Susannah Ribstein

@susannahribs.bsky.social

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Realtor at Compass. Specializing in the communities of the South Side. South Shore resident. Real estate, architecture, preservation, parks advocacy 🔗 https://www.susannahribsteinrealty.com/

A view across a park with a blue sky, a body of water in the distance, and apartment buildings to the side.
Screen grab from the re-posted article reading: "Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th), in whose ward the stretch resides, didn’t respond to a request for comment."
A room with a spiral staircase leading up through the ceiling, and the walls are completely lined with empty wooden bookshelves.
A room with plywood flooring, a large mirror, stairs leading up, an open door to an unfinished garage space, and what looks like a trapeze on the ceiling.
Narrow Bridge Arts Club. Two arched stained glass windows in a synagogue with piles of floor boards and construction debris in front of them.
Photograph of an apartment building with 2nd- and 3rd-story corner windows shattered and blinds & curtains hanging outside.
Photograph of a large sunny room in a former church sanctuary with multi-story arched windows, unusual chairs, bookshelves, and a table full of potted plants.
Screen grab of a cancelled real estate listing for a small brick house at 212 E. 141st Pl., Dolton, IL at $199,900. It's been on the market for 119 days and the property taxes are $7,325 per year.
A painted mural of castles in landscape behind a leather couch with stuff on it, and a large clock on the wall.
The cover of a book called STREETWISE CHICAGO: A History of Chicago Street Names
Badly-lit photo of a maroon stove in a corner
Screen grab of a Google map showing a dense layer of dozens of multi-colored property markers on the southwest side of Chicago, including Englewood. Each marker is a property owned by Bass & M. Inc., which is being forced to auction them off in their bankruptcy proceedings. The map is from the Hilco Real Estate auction website.
A former storefront space with peeling paint on a tin ceiling, glass block windows, and hardwood floors.
A person descending into a basement via floor hatch with a vintage White Sox pennant on the radiator
A still from a video of someone blowing up a plastic bag inside a model of the Hirshhorn Museum
Wall text with a quote from architect Harry Weese about the DC Metro: "We wanted people to be respectful of their surroundings and of each other "
An 80+ year old Kewanee boiler painted silver.