3100 N Lake Shore Dr Unit 805 The Darien

Stunning and grounding renovation with highest grade materials, real design, generous space and generous storage. Custom kitchen with all the storage and pull outs to make life organized, functional and homey - which you will find only in this unit at The Darien. Deep and solid designer cabinetry you can mostly appreciate touching in person. Tremendous hand. Leathered quartz countertop, waterfall feature and backsplash. Solid wide plank cork-backed engineered hardwood flooring over resurfaced concrete for extreme sound-attenuation and weighty feeling underfoot. They don't make private buildings like this any more. You choose sophistication and space over adult dormitory-living. Designer lighting for warmth, artistry and distinctiveness, not impersonal, passé can lighting. Dimmers on every switch. Custom bathroom lighting. To manage the intensely natural light-filled atmosphere atop the trees we have motorized zebra shades in designer and blackout fabric covering the ONLY fully operable windows on the lakefront overlooking one of the most charming tree-lined streets, confirming urban oasis status. This renovation was completed for quality of life, not AS a rental. Artfully designed to compliment 1950s monolithic, minimal block-coloring Modern design with a sensibility of uninterrupted surfaces, quality and hand. It is not 'mid-century' MCM. The building's architecture is bold, not precious. The clean space profoundly emits a sense of self and quietude. Coupled with the adventure found at your doorstep to Lincoln Park and the Lake, The Darien allows little comparison elsewhere in Chicago. One of the only places in any city with actual view shed protection. It is one of the ONLY properties in Chicago decidedly part of the Park with direct access to the lake, your boat slip at either Diversey or Belmont, golfing, biking and beaching without having to cross LSD. That is extraordinary, intense and breath-taking yet the atmophere emits a calming visual serenity in its minimalism and substance with the seasonal paintings of Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan evolving daily. The Darien, aptly-named, is a classic Chicago luxury building - fully maintained and attended. Rare and magnificent fully renovated 19th floor laundry and party room. There is a waitlist for attached garage parking and separate fee but fully attended parking is found at The Hallmark, one block south. Zipcars are everywhere. Lakeview Athletic Club (LVC) is around the corner. Marianos grocery and all that Broadway and Clark provide are an easy stroll through the safest and most delightful neighborhood in Chicago. Transportation vortex at Belmont and the 77 to Blue Line/O'Hare is 20-steps away. Boystown and Wrigley are easily walkable. The highest lifestyle in the Second City is here at The Darien. Welcome home.