Saturday, April 16, 2005

Broadway: 5200 block

This is the first installment of what I hope will be a series of Broadway survey postings. I imagine this will have a limited audience. But then, what else is new? Briefly, this is what we have on the 5200 block of Broadway:

West side of street:
5200-04 is a vintage 3-story building, currently vacant. Until recently, there was a carpet store and a tacqueria on the first floor.
5208-16 is a 2-story building that used to be a Jewish funeral home until it closed 3 years ago. It now sits vacant.
5218-46 is the parking lot for the defunct funeral home. A single story garage for the hearses is at approximately 5224.
5248-56 is a vintage 3-story building. The first story contains a non-profit business, an independent office supply store, and a restaurant. The upper floors appear to be occupied by the Vietnamese Association of Illinois.

East side of street:
5201-5219: A small, single-story grocery, with parking lot, is situated at the corner of Foster and Broadway. It actually faces the 1100 block of Foster.
5221-23 is a single-story medical professional building.
5225-55 (excluding 5237) is a single-story shopping mall with a parking lot. Curb cuts are at approximately 5231. The shopping center contains an auto supply, a dollar store, a coin laundry, a dry cleaner, and a branch bank. The building is 2 stories tall, but has no second story.
5237 is a separate single-story building on the corner that wraps to 1125-33 W. Berwyn. It contains a restaurant, a barber shop, and a shoe store.

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