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Mid-Rise Apartment
Hyde Park, 5110 S Kenwood Ave | Chicago
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  •  Air Conditioning  
  •  Bike Storage
  •  Building Laundry Room  
  •  Cat friendly
  •  Dog friendly
  •  Doorman Building
  •  Elevators
  •  Fitness Center
  •  Granite Countertops
  •  Stainless Steel Appliances
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6.2
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11 Reviews

About this Location

Whole Foods Market
8 min walk
Burnham Park
12 min walk
In a quiet
neighborhood
ME (rail) - 12 min
15 (bus) - 1 min

Pricing 

Studio, 1 Bath
$768+
1 Bedroom, 1 Bath
$879+
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    •  Elevators
  • Kitchen

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

    •  Building Laundry Room  
  • Living Room

    •  Air Conditioning  
  • Parking & Transportation

    •  Bike Storage
    •  Surface Parking Lot  
  • Pet Terms & Amenities

    •  Cat friendly
    •  Dog friendly
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Overall rating 6.2/10, based on 11 renter reviews Write a review

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4.2
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5.4
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7.1
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4.6
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STAY AWAY

Elevators don't work consistently, there has been multiple days during my time here where there has been no elevator service AT ALL and this is 10 floor building. Really bad package theft with no locked package delivery system. Lots of roach problems, an array or plumbing and water issues in this building. IVY Management team is highly unprofessional and will NOT respond to issues, do your research before renting in Hyde Park! STAY AWAY FROM IVY!

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5110 S. Kenwood

I have a great unit that has been renovated, but the building is old. I'm in between Target and Whole Foods, which is convenient, and the 172 is across the street. The property management company has problems. They have yet to put camera in our lobby to address packages being stolen. I also had problems getting my bedroom wall repaired, but this was a large problem affecting all of the units. Overall, I'm happy with the unit given the price, and it is great for my pet and there's lots of room.

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1L in North Hyde Park

The apartment is good for the budget-conscious who want to have a parking lot. I was able to reserve a spot in this apartment as early as April, so that's also a plus. The paint job on inside was really unprofessional, but all the appliances worked, so that was good enough for me. Packages will go missing, but the easy remedy is the Amazon locker, UPS point in the Kimbark Plaza. Right next to the 171 and the Hyde Park Express pickup, so ease of access to the University as well. Good space and wood floors make it easy to clean. I don't have a pet, but most residents do, which suggests its good place for the pet owner. Not recommending a pet for 1L success though.

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The best I have found in Hyde Park

I have moved three times during law school; once out of school run graduate housing. This apartment is the best one I have found yet. It's biggest problems is the management team, but there is usually at least one competent person around that can solve issues. This means you may have to call multiple times to get an issue taken care of, but the other management companies I have dealt with (TLC and Gradhousing) usually never solve anything-- especially TLC. I have heard of similar experiences with Mac properties. These apartments were recently refurbished and look good. Great views of the city in north-facing apartments above the 7th floor. Also, it is right behind the 53th Street shopping and restaurant area-- the main hub in Hyde Park.

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Good

Nice building, lots of dogs

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Grad Student Housing - UChicago

It's cheap in both senses of the word, but allowing pets (for free!!!!) was what was most important for me. Pretty good management, no real problems yet (except mail thieves).

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Shelbyrne

Great value! But heaters are radiators and they work a little too well

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Graduate Student Housing

Unsafe apartment building with multiple break-ins, thefts, and a mugging in the lobby. Management was unresponsive for months. Ultimately they promised to post security and install a camera. However, they did neither of these things.

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The Neighborhood

Signature Spots

dining 32 Recs

Harold’s Chicken Shack
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fitness 13 Recs

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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

222 reviews
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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