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(7,107 posts) Sat Jan 30, 2016, 10:48 PM Jan 2016

Pimptastic untouched ‘70s penthouse apartment can be yours for $158k [View all]

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I love when these types gems pop up on the MLS or Zillow. They’re rare finds. Take this funky Chicago penthouse apartment for instance that recently went up on the Multiple Listing Service for a cool $158,000. It’s 1,877 square feet, built in 1972 and with its original decor included. Did you hear me? With its original decor included! Apparently—at least according to the Internet so this may not be 100% accurate—the people who owned the apartment never lived really there and therefore didn’t bother to update it. Hence why it’s “untouched” with all its funky psychedelic glory still intact.

If you have an extra $158k and want to live in the Chicago area, this awesome time capsule can be yours.

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Fess up. Which one of you Chicago based DU'ers owns this gem?

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Pimptastic untouched ‘70s penthouse apartment can be yours for $158k [View all] FLPanhandle Jan 2016 OP

LOL: tblue37 Jan 2016 #1

I assume there is a purple Cadillac with a continental kit hifiguy Jan 2016 #2

ewwww JI7 Jan 2016 #3

Can't be 1970s. No shag carpeting! FuzzyRabbit Jan 2016 #4

Well spotted, that Hekate Feb 2016 #41

I. Must. Have. It. hatrack Jan 2016 #5

Maybe that fantastic painting will be auctioned online...! Hortensis Feb 2016 #19

Nah, for me it's the iridiscent pond-scum green circular couch! hatrack Feb 2016 #22

I thinking theme party! Hortensis Feb 2016 #23

That is so unharmonious it makes me seasick cali Jan 2016 #6

That's OK, but do you have one in blue? BarbaRosa Jan 2016 #7

Does it come with the furniture? n/t tammywammy Jan 2016 #8

I'm not really into 70s decor, but... MoonchildCA Jan 2016 #10

That is ugly. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #9

But it was also one of the most liberal eras in American history Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #20

They were a terrible time, period ErisDiscordia Feb 2016 #29

And yet many great films came out of the 70s. apnu Feb 2016 #39

Utterly gauche. It's leprechaun hell. nt Zorra Jan 2016 #11

Hey, now wait a minute......I resemble that remark...... a kennedy Feb 2016 #24

Related to 'ol Terence Aloysius Mahoney, are ye? Zorra Feb 2016 #37

Do they ryan_cats Jan 2016 #12

I think you mean these beauties apnu Feb 2016 #40

But whatabout the water beds? NBachers Jan 2016 #13

I don't see a rotary dial Princess phone on the night stand. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #14

"Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s" krispos42 Jan 2016 #15

love it! Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #16

I wonder what kind of building this unit is in and Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #17

West Rogers Park neighborhood near Touhy and McCormack. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #25

Is that a decent part of town in a decent neighborhood? Snobblevitch Feb 2016 #31

The $770 HOA fee cuts into the bargain price fairly quickly n/t GummyBearz Feb 2016 #33

Gotta have some musical accompaniment n2doc Feb 2016 #18

It's got a 70's feel, but most of the decor isn't right. Vinca Feb 2016 #21

That looks like it was built in Minecraft Renew Deal Feb 2016 #26

Boy, that wall treatment is.......................... PatrickforO Feb 2016 #27

From the moment I started reading your post, to the time I finished it. Glassunion Feb 2016 #28

Good one! mountain grammy Feb 2016 #32

What the White House makeover will look like if tRump is elected. kairos12 Feb 2016 #30

Whoever buys it should donate the interior to the Smithsonian csziggy Feb 2016 #34

Yikes romanic Feb 2016 #35

It all makes perfect sense Nac Mac Feegle Feb 2016 #36

I sort of like the kitchen... joeybee12 Feb 2016 #38

That cannot be real, the appliances are not burnt orange. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #42