We had a great stay at this apartment! The location was near shopping and restaurants - everywhere we wanted to go was within walking distance (no more than 3/4 of a mile, and often much closer than that). The apartment was very clean, spacious, and comfortable. Other reviewers’ - and even the host’s - comments about noise from the El are very accurate. For us, it brought back great memories of living in Chicago, and we enjoyed seeing the holiday train pass by every once in awhile. Our only issue was with the building, where you could constantly smell weed and sometimes cigarette smoke in the elevator, hallway, and building entrance. Gross. Thankfully the bad air was limited to the common areas only and NOT the apartment. The apartment had no trace of smoke, which was pretty impressive.
Given the location, view, cleanliness, and comfort of the apartment we would definitely stay here again.