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Top Amenities
- Building Laundry Room
- Business Center
- Cat friendly
- Dog friendly
- Doorman Building
- Fitness Center
- Granite Countertops
- Hardwood Floors
- Parking Available
- Resident Lounge
- Stainless Steel Appliances
- Swimming Pool
About this Location
1 min walk
28/55/6 (bus) - 5 min
neighborhood
Pricing
updated 15 hrs ago
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Bedrooms
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Walk-in Closets
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Building Related
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Elevators
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Convenience
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Business Center
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Entertainment
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Resident Lounge
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Kitchen
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Dishwasher
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Gas Range
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Microwave
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Refrigerator
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Stove & Oven
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Laundry
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Building Laundry Room
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Lease Terms
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Application Fee
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Move-in Fee
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Living Room
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Air Conditioning
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Ceiling Fans
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Hardwood Floors
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Large Windows
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Parking & Transportation
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Bike Storage
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Pet Terms & Amenities
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Cat friendly
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Dog friendly
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Security & Maintenance
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24 Hour Emergency Maintenance
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Sports & Fitness
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Fitness Center
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Swimming Pool
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View
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Amazing Views
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Overall rating 6.6/10, based on 8 renter reviews Write a review
Do not pay for this trash place
Pipe bursts, unkillable mice, rotating management, overprice and predatory pricing, inconsistent policies. This has to be one of the worst apartment buildings of all of Chicago. SEE YA
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Studio / 1 bath
Great Amenities
I have had a great experience. The pool, gym, and proximity to the lakefront bike trail are my favorite parts.
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Studio / 1 bath
The Flamingo
Good location and price, across the street from the bus stop in front of Shoreland but no central A/C and no control over the heat. Water pressure and temperature is also not predictable.
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Studio / 1 bath
A Great Place to Live (Staying here next year)
Honestly like this place a lot -- management is nice, haven't had any packages stolen, no issues, there is a pool for summer use which is good too. I also have a crazy amount of space for a one-bedroom, especially at the current price I'm paying.
A few caveats:
- a bit warm in the summer (good to bring own AC unit/fan)
- No dishwasher
- No in-unit washer/dryer
- No microwave
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1 bed / 1 bath
Generally, a good value
Flamingo Apartments is quite a bit cheaper than other high-rises and its apartments/appliances/fixtures are just as good.
Pros: Cute outdoor swimming pool in summer, small fitness room, location right up next to the lake and Promontory Point, good package delivery/retrieval system, quiet neighbors, amazing lake view from some apartments, reasonable pet fee, generally safe location.
Cons: Not as many amenities as other high rises, management (although friendly and easy to contact) can be a little sluggish responding to maintenance requests, funky steam heat that can be noisy and only has two modes: burning hot or off.
Cuts both ways: The building shares space with Bar Louie on the first floor. If being able to go down to a bar without setting foot outside is your thing, it's awesome, but bar patrons can get very rowdy/noisy outside, especially during the warmer months (I'm on a high floor, but the sound carries). The 171 bus stops at Shoreland nearby, but since the buses only run one way, it can take a really long time to get back from school by bus.
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Pet owner
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1 bed / 1 bath
Mostly satisfied
I have a large and beautiful apartment with a lake view at a much lower cost than in other high-rises. The downsides are that management sometimes need several reminders before maintenance gets done, Flamingo doesn’t have some of the perks other high-rises do, parking is expensive, the steam heat system is old and raucous, and sometimes the noise levels from outdoors are really high all through the night because there is a bar on the first floor and the sound carries clean to upper levels of the building. On the plus side, it has a nice little outdoor swimming pool, the common areas are well-maintained, you’re just a couple minutes’ walk from the beautiful lakefront and walking/biking paths, the management and staff are very pleasant, and the immediate vicinity is safer at night than most other parts of Hyde Park.
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Pet owner
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1 bed / 1 bath
The Flamingo Review
Good location, views, and price
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Couple
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1 bed / 1 bath
The Flamingo
The Flamingo is across from the Shoreland, so it has the same perks as far as location goes (lake views, right by a 171 bus stop, huge park for pets, 57th St Beach, Promontory Point, etc.). However, The Flamingo is quite a bit cheaper, and the apartments, in my experience, tend to be much larger. Our apartment has an updated kitchen with new appliances, beautiful hardwood floors, awesome lake views, two huge walk-in closets in the bedroom, 2 more large storage closets, and a ton of sunlight. That said, there is not in-unit laundry (it's on the main floor, though the washers and dryers were brand new in Oct 2015), and there are not dishwashers in the apartments. But if you are looking to save a few hundred bucks a month and have a large updated space with a ton of storage, definitely check out the Flamingo! The largest one bedrooms (and best views!) are the front corner units (this is what we have).
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Couple
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Pet owner
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1 bed / 1 bath
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I personally loved living close to campus, for access both to Harper Center and to the broader UChicago campus. I feel much more integrated with the rest of the university as a result of proximity and availability.
In short, there's enough going on in Hyde Park not to feel isolated, but it's far enough away from the city not to feel suffocated.