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Although fewer films are shot in Chicago than in the city’s coastal competitors, New York City and Los Angeles, some modern-day classics have been filmed and produced in the Chicago area. Among them is the 1993 Harrison Ford vehicle, The Fugitive. The Fugitive became a box office success shortly after its release, and it’s been seen by millions of people the world over. The Chicago area home featured in multiple scenes in the movie has also been seen by millions of people, and now, one lucky super fan can call …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 24, 2011

Brian Wilson’s Beach Boy Bungalow on the Market in the Chicago Suburbs

The AV Club writer Ginny Benz reports that Brian Wilson’s Chicago-area home is on the market.
Brian Wilson is an American musician best known for his tenure as the leader and chief songwriter of the Beach Boys. In addition to providing the Beach Boys with many of their vocals, he also played bass and keyboards, and he served as the band’s producer and arranger. Some of his hit songs include “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “California Girls,” and “Surfin’ USA.”
Today, Wilson lives in California, but he can certainly be counted on to send …

by Lindsey Anderson on August 17, 2011

Own a condo in the Chicago’s Playboy Mansion

It’s been a big year for Playboy in Chicago. First, NBC and Eddie Cibiran moved to the Windy City to film their dramatic interpretation of the beginning of the Playboy Club. Now a piece of that history is for sale in the original Playboy Mansion located in Chicago’s luxurious Gold Coast.
Hugh Hefner’s original mansion was sold in 1989 to the Chicago Art Institute, who then later sold it to a developer. The Playboy Mansion, once 70 rooms, now houses single-floor residences, including the one currently on the market for $6.7 …

by Liz SanFilippo on August 5, 2011

Group Coupons Trickle down to the Real Estate Market

The daily deal website Groupon has been active in Chicago since 2008, but only recently has the idea of collective buying power made its way to the real estate market.
Groupon, along with other group coupon companies, offers its customers “daily deals” that allow them purchase coupons for restaurants, clothing stores, spas, and service companies at a drastically reduced rate. But those coupons are only available for purchase if they are bought en-masse, and so the companies who advertise them are thereby able to ensure that they’ll receive a reasonable amount …

by Lindsey Anderson on July 28, 2011

10 East Delaware: Going, Going…Gone!

Condo Loft 10 East Delaware Chicago

For the builders and brokers of the new luxury residences at 10 East Delaware in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, the housing crisis is a thing of the past. And for their buyers, the time to buy is now. In 2011 alone, nearly 25% of the 121 luxury units have sold. And just 15% of the total available units remain available for purchase. If you’ve been looking for a hot property in downtown Chicago, you’re running out of time. It just doesn’t get any hotter than 10 East Delaware.
Priced between $499k …

by Kipp Blackburn on July 26, 2011

Frank Lloyd Wright: Thomas Gale Home on the market

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A variety of Frank Lloyd Wright homes have hit the market lately, but many are from the architect’s later years. Not so for the most recent addition to the listings. Wright’s Thomas Gale Home, otherwise known as a ‘Bootleg Home,’ at 1027 W. Chicago Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois is a part of Wright’s earlier days in the near-Chicago suburb.
The other differentating factor between this Frank Lloyd Wright home and the other five on the market throughout Chicagoland? It may still have Wright’s trademark octagonal spaces, but it has been …

by Liz SanFilippo on July 20, 2011
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