North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois, located on its West Side. The area contains the K-Town Historic District, the Foundation for Homan Square, the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the greatest concentration of greystones in the city.

North Lawndale is one of 10 priority communities selected as a part of the initial phase of Chicago’s INVEST South/West commercial corridor improvement strategy.

Today circumscribed by railroad lines on three sides and extending northto within several blocks of the Eisenhower Expressway, the West Side neighborhood of North Lawndale is home to some ofChicago's poorest black residents.

May 9, 2024 · Opened in 2022 and run by Sinai Chicago, the facility strives to provide North Lawndale community members with high-quality, comprehensive care that addresses not just health, but the social factors that contribute to it.

North Lawndale is home to the highest concentration of greystones in the city, with many featuring cornices and spires. Though the early 20th-century homes dominate the area, other options include brick two-flats and A-frame bungalows.

Jan 21, 2025 · Ninety-nine new homes collectively valued at $40 million are planned for North Lawndale through five developer selections announced today by the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) through its Missing Middle housing initiative. Selected from 30 teams that responded to a DPD request for applications (RFA) for six clusters of vacant City land, each developer is minority-led and ...

5 days ago · The population of North Lawndale dropped 15 percent between 2010 to 2022, according to city data. The area’s median household income of $33,608 is less than half of the city’s median income. The developers chosen have agreed to sell the finished housing units at a price “commensurate with a household income 140 percent the area median ...

Apr 30, 2024 · Today, one can see that North Lawndale has gone through many shifts culturally, demographically, and architecturally. There has been decades of redlining and disinvestment in the commercial real estate for the area.

Nov 27, 2024 · Forty-four of North Lawndale’s few thousand vacant lots will soon be turned over to developers in an effort by the city to provide lower-cost, owner-occupied, for-sale housing options and ...

Dec 12, 2023 · Located on Chicago's West Side, North Lawndale was a bustling community at the start of the 1900s. Sears Roebuck and Co opened its headquarters here in 1904, along with a 3.3million square foot distribution center.