Parkway Gardens

CTL-E-1003 · Institution · other · unspecified

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Residential complex directly touching the 63rd corridor area. Built 1950-1955 as a Black cooperative; converted to rentals in the mid-1970s; Related acquired it in 2011, preserving affordability for 30 years; major renovations completed ~2013. Private subsidized/affordable housing — not a CHA public-housing project.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PLACE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PLACE-001:PLACE-093; source research type(s): housing. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

https://www.relatedmidwest.com/our-company/properties/parkway-gardens

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