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Mid-Rise Apartment
Hyde Park, 5480 S Cornell Ave | Chicago
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  •  Air Conditioning  
  •  Building Laundry Room  
  •  Cat friendly
  •  Controlled Access
  •  Elevators
  •  Fitness Center
  •  Granite Countertops
  •  Hardwood Floors
  •  Parking Available
  •  Stainless Steel Appliances

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9.0
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4 Reviews

About this Location

Whole Foods Market
9 min via 15 (bus)
Jackson Park
7 min walk
ME (rail) - 10 min
171/55 (bus) - 2 min
In a quiet
neighborhood

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  • Building Related

    •  Elevators
  • Included

    •  Gas Included
    •  Heat Included
    •  Water Included
  • Kitchen

    •  Dishwasher
    •  Microwave
    •  Refrigerator
    •  Stove & Oven
  • Laundry

    •  Building Laundry Room  
  • Lease Terms

    •  Application Fee  
  • Living Room

    •  Air Conditioning  
    •  Ceiling Fans
    •  Hardwood Floors
  • Pet Terms & Amenities

    •  Cat friendly
    •  Max Pets Limit  
  • Security & Maintenance

    •  Controlled Access
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Overall rating 9.0/10, based on 4 renter reviews Write a review

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9.5
Value
7.5
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Love this place

I am in the middle of my third year living here. Great place for the price and wonderful management. My packages are kept by the front-desk and delivered to my apartment by the super. The super will come incredibly quickly if there are any problems (almost never are). Laundry in building is very affordable.

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Trade some amentities to be close to everything

The laundry machines are coin-operated relics from another age and the elevators do whatever they want, but there is a Metra train station behind the building and two bus stops (with free-for-students buses running to the campus) within half a block. Walgreens and Treasure Island are just across the train tracks. There are single garages available for rent if the waitlist ever clears.

The front office staff is a little slow to respond, but very friendly and understanding. The maintenance staff (his name is Bob) is amazing. Ask Bob to fix something and he'll get it done quickly. He also brings packages around to the apartments every night.

The building feels safe, even though the hallways seem to have been transplanted from the hotel in the Shining. My door has four locks on it.

Cats are allowed without a deposit but dogs are not allowed at all.

Overall this building is great. It is inexpensive compared to some of the surrounding buildings and the location is ideal. I have no complaints.

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Stellar Price, great location within Hyde Park

Easy commute to the Law School. Walking distance to grocery, pharmacy, mail, public transportation, restaurants, and the far more expensive apartments your classmates will be living in (but closer to the aforementioned places). Older building, but kept in decent shape. The actual units are much nicer than the hallways. If you want luxury, this isn't it. If you want a solid place to live, this is.

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Amazing old character-filled building

This is an amazing apartment. It's admittedly no frills (no gym, no doorperson, no dishwasher, etc.) and a relatively small space (500 sq ft) but it's extremely affordable and great value. The management company is extremely responsive, packages are delivered right to my apartment door, and the space itself is charming and homey: wood floors, a real-life Murphy bed, and plenty of space for our purposes. Being near the restaurant strip on 55th is extremely convenient, with easy access (<2 minute walk) to 171 bus to campus, 6 bus downtown, Metra trains, and Divvy bikes. Otherwise it's a 20-minute walk to campus and less than 5 minutes to two grocery stores. Downsides are some noise from trains when the windows are open and radiator heat that isn't unit-controlled (but we just turn our radiators off which keeps the temperature about right).

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The Neighborhood

Signature Spots

dining 30 Recs

Pizza Capri
The Snail Thai Cuisine
Pho 55
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Whole Foods Market
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Walgreens
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fitness 15 Recs

CorePower Yoga
Chaturanga Holistic Fitness
LA Fitness
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parks 6 Recs

Promontory Point
57th Street Beach
Jackson Park
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coffee 12 Recs

Sip & Savor
The Bakery at Piccolo Mondo
Medici On 57th
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About Hyde Park

One of Chicago's most beloved neighborhoods, Hyde Park effortlessly combines modern flair with a rich historical background. The neighborhood proudly flaunts the fact that they have more Nobel Prize winners per square kilometer than any other place on earth! Though extremely studious, residents of H...
Nice
Diverse
Walkable
Pretty Safe
Easy Commute
Good Restaurants
Quiet Neighborhood
Median rents in Hyde Park
Studio
$
900
1 Bedroom
$
1,450
2 Bedroom
$
1,950

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Hyde Park Reviews

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Hyde Park is a historic neighborhood with a lot of local flavor and a defensible restaurant / bar scene. Plus, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Target all recently opened locations here, so there's an abundance of grocery store options.

I personally loved living close to campus, for access both to Harper Center and to the broader UChicago campus. I feel much more integrated with the rest of the university as a result of proximity and availability.
You can easily access all your necessary facilities. Just 1 minute walk to CTA bus stops for U of C and downtown and U of C night shuttle bus stop. 3 minutes walk to Metra station. You can go to Whole Foods Market without getting out during brutal Chicago winter. 5 minutes walk to Chipotle, Roti, Starbucks, movie theater and UPS .10 minutes walk to Trader Joes, Office Depot, Walgreens, CVS, Target, and USPS.
If I manage to catch the bus, it's about 15 minutes during busy times of the day or like 9 minutes at non-busy times. I can also walk to school in about 20 minutes, so it's not bad even if I miss the bus or if there are too many people already on the bus so it just drives by without even stopping (which happens frequently before 10 am). I've never had any problems where I live, and I regularly walk around at very odd hours like 3 am or whatever. Of course, I don't recommend doing that. It only takes once.
The convenience of getting to campus cannot be beat. I feel relatively safe as a young woman here. I have never been robbed thus far. Thankfully there are lots of police officers. I get my groceries at hyde park produce and whole foods, which are both pretty convenient. The 172 is great. I just wish it ran later at night for late classes.
Hyde park is just the best! It has really blossomed over the past 5 years that I've been living there. It has really become home for me. I have lived on Blackstone, Cornell, Woodlawn, and now Kenwood. Each experience has been awesome. I have felt comfortable and safe at all times - even with my late night walks/runs. My favorite feature of course is Lake Michigan! There's something about Hyde Park's lake front that i just adore!
There's a lot going on off of 53rd. Good restaurants (A10, Promentory, Yusho) and even some worthwhile fast food (Native Foods, Chipotle). There are two grocery stores (Hyde Park Produce is phenomenal), and almost everything else (a hardware store, an office supply store in the Treasure Island shopping center, some doctors' offices off of 55th). Down on 57th there are some other good restaurants (Medici) and 57th Street Books is a cornerstone. Hyde Park even just got an improv comedy place (The Revival) on 57th.

In short, there's enough going on in Hyde Park not to feel isolated, but it's far enough away from the city not to feel suffocated.
Hyde Park is great if you want convenience and safety. Some things are a little overpriced (god help those who want cheap flour) but others are cheap (i.e., square footage of your unit if you aren't in Regents). It's not a neighborhood for those who love nightlife. We have almost none. But there's a professional theater company, some good restaurants, and you can walk home basically any time of night.
Hyde Park is a great place to live for a student or a young family, in that it's relatively quiet, but is growing quickly in terms of entertainment and dining options. It's also very beautiful, being an older neighborhood with a lot of brownstones and castle-like structures, and big trees with lots of beautiful foliage in the fall. I don't like the fact that there's not an L stop central to the neighborhood, but the Metra makes up some of the difference if you live nearby, and the buses to downtown are relatively convenient. Also, people's concerns about "safety" are ridiculous – I think certain people tend to become afraid when they see more brown people than they are used to, but the neighborhood is actually one of the wealthiest and safest neighborhoods in the city, in addition to having the advantage of being culturally and demographically diverse. There's also a lot of really nice park space (you're between Jackson Park and Washington Park, have the Midway Plaisance right in the middle of the university, and other smaller parks like Nichols Park and Harold Washington Park provide a lot of nice greenery).

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