Illinois Avenue South of Cherokee

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South of Cherokee, on Illinois, the beautiful houses that feature so prominently in Benton Park to the north continue in the Marine Villa neighborhood.

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Some are rehabbed, some are abandoned, some have been continuously occupied since the 1880s, but together they create a symphony of brick.

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This building below is technically an “alley house” because it sits behind a main house on Cherokee; it would surely be a great rental unit for the property owner.

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