Chicago Abandoned Lot Project 
Community Development of Blighted & Vacant Property
Page last updated: February 6, 2007

Targeted Properties – a small start

Top 20

By Neighborhood

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Top 20

Address Neighborhood Priority Description
1459 S. Springfield Ave.* Lawndale 1 Unsecured 2-story brick house
1550 S. Hamlin Ave.* Lawndale 2 Vacant lot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived in 1966
4341 S. Indiana Ave.* Grand Boulevard 3 Unsecured, partially burned/collapsing 2-story house
4226 S. Indiana Ave.* Grand Boulevard 4 Single vacant lot with crumbling stoop attracting vagrants
7757 S. Normal Ave.* Englewood 5 Beautiful 2-story graystone with rehabbed exterior near a lagoon
43 N. Lockwood Ave. Austin 6 2-story wood frame house
4030 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Grand Boulevard 7 3-story mixed use
3733 S. Lake Park Ave.* Oakland 8 2-story brick 6-flat with white columns (boarded up with broken windows)
1643 N. Ashland Ave.* Bucktown 9 3-story brick mixed use (photo from Carla Surratt's Picturing Chicago)
3409 W. Monroe St.* East Garfield Park 10 3-story brick multi-unit apartment building
5651 S. Halsted St.* Back of the Yards 11 3-story mixed use, has been down forever
452 E. 67th St. Park Manor 12 Boarded-up yellow frame house (photo from 2000)
2314 W. Roscoe St.* Roscoe Village 13 Mixed use (formerly Hot Doug's, caught on fire)
1040 W. 51st St. Back of the Yards 14 Single vacant lot
825 W. 47th St.* Back of the Yards 15 Single vacant lot next to corner Walgreen's (full of trash, photo from 2000)
10729 S. Champlain Ave. Pullman 16 2-story brick, classic Pullman style (boarded up)
5161 S. Michigan Ave. Washington Park 17 3-story multi-unit apartment building
1860 N. Elston Ave.* Goose Island 18 2-story brick commercial, formerly River West (bar/nightclub)
317 S. Homan Ave. East Garfield Park 19 6-flat graystone (boarded up with metal VPS doors)
757 W. 79th St. Hamilton Park 20 3-story commercial, vacant for at least six years
* Click on the link for some great pictures of the property

North Lawndale

Address PIN Description
3100 W. Franklin Blvd. 16-12-107-034-0000 and
16-12-107-035-0000		 3-flat brick with large vacant lot next to it
413 N. Central Park Ave. 16-11-224-010-0000 Double vacant lot, formerly 2-story wood frame house
419 N. Central Park Ave. 16-11-224-031-0000 Triple vacant lot
3430 W. Carroll Ave. to
 3448 W. Carroll Ave.		 16-11-401-012-0000 to
16-11-401-008-0000		 Vacant lots
3446 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-401-006-0000 2-flat brick (boarded up now, possibly being rehabbed, photo from 2000)
3447 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-404-047-0000 Apartment building (first floor boarded up, possibly being rehabbed)
3457 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-404-001-0000 Vacant lot
3516 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-400-012-0000 Triple vacant lot
3530 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-400-010-0000 Vacant lot
3542 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-400-006-0000 Vacant lot
3528 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-400-011-0000 2-flat brick (boarded up now, photo from 2000)
3546 W. Carroll Ave. 16-11-400-005-0000 Vacant lot

Lawndale - more information on Lawndale

Address PIN Description
3362 W. Jackson Blvd. 16-14-210-022-0000 Brick apartment building
3618 W. Douglas Blvd. 16-23-113-027-0000 3-flat brick (boarded up, photo from 2000)
1438 S. Central Park Ave. 16-23-121-028-0000 2-story brick (boarded up, photo from 2000)
1459 S. Springfield Ave. 16-23-116-022-0000 2-story brick house
1458 S. Avers Ave. 16-23-116-039-0000 Vacant lot
1531 S. Avers Ave. 16-23-125-009-0000 Double vacant lot
1541 S. Avers. Ave. 16-23-125-011-0000 Double vacant lot
1545 S. Avers Ave. 16-23-125-010-0000 Double vacant lot
1532 S. Hamlin Ave. 16-23-303-002-0000 Double vacant lot
1550 S. Hamlin Ave. 16-23-125-025-0000 Vacant lot where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived in 1966
4201 W. 16th Ave. and
4215 W. 16th Ave.		 16-22-401-040-0000 and
16-22-401-041-0000		 Two vacant lots
1603 S. Avers Ave. 16-23-303-002-0000 3-flat brick boarded up
1630 S. Keeler Ave. 16-22-403-032-0000 Large vacant lot
1656 S. Pulaski Rd. 16-22-407-043-0000 2-story brick mixed use (also 4002 W. 18th)
1801 S. Keeler Ave. 16-22-411-004-0000 Gigantic vacant lot
1973 S. Trumbull Ave. 16-23-418-030-0000 2-flat brick (boarded up, photo from 2000)

East Garfield Park - more information on East Garfield Park

Address PIN Description
3200 W. Walnut St. 16-11-408-092-0000 Vacant lot
3212 W. Walnut St. 16-11-408-088-0000 2-story graystone
3852 W. Washington Blvd. 16-11-310-054-0000 Double vacant parking lot (no longer in use, photo from 2000)
3858 W. Washington Blvd. 16-11-310-027-0000 Wood-frame single-story house
3860 W. Washington Blvd. 16-11-310-026-0000 Single-story house
3409 W. Monroe St. 16-14-205-020-0000 3-story brick multi-unit apartment building
3402 W. Adams St. 16-14-205-039-0000 Double vacant lot
3406 W. Adams St. 16-14-205-038-0000 Single vacant lot
3356 W. Jackson Blvd. 16-14-210-024-0000 Single vacant lot
3358 W. Jackson Blvd. 16-14-210-023-0000 Double vacant lot
3362 W. Jackson Blvd. 16-14-210-022-0000 2-story red brick 6-flat (boarded up, partially vacant lot at corner)
317 S. Homan Ave. 16-14-219-008-0000 6-flat graystone (boarded up with metal VPS doors)

West Garfield Park - more information on West Garfield Park

Address PIN Description
507-509 S. Cicero Ave. 16-15-125-002-0000 1-story red brick commercial, 3 store fronts (boarded up)
4706 W. Flournoy St. 16-15-300-035-0000 Single vacant lot
4708 W. Flournoy St. 16-15-300-034-0000 Single vacant lot
4710 W. Flournoy St. 16-15-300-033-0000 Double vacant lot
4720 W. Flournoy St. 16-15-300-030-0000 Single vacant lot
4724 W. Flournoy St. 16-15-300-029-0000 Single vacant lot
4726 W. Flournoy St. 16-15-300-028-0000 Single vacant lot
4150-2 W. Jackson Blvd. 16-15-214-025-0000 3-story red brick 6-flat (boarded up at least six years)
4104 W. Congress Pky. 16-15-226-045-0000 1-story building (boarded up)
4258 W. Congress Pky. 16-15-225-025-0000 Double vacant lot
4310 W. Congress Pky. 16-15-224-040-0000 Single vacant lot

Humboldt Park

Address PIN Description
2254 W. North Ave. 14-31-328-118-0000 Single vacant lot
2256 W. North Ave. 14-31-328-119-0000 Single vacant lot
2806 W. North Ave. 13-36-331-040-0000 Single vacant lot

Austin - more information on Austin, both North and South

Address PIN Description
43 N. Lockwood Ave. 16-09-323-011-0000 2-story wood frame house
47 N. Lockwood Ave. 16-09-323-010-0000 Single vacant lot

Douglas

Address PIN Description
3101 S. Indiana Ave. 17-34-103-001-0000 Large corner vacant lot
3112 S. Indiana Ave. 17-34-102-045-0000 Large corner vacant lot

Oakland

Address PIN Description
3745 S. Ellis Ave.   2-story brick (boarded up)
3747 S. Ellis Ave.   2-story brick (boarded up)
3733 S. Lake Park Ave. 17-35-102-036-1001 2-story brick 6-flat with white columns (boarded up with broken windows)
3905 S. Lake Park Ave. 17-35-104-014-0000 Brick board-up
914 E. Oakwood Blvd. 17-35-104-022-0000 3-story mixed use, part I (boarded up)
916 E. Oakwood Blvd. 17-35-104-023-0000 3-story mixed use, part II (boarded up)
4030 S. Cottage Grove Ave. 20-03-211-033-0000 3-story mixed use

Grand Boulevard

Address PIN Description
4258 S. Drexel Blvd. 20-02-119-029-0000 Large corner vacant lot
4644 S. Drexel Blvd. 20-02-315-022-0000 1-story commercial, former headquarters of 4th Ward
4429 S. Michigan Ave. 20-03-308-009-0000 Single vacant lot
4435 S. Michigan Ave. 20-03-308-010-0000 Double vacant lot
4441 S. Michigan Ave. 20-03-308-011-0000 Double vacant lot
4448 S. Michigan Ave. 20-03-307-020-0000 2-story brick mansion, formerly owned by the Hoxie Family (boarded up)
923 E. 45th St. 20-02-312-006-0000 2-story red brick (fire damage)
4563 S. Wabash Ave. 20-03-313-025-0000 2-story red brick (boarded up)
4602 S. Michigan Ave. 20-03-319-007-0000 3-story brick apartment building (boarded up)
4625 S. Wabash Ave. 20-03-319-008-0000 3-story brick apartment building (boarded up)
4225 S. Indiana Ave. to
4233 S. Indiana Ave.		 20-03-121-010-0000 to
20-03-121-014-0000		 Five single vacant lots
4226 S. Indiana Ave. to
4228 S. Indiana Ave.		 20-03-120-020-0000 to
20-03-120-021-0000		 Two vacant lots
4341 S. Indiana Ave. 20-03-303-010-0000 Unsecured, partially burned/collapsing 2-story house

Back of the Yards - more information on Back of the Yards, a.k.a. New City

Address PIN Description
825 W. 47th St. 20-08-207-005-0000 Single vacant lot next to corner Walgreens (full of trash, photo from 2000)
1203 W. 47th St. 20-08-107-010-0000 1-story brick commercial
1300 W. 50th St. 20-08-122-049-0000 2-flat (at Throop)
700 W. 51st St. to
 714 W. 51st St.		 20-09-113-048-0000 to
20-09-113-041-0000		 8 vacant lots
5102 S. Union Ave. to
 5110 S. Union Ave.		 20-09-301-022-0000 to
20-09-301-024-0000		 Large corner lot next to two single lots
1046 W. 51st St. 20-08-216-041-0000 Single vacant lot (next to Linda's Place)
1042 W. 51st St. to
1040 W. 51st St.		 20-08-216-043-0000 to
20-08-216-044-0000		 Two single vacant lots
1032 W. 51st St. 20-08-216-046-0000 Double vacant lot
918 W. 52nd St. 20-08-406-037-0000 2-flat brick
5651 S. Halsted St. 20-16-100-033-0000 3-story mixed use, has been down forever
5655 S. Halsted St. to
 5659 S. Halsted St.		 20-16-100-034-0000 to
20-16-100-073-0000		 Triple vacant lot
5751 S. Halsted St. to
 5709 S. Halsted St.		 20-16-112-001-0000 to
20-16-112-004-0000		 Quadruple vacant lot
5900 S. Halsted St. 20-17-407-020-0000 3-story brick mixed use (even boards painted red have faded)
Targeted by Preservation Chicago in their 7 Most Threatened Properties (2006)
5908 S. Halsted St. 20-17-407-021-0000 3-story commercial (also faded red-painted board-up)
Targeted by Preservation Chicago in their 7 Most Threatened Properties (2006)

Washington Park - more information on Washington Park

Address PIN Description
5131 S. Michigan Ave. 20-10-302-005-0000 2-story home
5161 S. Michigan Ave. 20-10-302-012-0000 3-story multi-unit apartment building
5168 S. Michigan Ave. 20-10-301-049-0000 2-story home
301 E. 55th St. 20-15-104-001-0000 Mixed use 2-story

Woodlawn - more information on Woodlawn

Address PIN Description
6422 S. Woodlawn Ave. to
6450 S. Woodlawn Ave.		 20-23-111-013-0000 to
20-23-111-018-0000		 10 vacant lots (2 x 1, 4 x 2)
6454 S. Woodlawn Ave. 20-23-111-019-0000 2-story mixed use next to and across from vacant lots

Hamilton Park - more information on Hamilton Park, a.k.a. Englewood

Address PIN Description
551 W. 63rd St. 20-16-325-002-0000 Vacant lot across from the former site of "Holton Drugs," acquired by the serial killer "Dr. H.H. Holmes" and transformed into a killing labyrinth as documented in Erik Larson's Devil in the White City
6001 S. Green St. to
6021 S. Green St.		 20-17-415-001-0000 to 20-17-415-005-0000 9 vacant lots (1 x 6, 3 x 1)
6031 S. Green St. to
6039 S. Green St.		 20-17-415-007-0000 to 20-17-415-035-0000 4 single vacant lots
6803 S. Halsted St. 20-21-306-001-0000 3-story brick mixed use (photo from Carla Surratt's Picturing Chicago)
7300 S. Halsted St. 20-29-223-025-0000 2-story brick mixed use (boarded up, photo from 2000)
7645 S. Halsted St. 20-28-307-010-0000 1-story brick commercial (formerly a theater?)
7647 S. Halsted St. 20-28-307-011-0000 Single vacant lot
7657 S. Halsted St. 20-28-307-012-0000 Double vacant lot
757 W. 79th St. 20-33-100-001-0000 3-story commercial, vacant for at least six years

Englewood

Address PIN Description
6410 S. Green St. 20-20-214-018-0000 6-story red brick commercial building (possibly a bank)
6920 S. Laflin Ave. 20-20-317-028-0000 2-story wood frame house
7642 S. Normal Ave. 20-28-311-017-0000 2-story multi-unit graystone
7757 S. Normal Ave. 20-28-319-015-0000 2-story graystone

Park Manor - more information on Park Manor, a.k.a. Greater Grand Crossing

Address PIN Description
6976 S. Anthony Ave. 20-22-416-019-0000 Triangular vacant lot (70th and Skyway)
452 E. 67th St. 20-22-225-043-0000 Boarded-up yellow frame house (photo from 2000)
517 E. 67th St. 20-22-401-020-0000 2-story mixed use
532 E. 67th St. 20-22-227-020-0000 Vacant lot
637 E. 67th St. 20-22-404-001-0000 Quadruple vacant lot (67th and Champlain)

Gresham

Address PIN Description
8357 S. Halsted St. 20-33-300-014-0000 2-story red brick commercial
8661 S. Vincennes Ave. 20-33-314-002-0000 2-story white wood frame mixed use

Longwood Manor

Address PIN Description
721 E. 95th St. 25-11-100-040-0000 2-story red brick commercial

Morgan Park

Address PIN Description
10809 S. Edbrooke Ave. 25-15-311-004-0000 2-story wood frame house

Pullman

Address PIN Description
10663 S. Champlain Ave. 25-15-228-032-0000 2-story house with white siding (boarded up)
10729 S. Champlain Ave. 25-15-405-012-0000 2-story brick, classic Pullman style (boarded up)

West Pullman

Address PIN Description
12617 S. Michigan Ave. 25-28-423-024-0000 1-story red brick house (boarded up)

Wicker Park

Address PIN Description
1501 N. Bosworth Ave. 17-05-101-030-0000 3-story brick mixed use
1458 W. Blackhawk Ave. 17-05-109-019-0000 3-story brick mixed use
1634 N. Bosworth Ave. 14-32-312-026-0000 3-story brick mixed use (boarded up, photo from 2000)
1637 N. Ashland Ave. 14-32-312-013-0000 2-story mixed use
1643 N. Ashland Ave. 14-32-312-012-0000 3-story brick mixed use  (photo from Carla Surratt's Picturing Chicago)

Noble Square/Goose Island

Address PIN Description
1526 W. Haddon Ave. 17-05-300-027-0000 1-story commercial
1838 to 1840 N. Elston Ave. 14-32-301-002-0000 1-story brick commercial (formerly Bronze Memorial Co.)
1842 to 1858 N. Elston Ave. 14-32-301-002-0000 1-story brick commercial (formerly a graphic & printing service)
1860 N. Elston Ave. 14-32-301-001-0000 2-story brick commercial, formerly River West (bar/nightclub)

Lincoln Park

Address PIN Description
1439 W. Wrightwood Ave. 14-29-312-010-0000 2-story home (photo from 2000)
2802 N. Lincoln Ave. and
 2810 N. Lincoln Ave.		 14-29-131-046-0000 to
14-29-131-045-0000		 Two vacant lots (formerly the parking lot of Wallaby Station, apparel for the shorter man)

Roscoe Village

Address PIN Description
2314 W. Roscoe St. 14-19-309-039-0000 Mixed use (formerly Hot Doug's, caught on fire)

Albany Park

Address PIN Description
4000 N. Hamlin Ave. 13-14-329-031-0000 2-story brick multi-unit

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