Chicago's Goldcoast neighborhood (including the Streeterville and Mag Mile neighborhoods) is true to its moniker - Perhaps the finest Chicago luxury real estate is located there. A long time elegant and sophisticated stop for living, working and playing, Chicago's Gold Coast can lead you up the finest shopping strip west of Park Ave. - North Michigan Avenue's Mag Mile - home to Macy's, Sak's 5th Avenue, Chanel, Prada, just to name a few. A visit to North Michigan Avenue Merchant's Association website will turn up all the names! Turn left at Rubloff's Mag Mile office and you are on equally famous Oak Street, home to dozens of boutique designers ( including Hermes, Vera Wang, Kate Spade, Lester Lambert and Harry Winston), and of course the famous Barney's of New York. But at the east end of the street don't forget Oak Street beach, one of the best people watching beaches in Chicago! Chicago's Goldcoast is hands-down the wealthiest neighborhood in the city.
The Goldcoast neighborhood boundaries extend to North Ave. on the north, Chicago Ave. on the south, Clark on the west and The Lake on the east.
In the late 1800s the area was knows as the Astor Street district and ran from North Ave. to Division Street. In fact, Rubloff Residential Properties sold the most expensive single family home to date - A luxurious mansion that sits on Astor St. The names of former Gold Coast residents reads like a who's who of Chicago - include the icons Potter Palmer, Marshall Field, Kenneth Goodman, Joseph Medill, Cyrus McCormick and Levi Leiter.
In Chicago's Goldcoast you will find affordable yet luxurious studio to three bedroom condos in modern highrises along the lake, as well as pristine brownstones and mansions as you move inward from The Lake.
Within the Goldcoast you will find Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, a residential pocket located between Michigan Ave. and the lake - Urban living at its most sophisticated. Luxurious offices are everywhere - A high concentration of the city's major media firms and advertising agencies are located along Michigan Ave. You will also find the most desirable shops (Niketown, The Disney Store, Sak's 5th Ave., Burberry's ), top rated restaurants and world class theaters are mere steps away. New and vintage high-rise and mid-rise condominiums or co-ops are the prevalent forms of housing. The Museum of Contemporary Art and Northwestern University's downtown campus and medical center are famous residents here.
In addition to Chicago luxury real estate, fine dining and entertainment abound in Chicago's Goldcoast. Spiaggia, Table 52, Morton's, Nomi at The Park Hyatt, RL's are just a few of the spectacular spots where you can dine in the goldcoast. If you're looking for something a bit more casual the world famous "gold coast dogs" hot dog joint is at Rush and Chicago. You can also visit in the goldcoast at one of the luxurious Chicago landmark hotels - The Park Hyatt or The Drake Hotel, to name a few.
Higher education is found in Chicago's goldcoast with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, School of Continuing Studies, and School of Law, and of course Loyola's watertower campus. You will also find two architecturally and historically significant houses of worship in the goldcoast - Holy Name Cathedral and 4th Presbyterian Church. In addition, the historical old water tower and pumping station (two of the few buildings to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871) are location on Michigan Avenue just north of Chicago.
Many goldcoast residents live in the more modestly priced condos in "Sandburg Village" - An Arthur Rubloff and Co. development from the 1960s that is still thriving today. Running from North to Division and Dearborn to LaSalle, Sandburg Village helped spearhead neighborhood rejuvenation in Chicago's Goldcoast many years ago.
Well served by the CTA's red line as well as literally dozens of bus lines, Chicago's Goldcoast real estate are an easy walk to bus ride to The Loop.
