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1900 S Throop Chicago

Lower West Side, Chicago IL 60608 17203230380000 12 units · 1870

This building has a substantial enforcement record over the last seven years, and our model predicts continuing maintenance failures over the next 12 months. Read the records below before you sign. Ask which issues were resolved, get repair commitments in writing, and inspect the unit yourself.

Building Violations (7y) vs. neighborhood
Records already on file, against a typical building in Lower West Side — not a forecast
Above average
avg 0.9
4
FewerMore

This building has 4 building violations (7y), above the Lower West Side average of 0.9.

Building characteristics
Units12
Year built1870
Stories
Building area8,628 sq ft
Property class318
PIN (Cook County parcel)17203230380000
Ownership

Registered owner per Cook County Assessor records.

Owner name
Mailing address
3180 N Lake Shore Dr 9

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Initial analysis

The three-story multi-family building at 1900 S Throop in Chicago's Lower West Side has a documented history spanning over two decades, with the property dating back to 1870 and currently containing 12 units. The building's ownership is held by N Bonnin & M Giesso, who have maintained a single parcel ownership structure. The most pressing current concerns are four unresolved periodic routine inspection violations recorded in September 2025, which represent a potential pattern of compliance issues. In 2026, there have been several municipal service requests affecting the property and its surroundings, including an ongoing street light outage and a pothole complaint, though some issues have been resolved such as a tree emergency and fly dumping complaint. The building has a relatively clean record with only four building violations documented in the past seven years and no major structural or safety incidents reported. Historical complaints from the late 1990s included concerns about noise and air pollution, though these appear to be isolated incidents from over two decades ago with no recent patterns in similar complaints.

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Risk rating

How 1900 S Throop Chicago'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

Lower risk — safer than most nearby

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

Typical — about average for the neighborhood

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

Higher risk — riskier than most nearby

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

Neighborhood percentile
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Out of 3683 buildings in this neighborhood, 3609 are predicted to be safer. The band is relative to this neighborhood, so a share of every neighborhood falls in each colour.

RiskiestSafest
Predicted 12-month outcome
28%
No code
violation
72%
Code violation
likely
Model explanation

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Number of units

The number of units affects how the model reads complaint and violation totals — more units means more potential sources.

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.

12-Month risk forecast
High failure risk 72%
Estimated probability of a code violation in the next 12 months.
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The story over time

1900 S Throop Chicago event timeline

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

2025
Building Violation Sep 26 Serious
PERIODIC
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Building ViolationSep 26
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