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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

Gold Coast unit offers lake views, 24-hour door staff, butler’s pantry — and a flute-playing monkey

Stepping into Edward Minieka’s Gold Coast co-op is like opening a window into Jane Austen’s 18th century England.

Faces of earnest, long-dead men stare out from gold-leafed frames. A plum-colored drape hangs from an archway beside the walnut casing of an English grandfather clock — the mechanism inside emitting a soft ticktock.

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