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1721 W 21St Pl 2

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60608 17194280160000 2 units · 1878

This building has a higher-than-average number of open problems nearby. Few open issues; problems get fixed quickly. A reasonable bet for a smooth tenancy.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Compared to a typical building in Lower West Side
At or below average
avg 0.9
0
FewerMore

This building has 0 building violations (7y), at or below the Lower West Side average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units2
Year built1878
Stories
Building area1,344 sq ft
Property class211
PIN (Cook County parcel)17194280160000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Jose Diaz
Mailing address
4430 S Campbell

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Initial analysis

The two-unit residential building at 1721 W 21st Place 2, located in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood, is an 1878 structure currently owned by Jose Diaz. The property's recent service request history over the past seven years shows a total of four unit-specific complaints, with the most recent being a closed fire hydrant complaint from September 2025. The building's management has demonstrated responsiveness to maintenance and safety issues, as evidenced by the timely resolution of various municipal service requests, including a street light outage in May 2025, a tree removal inspection in July 2024, and a graffiti removal request in March 2024, all of which have been successfully closed.

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Risk rating

How 1721 W 21St Pl 2'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
77thpercentile

Out of 3674 buildings in this neighborhood, 845 are predicted to be safer.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
73%
No code
violation
27%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

What's driving this score

The data points that most influenced this building's risk rating — ranked by the weight the model placed on each one.

Year built

The year a building was constructed is a proxy for its maintenance challenges.

Location

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

Township: Lake

Located in Lake. The township captures local housing-market and code-enforcement patterns that affect all properties in the area.

12-Month severity forecast
No violation 76.9%
Moderate concern 19.6%
Severe concern 3.6%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months at each severity level.
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1721 W 21St Pl 2 event timeline

Building violations, environmental complaints and enforcement, permits, scofflaw listings, and 311 calls — most recent records in order.

2025
311 Request Sep 09
Open Fire Hydrant Complaint
311 RequestMay 17
Street Light Out Complaint

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