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Austin

When Austin, the West Side neighborhood, was booted from Cicero Township and annexed by Chicago in 1899, it didn't lose its independent spirit. Well after becoming part of the city, Austin residents built their own town hall. Germans, Scandanavians and other Europeans others turned the former village into a bustling urban neighborhood of bungalows and small apartment buildings during the first half of the 20th century. As in many other Chicago neighborhoods during the tumultuous '60s, white residents, who made up nearly all the population, began to leave for the suburbs. Beginning about the same time, jobs and businesses left the neighborhood. In a marked demographic shift, by the 2000 census, the neighborhood had become nearly all African American. 

1. 1641-1643 N. Lamon Ave., 4 units
1641-1643 N. Lamon Ave.
Chicago, IL
41.9107799
-87.7492

1641-1643 N. Lamon Ave., 4 units

1641-1643 N. Lamon Ave.
Chicago, IL

2. 220-222 S. Lotus Ave., 4 units
220-222 S. Lotus Ave.
Chicago, IL
41.8776706
-87.7617512

220-222 S. Lotus Ave., 4 units

220-222 S. Lotus Ave.
Chicago, IL

3. 347-351 S. Central Ave., 22 units
347-351 S. Central Ave.
Chicago, IL
41.8749665
-87.7646501

347-351 S. Central Ave., 22 units

347-351 S. Central Ave.
Chicago, IL

4. 5006 W. Concord Place, 2 units
5006 W. Concord Place
Chicago, IL
41.91073
-87.751456

5006 W. Concord Place, 2 units

5006 W. Concord Place
Chicago, IL

5. 5141 W. Concord Place, 1 unit
5141 W. Concord Place
Chicago, IL
41.910191
-87.754347

5141 W. Concord Place, 1 unit

5141 W. Concord Place
Chicago, IL

6. 5235 W. Adams St., 2 units
5235 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL
41.878197
-87.756393

5235 W. Adams St., 2 units

5235 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL

7. 5254-5256 W. Adams St., 1 unit
5254-5256 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL
41.878708
-87.7572859

5254-5256 W. Adams St., 1 unit

5254-5256 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL

8. 5521 W. Gladys Ave., 8 units
5521 W. Gladys Ave.
Chicago, IL
41.875397
-87.762603

5521 W. Gladys Ave., 8 units

5521 W. Gladys Ave.
Chicago, IL

9. 5546 W. Quincy St., 2 units
5546 W. Quincy St.
Chicago, IL
41.877719
-87.763605

5546 W. Quincy St., 2 units

5546 W. Quincy St.
Chicago, IL