That's Rather Hideous: New-to-Market Windy City Funhouse With Themes and Theatrics

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, April 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

Our cousins over at Curbed Chicago came cross this home, in the city's West Loop neighborhood, when it hit the market on Friday and declared it a cross between the Rainforest Cafe and Jerry Kleiner's Carnivale. The whole 7,552-square-foot building, built for Hollenbach Seed Company in 1890, is listed for $2.25M, which includes a basement and the huge parking lot next door. As for those interiors, let's just say it makes sense that the place is currently functioning as a life/work space for Kozan Design Studios, a Chicago-based firm that creates showpieces for theaters, theme parks, nightclubs, and other commercial spaces.

· West Loop Building, Full of Colorful, Sculptural Oddities, for $2.25M [Curbed Chicago]
· Listing: 808 W. Lake St. [Best Chicago Properties]

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On the Market: Windy City Loft Offers the Most Honest Personal Ad of All Time

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, February 14, 2011, by Sarah

The closet above comes to our attention by way of our cousins over at Curbed Chicago, who shed light on the converted lofts in a former Florsheim Shoe factory. This one's on the market for $109K. It may not be much to look at it, but points for candor!

· This Unit in the Shoemaker Lofts is "Not Perfect, But Willing" [Curbed Chicago]

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