…but I couldn’t help noticing today that condos at 2011 West Concord — along a tiny, half-block-long, brick-paved alley just half a block from Milwaukee, North, and Damen — are on the market. Two duplex-downs for $400K, one top-floor one-bedroom for $250K, in a vintage flats building with what must be a sweet roof deck. Sigh; that’s now average pricing for the location. Aside from a few blocks in Old Town, that block is as close as relentlessly gridded Chicago gets to the ambience of pre-industrial Greenwich Village or Beacon Hill.

Added bonus: the back door of Red Hen Bakery opens up onto the end of the street. Con: the most annoying bars in the neighborhood are at the other end.