Now moving northwest, the area near the Chicago/Blue Line station. Here is a photo looking N-NW from Milwaukee and Carpenter, to the irregular block bounded by those two streets to the south and east respectively, Ogden to the west, and Chicago Ave to the north.
As of 1962, this block was almost fully intact. By 1973, all but the corner buildings had been demolished and replaced with surface parking. By 1988, the entire block has been demolished and paved over, save for a small drive-thru bank facility along Carpenter in the eastern part of the block. Between 1988 and 1998, this facility too was torn down, and the block redeveloped with a suburban-style pharmacy on the northern half, and a one-story bank with drive-thru in the southern corner, where the buildings above once stood. The block remains in this condition today, housing a CVS & US Bank, each 1-story and taking up about 30-40% of the block's total area. The rest is asphalt parking with a tiny bit of peripheral landscaping.
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