tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143237.post4623613762258883510..comments2024-03-24T13:20:00.708-05:00Comments on Marathon Pundit: (Photos) Abandoned homes in Chicago's violent Austin neighborhoodMarathon Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994493157706065371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143237.post-47989508881980611202020-06-11T16:29:28.640-05:002020-06-11T16:29:28.640-05:00Much more of Austin is the 37th Ward, than the 29t...Much more of Austin is the 37th Ward, than the 29th Ward which has smaller chunks. ��Eddienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10143237.post-34047203921738871682016-08-23T10:41:59.879-05:002016-08-23T10:41:59.879-05:00I lived in Austin (Cicero & Ferdinand) from Fe...I lived in Austin (Cicero & Ferdinand) from Feb. 1970 to Oct. 1982.<br />That neighborhood was fine at the time but as people began to move out my father bought the building that we lived in and that was a mistake.<br />The change was quick and by the time I graduated from the 8th grade in 1976(Nash school) the place was a mess.<br />I sometimes Google map the area and it is hard to believe that this is the same place or even in the U.S.<br />One trash filled empty lot after another when homes and businesses used to stand.<br />Places where people used to live, work, shop and raise their kids now just a memory.<br />The giant gaping hole along Cicero Ave. from Race St. down to Kedzie where the Brach’s candy factory once stood.<br /><br />What a waste.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com