North Lawndale
| Territory Data | |
| Open Territory
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| Territory Claimed by: | None |
| Sphere: | Vampire |
| Location Value: | 15 |
| Specialty: | Security Systems (Larceny) |
| Cost Reductions: | Vice-Ridden, Anonymity, Relentless |
| Unique Bonus: | Once a week, spend a Resources point to satisfy any Vice. |
| Travel Code: | WS |
Description
According to the Steans Family Foundation, in the decades following the 1960s there were a series of economic and social disasters ... Riots followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, destroying many of the stores along Roosevelt Road and accelerating a decline that led to a loss of 75 of the businesses in the community by 1970. Industries closed: International Harvester in 1969, Sears (partially in 1974 and completely by 1987), Zenith and Sunbeam in the 1970s, Western Electric in the 1980s. By 1970 African Americans who could also left North Lawndale, beginning a precipitous population decline that continues to this day.
The poverty resulting from the loss of thousands of jobs due to restructuring of industries from the 1960s to the 1980s meant that money was not available for property maintenance. Houses were abandoned and thousands of structures were leveled during this time. Much land sat vacant until the building and real estate boom of the 2000s. Due to these factors, the total neighborhood population dropped from 124,937 in 1960 to 41,768 by 2000.