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1628 S Harding Ave

North Lawndale, Chicago IL 60623 16233000270000 3 units · 1908

This building has more problems than most buildings in this neighborhood. A handful of unresolved issues. Worth a careful walk-through and pointed questions.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in North Lawndale
At or below average
avg 2.0
2
FewerMore

This building has 2 building violations (7y), at or below the North Lawndale average of 2.0.

Building characteristics
Units3
Year built1908
Stories
Building area4,410 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)16233000270000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
1528 S Central Park

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Initial analysis

The three-unit residential building at 1628 S Harding Ave in North Lawndale, owned by Corwin S Calhoun, has been standing since 1908. The property's recent record raises some concerning flags for potential tenants, particularly with two open building code violations noted from September 2021 - these complaint-driven inspections remain unresolved as of the current date, which is unusual for such violations and suggests ongoing issues that have not been addressed in over two years. In terms of service requests, there has been minimal activity, with only one recorded 311 service request in the past seven years - a closed request from November 2025 regarding garbage cart maintenance. While the relatively low number of violations and service requests might seem positive at first glance, the presence of open code violations from 2021 significantly outweighs the value of this observation, and the age of the building (115 years as of 2023) suggests potential for various maintenance needs that may not be fully captured in the available records.

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Risk rating

How 1628 S Harding Ave's risk score is calculated

We trained a model on 7 years of Chicago code enforcement data — building violations, 311 complaint history, environmental enforcement, and owner track records. It estimates the probability that the City of Chicago will find a code violation at this address in the next 12 months. Lower % = safer.

What the score means for you

Grade A–B — Low risk

City inspectors rarely find violations here. Strong maintenance history and a clean complaint record.

Grade C — Moderate risk

Some past violations or complaints on record. Worth asking the landlord about any open issues before signing.

Grade D–F — High risk

Elevated violation and complaint history. City inspectors have found issues here before and are statistically likely to again.

Neighborhood percentile
26thpercentile

Out of 3670 buildings in this neighborhood, 2716 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
50%
No code
violation
50%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Location

Precise location is a proxy for area-level risk — some Chicago zip codes have systematically higher code-enforcement activity.

Building size

Total building square footage is a proxy for property scale and management complexity.

Code violations (past 7 years)

City of Chicago Department of Buildings violations issued at this address over the last 7 years — a direct record of enforcement activity.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 35.3%
Moderate concern 29.9%
Severe concern 34.8%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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1628 S Harding Ave event timeline

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2025
311 Request Nov 10
Garbage Cart Maintenance

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