Zoning Observation

Housing and Zoning The houses appeared very similar in age and architecture. They appeared older and made of wood. They were not attached to others but very close to each other. We did not observe the back yards of the houses but did notice that many of the front yards had playground equipment and chairs. Many of the houses had broken windows or plastic on the windows. Some houses also had boarded up windows and doors. It appeared that the “nicer” houses had fences around the front as well as ADT signs. We observed many houses with window air-conditioners still in their windows. Most of the houses had no trespassing signs in their windows and beware of dog signs. The total population for the zip code 61605 in 2015 was 15,859. There was an

Even though we did not see any social agencies, there were a decent amount of recreation centers and signs of activity at the schools. The activity center buildings were relatively large and most of them had some form of outdoor equipment for the neighborhood to utilize during warmer weather, such as a community pool. There were also a few parks found in the area; some were a little run down and others were well kept. The equipment at the parks and activity centers looked like they were being utilized by the community. The only definitive way to determine if it is actually being used is to conduct another observation when the weather is a little

With what few stores we saw, most of them had no specific ethnic representation. However, most of the local restaurants served food that appealed to what is commonly associated with African American population. The churches found within this community were predominantly Catholic or Apostolic; there were a few Baptist churches but not many. A couple of the schools appeared to be shut down, but most of the private schools in that area were Catholic. We saw no signs or other forms of information written in any language other than