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Originally Posted by IrishIllini
This is literally every thought I had when I noticed that
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Yeah its actually a weird situation. That block has kind of a split personality... the northern 2/3 of the block was subdivided with an alley leading out to Irving Park, but the southern 1/3 has no official alley, so the alley to the north just kind of dead-ends in the middle of the block. The city hates dead-end alleys, since garbage trucks have to back out and vehicles can get trapped.
However, the lot north of Veridian has served as a kind of unofficial alley, allowing vehicles to exit the alley to Clarendon from the dead-end.
Since it’s not an official alley, Veridian couldn’t put windows on that side... but the “temporary” windows may suggest that they are trying to get a formal alley dedication for the parcel, which would allow them to remove the brick from those openings at a future date and put in real windows.