Congress Parkway area

Congress Parkway area groups 44 nearby vacant lots and buildings in West Garfield Park, along the Roosevelt/Cicero corridor context. It is worth examining together because nearby vacant sites can sometimes be studied as one reuse opportunity — these are early possibilities from public records, not availability listings.

Streets in this area: Van Buren Street, Congress Parkway, Congress Pky, Harrison Street, Flournoy Street.

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Parcels in the group

44

Combined approximate area (mapped members)

Not recorded

Land / building mix

12 vacant land · 32 vacant buildings

Zoning (most common) (mapped members)

RT-4 — Residential (detached/townhouse/multi-unit); verify project-specific eligibility.

Detailed site facts (size, zoning, addresses) cover 35 of the 44 sites in this group — the mapped members only. Group totals count all 44 sites.

• • 35 of 35 mapped sites intersect an incentive geography
• • Near the Roosevelt/Cicero corridor

• ›Storefront or mixed-use infill could support further exploration.
• ›Side-lot or community reuse could support further exploration.

• •32 of 44 sites are not yet classified by ownership type
• •Mixed ownership types across the group
• •Some sites carry tax-sale or violation history — verify current status
• •Zoning is not recorded for 23 mapped sites — confirm allowable uses

1. 01Corridor partner: Confirm present site conditions and community priorities.
2. 02Project team: Review official parcel and deed records for each site.
3. 03Development partner: Test zoning and financial feasibility.

Detailed site facts (size, zoning, addresses) cover 35 of the 44 sites in this group — the mapped members only. Group totals count all 44 sites. This table lists the mapped members only.

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