These Are the Loneliest Houses In Chicago

These Are the Loneliest Houses In Chicago

Some call them "orphan buildings," others call them "nail houses": Homes that remain despite waves of hungry developers who have long since bought and demolished the neighborhoods that once surrounded them. They’re the ultimate holdouts, isolated artifacts of long-extinguished communities.

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Nine Stubborn Nail Houses Giving the Finger to Redevelopment

The wheels of progress may turn slowly but they don’t ever stop, as these nine landlords have learned the hard way. Our friends at Oobject have assembled the best examples of what resisting gentrification gets you. More »