All Entries in the "City of Chicago" Category
Examples of Chicago Architecture Gone, Going and Here To Stay (for now)
Chicago history preservation with it’s architecture is a touchy subject for many. So many significant structures have gone the way of the wrecking ball even before the historical nature of them were fully realized. The Making Chicago Home blog reviews some buildings such as the Farwell Building, 1927, 660-664 N. Michigan Ave., the The [...]
Former Blackhawk Rents Out Lake View Home
Former Chicago Blackhawk Kyle Calder has rented out his Lake View home for less than he wanted.
The left winger paid $1.56 million for the brand new house in 2006, a few weeks before he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers.
The brick and limestone estate, located at 1307 W. Wellington in Chicago, has 5 bedrooms and [...]
Andy Shaw’s Chicago Mansion and Inn for Sale
Andy and Mary Shaw are selling their Lincoln Park mansion and hotel.
The former WLS-Ch. 7 political reporter and his wife have listed the 124-year-old Victorian mansion, located at 607 W. Deming Place, for $3 million. The couple bought the estate in 1998 for $973,000 and then rehabbed it into the Windy City Urban Inn of [...]
Former Bears QB Thrown Another Chicago Loss
Quarterback Rex Grossman has sold his condo in Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower for $2 million, a close to $700,00 loss for the former Chicago Bear.
It’s a major loss for Grossman, who bought the 36th-floor condominium unit in 2008 for $2.681 million. Less than a year later, the Bears dropped Grossman. After signing with [...]
Walt Disney’s First Chicago Home Remains Unsold
On the far northwest side of Chicago, in the Hermosa Community area, the home in which Walt Disney was born failed to sell last summer. Yes, THAT Walt Disney was born in Chicago in the early 20th century. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the current owner Radoje Popovic had hopes of creating a Disney museum [...]
