Washington Boulevard near Damen

This house is right near the United Center and sits alone in the midst of parking lots. It looks like a lot of the neighborhood was cleared. The United Center is like the epicenter of a bomb. It seems churches were spared so there are a few run down ones studded around the pavement. Washington (and it's counterpart Warrren) was once Chicago's tony-iest boulevard lined with elegant mansions. Not many remain east of Damen(though there are some around Union Square. In the less gentrified neighborhoods to the west, such as Garfield Park, there are many delapidated relics. Side note: In 1866 Mary Todd Lincoln bought the house at 375 W Washington boulevard. This was the year after her husband's death. http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln16.html