Alson Skinner Clark, Impressionist painter; actors Burgess Meredith and Peter Falk purchased by Medina (Shrine) Temple Association, 1959 • main building designated Chicago Landmark, 1997 • Shriners decided to sell property to raise funds for children's hospital • developer proposed demolition, construction of 40+ story condo on site • added to World Monuments Fund’s list of 100 most endangered sites, 1999 • city created tax-increment financing district for this property and neighboring Medinah Temple, 2000 • property purchased at full market value by Friedman Properties with architect Daniel P. Coffey & Associates, 2001 • two months later Annex Buildings and Medinah Temple designated Chicago Landmarks • $60MM project to restore Tree Studios and Medinah Temple completed, 2005 artist only clause no longer in effect but it's said that artists still comprise large percentage of residents • National Register of Historic Places #03000784, 1974
I was going to skip the whole blogging thing this weekend since my family's in town, but oy: the downpour hasn't let up, and it looks like it's not going to anytime soon, so... here I am. Check out my Life Lately, 4/29 post.
Located at 1917 N Burling Street in prestigious east Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois, this stunning luxury home by Savane Properties is a newly built custom home with classic style architecture.
I've been creating city guides for New York and Chicago since I started this blog five years ago. Today, I'm focusing on a few of my family's favorite spots Lincoln Park: our neighborhood here in Chicago.
Today we're getting a taste of Chicago city living with a tour of a stunning brick and limestone house in the Lakeview neighborhood.
The affluent neighborhood of Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois is known for its elegant classical architecture. This custom-built home from the 1990s was designed to blend in and respect the street front
